The daily Butte record., 1858-05-17

tjrae and in the same manner as the property and
poll taxes in said county are assessed and colleeted
To this fund the the Treasurer OF the county snail
place the surplus revenue of the county II any and
the fund created under this Is hereby denoninated
the Special Road Fund" and the eonds shall be
drawn payable out of that fund. -
sgo il The County Treasurer of said county shall
set apart out Of said fund, sulfcient sum to pay
the interest AS it may fall dce; and fthere should
be a deficiency in said fund, he shall pay the the
deficiency bu of the general County Fund" and
replace the amount from the Especial Road Fund
when collected. =.
SEC 10 Thomas wells.J W. Mason, and VI.
Pence of Butte county, are hereby constituted and
appointed a Board of Wagon Road Commissioners, /
who shall soon as practicable, caused to be ioea-
ted. improved or constructed, public wagon road |
from oroville, Butte county. passing thence via |
what's now called Mendenhalfs Ranch, over the |
be It and most practicable rou,e to the southeast |
side of Middle Feather River, and from the north
side of said river thence the shortest and most
practicable route to and intersecting the dividing
line between Butte and pumas counties where the
Bidwell and American Valley road passes. Said
Commi ssioners shall Also eause to be located im
proved or constructed. public wagon road from
On Otovlle passing thence over the shortest and most
practicable route via Pence's Ranch, to and inter
sectpg the Orotille and Hopey Lake road on
the northwest side of Feather eyer, at the dividing
| line between Butte and Plumas counties. And the
said comm ssoner IN locating and establishing each
of said roads, shall take itto consideration the i'm
| proyenents and invest tnents that have now been
| made to accommodate the travelling public, and
also the accommodation of any town or village To-
! Gated along the tfns cf the present established
routes, Aud said commissioners are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to expepd or 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 as an inv olable fund for
the completion of the same, the line of the routes
hereiabefore indcated When either or both of said
roads shalt have been completed. the surplus of the
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
Just aud proper and for the improvement OF such
public road or roads said surplus is hersbv pledged
The Surveying engineering necessary 10 be 1one
In locating and constructing said roads by said com
missioners snail lie done by the county Surveyor or
under his supervision. No toll road or any other
road investment therein, now constructed or in
process of construction, or that shall hereafter be
constructed, shall bo purchased under this Act
SEC 10. Any two of said commissioners appointed
under the provisions of this act, hereby author
r lztd and empowered to make contracts and to all
acts and thing herein contemplated and necessary
be done, and the same shall be as ehectuaI and
+ valid a. If made by all such commissioners
, | SEC ~ Said commissioners shall have prepared
plans and spec iicatons of the character grade ana
Dimensions of said roads, and, as they hall have
been fully prepared and settled for each road they
shall advertise for at least ten days in new spaper
in Butte county for sealed proposals for the per-
> forma nee of the work to be done in improving aud
constructing said roads. Said contract or contracts
on each road shall be let out in sections OF one, ten
= or more miles in length Said bids shall specify the
rates at which the work will bo done. PAYABLE in
bonds issued under this act, at par value, and also
AT what rates payable in cash. The Commissioners
shall. after opening the proposals that may be re-
ceived let the WORK by contract to the lowest ana
most responsible bidder bidders provided, that
il none of the bids be satisfactory to the Commi'-
souers then the Comm ssiouers may advertise again
for sealed proposals. and provided further, that the
accepted bidder bidders shall give bonds in double
a the amount of their contract, with two or more
suret es to be approved by the Commissioners, and
onditioned for the faithful performance of such
contract and in of the failure on the part of an
accepted bidder to give satisfactory security, then
the Commissioners may, in their dscreuon, accept
-, | the next lowest bid.
sKo Is said Commis ssioners are hereby required
to keep minute account of all expenses that may
he made the survey. location aad construction oi
said roads and to report the same to the Board oil
Supervisors of said county, at such times as they
may require and they are further autho ized and
required such roads to be located improved
ami construct "A, aS far IA practicable, by the hrs'
day of December of the present year; and the loca
ton of the said roads. the letting of the contracts
! and the construction of tho same shall be done by
sections consecutively numbered on the line of each
! route in the order hereinbefore designated; Com
mencing at Orovie, and running thence on the line
of tho propo sed route to it's terminus The contracts
shall be let and the work comm menced as soon a'
$50 10 In payment OF any contract, demand oi
, 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 cause the oonIs 70 oe Issued
yded in section 1th OF this act; which bonds o.
| the Proceeds thereof shall be applied to the pay
a ment of said contract or contracts, according u
| their terms and TO this ond the Board OF Supervi
sors in said county authorized to have said bond
ashed to meet the payment of any contract or con
tracts and not otherwise, provided said bonds shal
not be cashed at a discount greater than item pc
:. cent.
\ Ssc IL The Commissioners, or either of them, &C
ting under A. by virtue of this act shall not, eithe
" directly or Indirectly, be in any manner interested
in any contract or undertaking. either for supplies
y materials or otherwise, in the construction or i'm
movement of said reads ANY violation OF this sec
, lion shall be med misdemeanor; and, upon con
yction tnercof before any competent tribunal shal
. be fined in any sum not less than one thousand dol
:, lars
y ;, ssc Is Any expenditures made, or contracts en-
- tered nto BY said Comm ssioners, beyond the am n
" of bonds Appropriated and authorized to be ISSUED
- by this act for the roads placed under their super
! | visions, shalt be null and void.
: | SEC 10 The compensation OF each COMMISSIONS
shall be six delsrs per day for actual service paya
y, BILE in bonds issued under this Act Said Commis
souers shall certify to the correctness OF amount
each to the Board of Superyi in said county wh
a. shall audit the same, il correct and order it to h
- paid: provided that the amount allowed as compeu
-, saton to each Commissioner, shall not exceed in th
ts aggregate six hundred dollars in any one year
\, sEo. 20 should q vacancy, from death or resigns
tv ton, ocenr in the Board of Commissioners, befor
the objects of this Act shall have been carried out
of the vacancy shall be filled by an appointment, b.
,o the Board of Supervisors of said county, and suc
r. person persons appointed, shall have and ar
r hereby invested with all duties responsibilities an
authority of that office, as II he had been apponte
n by this act originally.
20 SEQ Il The bonds that are required to be issue
"a under this Act shall not be issued, except upon
:. proposition TO issue said bonds TO the electors
butte county at the next general election, the NJ
jority OF this electors voting upon said propositic
er shall be favor OF issuing said bonds; and to Civ
as full orce and effect TO this Act q Is hereby made tn
duty Of the Board of Supervisors OF said county
- submit the qualified electors at the next geners
election their county the proposition to issue sal
ty bonds Those voting for said propositions shall hsv
RI written printed their ballots; County boud
eh for a railroad aud wagon roads--Yes,p or Count
bond fn raj rOaNa-NN
vote shall be canvassed the board of Cavassers
ny said county at the same time and 10 the manner
", the cast Tor State and county officers and Oh
resnt Of xAd waiting shall he entsred upou the rec
re ords Of the Board OF Csnvassers and II said props
sitoa shall receive majority of said votes il shs
40 lawful to issue said bonds, and not otherwise fo