St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01
2LES CITY, FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, 1858.

has been given to the owner of the land en-.
closed in part by such fence
q. When any owner or occupant Of land
/ adjoining and abuttinG upon any road, OF
! highway, may desire to plant hedge upon
| the line uf any road. he shall be allowed to
build OF remove bis fence upon such road or
! highway, PrOpiR,d, he shall not build on re-
move his fence more than ten feet within the
outer line OF said road and that unless the
said road be sixty feet wide the fence shall not
be built or removed upon both sides at the
same time Such owner OF occupant shall
not be allowed to occupy such highway as
aforesaid for more than hve wears, and not
more than one year before such hedge shall
be planted and at the expiration of such time
he shall remove such fence, upon the order OF
| the supervisor of the district where such road
| is situated
! s % It shall be the duty Of the supervisor
! to keep the roads in a. good condition as the
| funds at his disposal will permit. and TO place
guide boards at the forks Of the roads in his
district. and shall be furnished with money to
| do the same.
: 20. Persons meeting each other on any Of
the public highways Of this State shall give
one haN of the same by turning to the right
| All persons falling to observe the provisions
of this section shall he liable to pay all DANA
ges resulting theretrom, together with fine
not exceeding five dollars, to be appropriated
to the repairing OF roads in the district where
the violation occurred.
s SO The supervisors are hereby required
to meet the township trustees at their regular
meeting on the first Monday in October OF
| each year. and have a final settlement II all
! their accounts connected with the road fund
and with the affairs Of their office as supcrvi-
sor and after the payment of the supervisor
| the trustees shall order the distribution OF the
road fund in the hands of the township clerk
! as thew NAV deem eXpedient for road purposes,
and the township clerk shall pay the same out
rs ordered hv the trustees. The township
| clerk shall be entitled to five per cent. on all
! MONEYS coming into his hands by virtue OF
! his office, and shall be required at least once
| in each wear to make settlement with the
! county Judge, producing vouchers for all mon,
eys paid cut hy him, specifying for what and
to whom paid.
s. 81 The township clerk of each town
! ship shall he required by the county judge OF
! his county to give bond, to be approved by
/ the Judge in the sum of twice the amount oi
the road tax in his township. when the cOun-
tv Judge shall give an order to said clerk on
| the county treasurer for all moneys collected
! hy him ~ road taxes upon ali property within
and for his township. upon the payment oi
which hy the treasurer, he shall take from
| said township clerk duplicate receipts for the
sum thus paid him. one OF which receipts said
treasurer shall deliver over to the county judge
to I've filed 10y him among the papers OF hls
office, and said Judge shall charge the same l,
the account Of the said clerk upon the roa'
book
+ $ -. The township clerk shall beallowcd th'
sum of one dollar per day fur all day nrccSs''
rily ymplnycd in the discharge uf the dutic
of his office which account after being Slgnc'
and sworn IT,. shall he audited and paid on