Georgetown weekly news., 1855-05-24

paper OF the county, or if none be publish
ed in the comfy, by notice posted at the
court house door, ten days prior to the let
ting of such contract, and all contracts shall
be awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der, subject to the approval of the Board
of Supervisors; Provided, that the Over
seers shall have power to make contracts
for the Improvement of roads, which shall
not exceed the sum of fifty dollars at their
option, such contracts to be approved by
the Board of Supervisors.
Sec. 8. The Board of Supervisors of each
county, on presentation of petition, praying
for county road to be laid out within the
county, or praying for cart road, or from
one public road to another, and designating
the points therein, shall cause notice to be
given to parties owning the land, over which
each road is to be located, and if objections
by one or more of the owners shall be made,
the Board of Supervisors shall consider and
determine the same at their next regular
meeting, and if they shall be of the opinion
that such a road is necessary, they shall ap-
point two persons as Viewers, to view out
and locate said road. and upon return of
the certificate of the Viewers, shall declare
the same to be public highway When
absolutely necessary the County Surveyor
may be called in by the Supervisors to as
sist in said location.
Sec. 10. Each road Overseer shall report
to the Board Of Supervisors quarterly, the
amount Of money collected and paid out by
him, and to whom, and for what paid, the
number Of days he himself has been in actu-
al service, and also list of delinquents, and
the said OverSeer shall make an affidavit be-
fore a Justice of the Peace, that said re-
port and delinquent list is correct to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and any
person refusing or neeiecting to pay the
road tax required by this act to the Over
seer. on or befor the first day of October of
each year, shall be considered delinquent,
and the OverSeer shall proceed to levy and
sell at public vendue to the highest bidder;
latter giving six days public notice. the
property of such delinquent, or so much
thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy such
delinquency and cost.
SEC. IL. The Overseers shall receive for
their services while in actual employment.
the same per diem compensation, as is al
lowed to the Supervisors of their respective
counties.
SEC. II, If any person shall obstruct any,
public road by telling any tree across the
same, or by placing any other Instructions
therein, or daming, digging and deepening,
creek or river, or its banks so as to de-
stroy ford or crossing, he shall be liable
to prosecution before Justice of the Peace,
by any Supervisor of the county, or Over
seer of the road district, on behalf of the
county, and on conviction thereof, shall be
fined in sum not exceeding fifty dollars,
and shall forfeit FIVE dollars for every day
he shall suffer said obstruction to remain
after he shall have been ordered to remove
the same by the Overseer.
SEC. 13. If any person shall wilfully de-
stroy or injure any bridge, or causeway, or
remove, or cause to be removed, any of the
plank or timber therefrom, or cut down, or
injure any tree planted, or growing as shade
tree, in any public highway, or damage any
highway by digging in it, he shall be liable
to be prosecuted before any Justice of the
Peace by any Supervisor of the comfy, in
behalf of said county, and on conviction
thereof, shall be fined in sum not to exceed
one hundred dollars.
SEC. IA. All fines collected under the pro-
visions of this act, shall be paid into the
county treasury for the use of the road dis
trict in which the same was collected.
Sec. 10. An Act concerning roads and
highways, passed April llth. 1850, and an
Act concerning roads and highways, pass
ed April 10Th, 1853, are hereby repealed.
Passed Anril 2Sth 1S55