Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-02-10
AN ACT
Providing for the election of Superb
sors ana defining their duties.

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assembly of the State of Iova, That
the Township Trustees in all the coun.
ties of this State shall meet on the first
Monday in March, A. ID. 1853, and ev-
cry subsequent year thereafter and d.
vide their respective townships into such
number of road districts as they in theii
judgment may deem necessary for the
public good.
SEC. 2. There shall be elected at the
! April election, A. ID. 1853, and every
subsequent year thereafter, one superyi
sor for each road district within each
township of the counties of this State.
Said Supervisor must reside in the dis
trio, for which he was elected, and in
the election of said Supervisor no elector
shall vote for more than one Supervisor,
and lone other than the one residing in
the district in which said elector re.
sides.
| Sec. 8. Said election shall be held in
conformity with the present election law.
IL shall be the duty of the township clerk
to notify said Supervisor elect within
five days after said election, which no.
lice shall be in the following forms, to.
wit:
Mr.. there inser. the name) you are
hereby notified that you were elected
Supervisor of road district No--in
--Fownship--county of Iowa
for the year ending April LIST AID. there
insert the time when the Supervisor
term of office expires) and you are here
by required to appear before me on OF
befoie The 20th inst. and give bond and
be sworn into Office; said clerk shall
furnish each Supervisor OF his township
with the boundaries of his district.
SEC. Any Supervisor after having
been elected and notified as before di.
rected who shall fail to appear before
said clerk unless prevented by sickness
within the time specified aud give bond,
and take an oath TO faithfully, honestly,
and impartially discharge the duties de-
volving upon him, as Supervisor accord
ing to law shall forfeit and pay the sum
of FIVE dollars and in case of his failing
or refusing TO pay the same. it shall be
the duty Of his successor TO collect the
said sum by suit or otherwise, and apply
it to the repairing Of roads in his dis.
! trict.
SEC. 5. Each Supervisor so elected
shall be required to give bond in such
sum, and with such security as the town
ship Trustees may deem requisite con-
ditioned that he will faithfully, honestly
and imparlially perform all the duties
devolSing upon him and appropriate all
moneys that may come into his hands
by virtue of his office according to law,
which bond shall be kept and filed by
the township clerk among the papers OF
his office, and in the event of vacancy
occurring in any road district within this
State il shall be the duty of the Town.
ship Trustees to ill the same by appoint
menL
Sec. 5. The Supervisor shall be re.
quired TO give at least three days notice
previous to the day designated to work
the roads to all residents of his district
subject TO pay road tax, between the Fl rs,
day of May and the frs. day of Oct,-
Der, what day or days he will superin-
tend the work on the roads within his
district. and all persons desiring to work
, out their road tax in labor must meet said
supervisor at such time and place with
such tools and implements as said su,
pervisor may designate, and for such la
Dor performed the supervisor shall give
TO the person SO performing said labor a
certificate of the number of days work
performed, which certificate shall be
good in payment of road tax at the rate
of one dollar for each days labor
Provided no person shall be allowed to
1 work out any portion of his road tax in
any district other than the one which the
land lies, and the owner of land in any
road district being nonresident thereof
shall have the privilege of working his
road tax in said district upon notifying
the Supervisor OF his wish SO to do.
Sec. Z. No person over the age oil
fifty years shall be liable to pay road
poll tax. s
SEC. 8. The Supervisor shall perform
the same amount Of labor as is required
of an able bodied man for which he
shall be allowed the sum Of one dollar
out of the road fund for every day be is
actually employed. deducting therefrom
the amount of his road tax. No person
shall be required TO serve two wears in
succession as supervisor. Provided tina,
where there is no money in the hands oil
the clerk with which to pay the said su.
pervisor be shall be entitled to receive a
certificate for the amount OF labor per.
formed by said supervisor over and above
his own road tax which certificate shall
be received in payment of his own rose
tax for any succeeding year.
SEC. o. The township clerk of eacl
township shall be required by the county
Judge of his county to give bond to bt
approved by the Judge in the sum o.
twice the amount OF the road tax in his
township. thereupon the county Judge
shall give an order to the said clerk upon
the county Treasurer for all moneys col
lected by him as road tax upon all prop
eriy and polls within and for his town
ship upon the payment Of which by the
treasurer he shall take from said town
1 g hin CLERK dnnlicate rece;nfs for ths, e,,u