Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-06-16
an ACT CONCERNING ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS.

have been declared such by order of the court
OF sessions or board Of supervisors, or which
may hereafter be declared by the board of
supervisors within their respective counties.
y 1t shall be the duty Of the board of SUI
perYisors Of each county, to divide the county
into suitable number of road districts and
to appoint annually, or whenever vacancies
may occur, an overseer for each district, whom
they shall have power TO remove at pleasure.
The county clerk of each county, shall |
notify all persons who have been appointed
road overseers, within ten days after such APP
pointment has been made, informing them of
such appointment, and describing the bounda-
res OF their district.
The Road 0verseers shall cause all the
Public Highways within their respective dis
tricts to be kept clear from distractions. and
III good repair, causing banks to be graded Z
bridges and causways to be made where the
same may be necessary TO keep the same in
good repair ard to renew them when destroy
ed
5 ) The Road Overseers shall have power
to.make use of any gravel or dirt for improv-
ing the roads which may be absolutely neces-
sary, from any adjacent unimproved lands,
and the Board Of Supervisors may allow such
damages if there be any, to the owners Of
said lands as they may deem just, provided,
that said supervisors shall not be liable to pay
damages to the County at the suit OF any cit
izen, if it shall be proved that they have al
lowed extraordinary and eXtravagant dam
ages
{ The Board of Supervisors snail have
power to Lew a Tax on all able bodied men
between the ages Of twenty one and fifty years
which shall not exceed four dollars per an
nun, (and property tax, which shall not ex.
ceed FIVE cents on each one hundred dollars
for Road purposes TO be levied and collected at
the same time and a manner as other property
taxes are collected)
! s ! The property tax so levied, shall he
collected by the Sheriff Of the County, in the
same manner as in the collection of other
+ taxes, but all road taxes for road purposes
shall be collected 10y the oycrseers in their
respective districts.
/ Provided, that the Board Of Supervisors
shall in all cases require a bond OF such over
seer to secure the payment Of such monies as
he may receive urier the provisions of this
! act
| @S Whenever any contract for the i'm
I proyelnont OF roads is TO to be made, ndver-
tiseFuent thereof shall be given by the ovcrseer
Of the district in which such improvement is
to be made, by dostiug written notices in two
of the most pHOiie places Of his district, and
by advertisement in one newspaper Of the
county, OF if none be published in the county,
BY notice posted ct the court house door, Ecu
days prior TO the letting of such contract, aud
all contracts shah he awarded 10 tie lowest
responsible bidder, subject to the approval Of
the beard OF supervisors. Provided, tha.t the
oyerseer5 shall have power to make contracts
for the Improvement roals. which shall not
exceed the sum of fifty dollars, at their option
such contracts to be approved by the board Of
supervisors.
80 The board Of supervisors Teach coun-
, ty, On prescription Of petitions praying for a
county road to be laid out within the county
or praiing for cart road to be Laird ont from
the dwelling plantation Of any person. to
any public road, or from one public road 10
another, and designating the points therein,
shall cause motto to be given to parties owning
the1and over which such road is to he located,
and if objections by one or more Of the owners
shall be made, the board of supervisors shall
consider and determine the same, mt their next
regular meeting, and if they shall he OF opin-
ion that sncii road is necessary, they Shall
appoint two persons rs viewers to view cut and
locate said road and upon the return Of the
certifca Of the viewers, shall declare the
same 10 be public highway When ahso-
lutely necessary the county surveyor may be
called in by the supervisors to assist in said
location.
: 10 Each Road Oyersoer shall report to
the BOar! Of supervisors quarterly. the
mount Of money collected and paid out By him.
and to whom, and for what paid, the number
Of days he himself has been in actual service,
and also a list of de!inqUents, and the said
oycrseers shall mike am affidavit before II
Justice Of the Peace tAat said report and lie
llnquent list is correct. to the best cf his
knowledge and belief, and any person refusing
or ncg'eetfng to pay'the road tax required by
this act to the oyerseer, On or before he first
day Of October Of each year, shall be colisii
cred delinquent, and the oyersecr shall pro-
coed to levy and sell at public vcndue to ;hc
highest bidder, after giving six days pubiiea-
ton. the properly If such delinquent or 50
much thereofas small he necessary to satisfy
such delinquency and cost
S II The Overscer shall receive for their
services while in actual employment. the sane
per diem compensation as is allowed 70 tae
Supergis0rs ef their respective Counties.
! 70 Ifanv person shall obstruet any pYb-
lie Road b., feline anv tree across ilt, sal,a
or bv plac'nr any other obstruction therein
or damDr, digging or deepening. a creek or
river, or It's banks 50 rs to destroy . ford or
crossing. he.shall be liable 10 prosecution be-
fore any justice Of The pence, By any superyi-
sor Of the county, or oye1seer OF the roal dis
trict, on behalf of the county, ami on convic-
ceedtng fifty dollars, and shall forfeit five dol
lars for every day he shah suffer said obstrac-