The daily Butte record., 1858-05-20

poll said county assessed ana cole tea
To this fund the the Treasurer OF the county shall
place the surplus of the county If any and
the fund created under this is hereby denomnated
the special Road Fund" and the bonds shall be |
drawn payable out Of that fund IJ
SEQ IL The County Treasurer of said county shall
set apart out Of said fund, sufficient sum to pay
the interest as it may fall due; and ifthere should
be deficiency in said fund, he shall pay the the
deficiency bu Of the General County FUND.- and
replace the amount from the "Specisl Rosd Fund ,
Sac ~ Thomas wells,J. W. Mason, and NJ
Pence. of Butte county, hereby constituted and
appointed q Board Of Wagon Road Commissioners,
who shall, as practicable, caused to be loca-
ted, improved constructed, q prbc wagon road
from Oroville, Butte county, passing thence via
what IL now called Mendenhslrs Ranch, over the
best and most practicable route to the southeast
side of Middle Feather River, aud from the north
side Of said river thence the shortest and most
practic BILE route to and intersecting the dividing
line between Butte and Plumas countless where the
Bidwell and American Valley road passes. Said
Commissioners shall also cause to be located, i'm
| proved or constructed public wagon road from
Oioviiie, passing thence the shortest and most
practicable route via PeDces Ranch, to aud inter
sectirg the Oroville and Honey Lake road on
the northwest side of Feather ever at the dividing
line between Butte and Plumas counties. And the
said commissioners in locating and establishing each
of said roads, shall take into considerations the m
provements and invest nents that have now been
made to accommodate the travelling public, and
also the accommodation of any town or village To-
Gated along the line of the present establi shed
| routes Aud said commits sioners are hereby au-
| thorized aud empowered to expend each of said
roads, the sum of fourteen thousand dollars in the
survey, location and construction of the same which
Amounts thus appropriated for each road Is hereby
| pledged and hypOthecated an invioable fund for
the completion of the same the line of the routes
hereiRbefore Indicated When either or both of said
roads shall have been completed the surplus OF she
fund for such road roads. the case may be- or
that may arise from the two Thousand dollar fund,
shall be expended by the Board of Supervisors of
said county in the Improvement of any public road
now established in said county as they may think
ljustant proper, and Tor the improvement of such
public road roads said surplus iS hereby pledged
The Surveying engineering necessary to be lone
in locating and constructing SAID reads by SAID com
missioners, shall be done by the county Surveyor ar
under his supervision. No toll road any other
road or investment therein, now constructed or in
process of cOnstructonor that shall hereafter be
3 constructed, sbal be purchased under this Act.
A SEC f3 Any two OF said commiS Ssioners appointed
under the provisions OF this act, are hereby author
( izsd sud empowered to make contracts and to all
acts and thing herein contemplated and necessary
to be done; and the shall be as efectual and
4 valid as IL made by all such commissio aers
9 SEC IL Said Commissioners shall have prepared
plans AMI specifications Of the character grade and
dimensions Of said rG;sis, and, AS they shall have
been fully prepared and settled for each road they
shall advertise for at least ten days in new Spaper
in Butte county. for scaled proposals for the per
| formance of the work to be done in improving aud
constructing sa d roads Said contract or contracts
each road shall he let out in sections of one. ten
miles 10 length. Said bids shall specify the
. rates at which the work will be done, PAYABLE in
bends issued unier this act, at par value and also
at what rates payable in cash. The Commissioners
SHALL after Opening the proposals that may De re-
ceived. let the work by contract to the lowest and
most responsible bidder bidders provided, that
. IL Of the bids be satisfactory to the Commis
soners then the Commi .souers may advertise again
for sealed proposals; AMI provided further, that the
accepted bidder bidders shall give bonds in double
o the amount of their contract. with two or more
suret es, to be approved by the Commissioners, and
condi itoned for the faithful performance of such
contract and in OF the failure on the part OF
accepted bidder to give satisfactory security then
tho Commissioners may in their elton, accept
the next lowest bid.
4 $50 Is Said Commissioners are hereby required
. to keep minute account Of all expenses that may
be made the survey, location and construction of
said roads and to report the same to the Board OF
Supervisors of said county, at such times they
4 may require aud they are further autho lied and
required to such roads to be located improved
and construct ii, as far as practicable, hy the first
day of December of the present year; and the loca
ton of the said roads the letting Of the contracts
and the construction Of the same, shall be done by
sections numbered. on the line OF each
route, in the order hereinbefore designated Com
mencing at Oroville and running thence on the line
of the proposed route to it's terminus The contracts
shall be let and the work commenced as soon as
practicable.
Ssc l6 In payment OF any contract demand or
liability created in constructing or improving said
roads, the same shall be certified by the Commis-
sioners TO the Board of Supervisors OF said county,
who shall thereupon the bonds to be issued,
provided in section 7th of this act; which bonds
the proceeds thereof shalt be applied to the pay
ment of said contract or contracts, according To
their terms and to this end the Boari of Superv-
in said county authorized to have said bond
cashed to mset the payment of any contract or con
tracts, and not otherwise, provied said bonds shall
not be cashed at dscount greater than ten per
cent.
, SEc II. The Com mi oners ther of them, ac-
ting under or by virtue of this act shall not either
directly indirectly, be in any manner interested
u any contract undertaking, either tor supplies
materials or otherwise in the construction or I'M
pro ye,nent of said reads Any violation OF this
ton shall bs deemed misdemeanor; and, upon con-
ycton thereof before any competent tribunal SD all
be fined in any not less than one thousand dol
4 lars.
! sac. is, Any expenditures male, or contracts en-.
+ tered nto by said Commissioners. beyond the am nj
bonds Appropriated and authorized to be issued
by this act for the roads placed under they super
visions, shall be null and void.
al SEo. 10. The compensation OF each Commissioner
shall be six dollars per day for actual service paya-
r BILE In bonds issued under this Act said Commis
soners shg certify TO the correctness of AMOUNT of
each to the Board Of supervisors in said county who
shall audit the same, IL correct ana order it to be
paid provided that the amount allowed as compen.
.. satQn to each Commissioner, shall not exceed in the
al aggregate six hundred dollars in any one year
!. SEQ, 20 Should a vacancy, from death or resgna-
ton occur in the Board of Copinissioners, before
the objects OF this Act shall have been carried out
f the vacancy shalt be flled BY an appointment, by
. person persons appointed, shall have, aud
hereby invested With all duties responsibilities and
authority Of that office, II he had been appointed
. by this act originally.
a SEc IL The bonds that required to be issued
a under this Act shall not be- issued except upon
y propositionto issue said bonds the electors of
butte county, at the next general election, the m
jority of the electors voting upon said propostios
shall be in favor of issuing said bonds and to give
full AID effect to this Act II is hereby made the
duty of the Board of Supervisors Of said county to
submit to the qualified electors at next general
election in their county the proposition TO said
bonds Those voting for said sh all have
written or printed on their bAliot< "Coqnty bouds
! ! far railroad and wagon roaas-Yes,n or County
; bonds, for u railroad and Wagon roads-No" said
vote shall be cAnvasscd by the board OF of
said county at the same time aud In the manner
the votes cast tor State and county officers and the
result Of saf voting shall be entered upon the
ords Of the nosrd OF Canyasssers and Il said propo
sitqn shall recieve majority of said votes, il shall
i the purposes hersinbeiore enuulcrated
Approved Apri, 23rd, 1855.