The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-11-13
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To Provide for the Making and Repairing
Of Public High ways, and prescribing the
Duties Of Township Officers In certain

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To Provide for the Making and Repairing
Duties Of Township OfiiceY la certain
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SECTION l. BE 1t es0rted by tie GEN
eral assembly Of the .Stite Of Ioro, That
the tow wnship trustees of the several town
ships of this State shall meet on the first
Monday of October, n. d. 1888, and
every subsequent year thereafter, aud d.
vide their respective townships into snch
number of road DISTRICTS as they may
deem necessary for the public good.
s2. There shall be 6Ctcd at the gen.
ersl election in the sall VI 1853 and annu-
ally thereafter, one supervisor for each
road district within the several townships
of this State who shall hold his ofhce for
one year and until his successor is elected
aud qualified. Said supervisor must re-
side ia the district fos which he was
elected, and in the election Of said super.
visor no elector shall vste for more than
one supervisor and none other than the
one residing in the districs where such
elector resides. but no person shall be re-
quired to serve as supervisor who rs ex-
empt by this Act from performing labor
on the highway.
So. Said election shall be conducted
as other elections, and it shall be the duty
of the towus' ip clerk to notify said su-
pervisors elect within five days after said
| election, and said supervisor elect thus
notified shall appear before the township
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bond and take the oath of Office required
by the constitution of the State OF Iowa.
"a. Any supervisor elect, after hay-
ing been notified as reqired in section
3 of this Act, who shall fail to appear be-
fore said township clerk (unless prevent
cd BY sickness) within the specified time,
and give bond and take the oath of Office
as required by this act. shall forfeit aud
pay the sum of tive dollars, aud In case
of his failing or refusing to pay the same,
it shall be the duty of his successor in
Office to collect the said amount by suit
OF otherwise, anu apply the same to the
repairing of roads in his district.
SIS. Each supervisor so elected shall
be required to give bond in such sum and
with such security as the township clerk
may deem requisite, conditioned that he
will faithfully aud impartially perform all
TIE duties devolving upon him, and ap'
propriate all moneys that may come into
his hands by virtue of his office accord.
ing to law, which bond shall be kept by
the township clerk among the papers Of
his Office. And in the event of vacan.
ey occurring iu any road district within
his township, it shall be the duty of the
township clerk to fill such vacancy by ap
poiutment, as soon as notified OF the
same.
S6. Each supervisor shall require al
the able bodied male residents of his dis
trict between the ages Of twenty-onc ane
forty. five to perform two days labor upoT
the public highway between the first da,
of April and the first day of July OF eacl
year rs hereinafter provided,
s.. The supervisor shall be required
to give at least three days notice preyl
Gus to the day or days designated to worl
the roads to all persons in his distric
subject to work as required in section
;. of this Act, what day he will superinten'
the work Oh the roads within his district
aud all persons so notified must meet sal
supervisor at such time aud place, an
with such tools, implements and teams a
said supervisor mey designate, aud sha
labor diligently under the direction c
the supervisor, for eight hours each day
and for such two days labor pcrforme
: the supervisor shall give to the perso
: a certificate, which certificate shall b
evidence that such person has pertorme
labor on the public highway as require
c by section of this Act, and shall eA
:, empt such person from performing lab,
in payment of road poll tax in that c
any other road district within this Stat
> for the same year provided, that an
II person furnishing good team, eonsistln
o Of two horses or their equivalent, shall
- allowed the same for the team that is a
u lowed for able bodied men per day,
IS. Each person made liable to pc
a form labor on the public highway /
l. section 6 of this act who shall fail or ne!
'e lect to attend, either in person or by sa
it isfactory substitute, at the time and pla'
/. appointed, with the designated tool, In
plement or team, having had three day
notice thereof, or having attended, sha
3 spend his time in idleness, or disobey Il
d supervisor OF failto furnish to said supe
G. visor within FIVE days thereafter some satl
h factory excuse for not so attending, shi
,r forfeit and pay to said supervisor the su
ir of one dollar and twenty-five for eas
Of days delinquency, and in case of tailu
% to pay such forfeit within ten days,
% is hereby made the duty of such supe
In visor to recover the same by action
" deb, in the name of the supervisor, b
- fore any justice Of the peace in the prop
n, township, which money when coliect'
rs shall be Immediately expended on t
70 public highway.
e. 50. The supervisor shall perform Il
lie same amount !! labor as is required
es an able bodied man, for which he sh
ut be allowed the sum of one dollar and tit
IN cents per day, including the time nec'
to sarily spent in notifying the hands Al
re making out his returns, which sum sh
be paid out of the road fund after dedu
ting his two days work required by 81
Is. tion Of this Act, and road tax for I'll
a. year; provided, that where there is
ch money in the hands Of the clerk vi
or or which to pay said supervisor, he shall
entitled to receive certificate from /
a. township clerk for the amount Of lat
oa performed after deductlng as above
- auired, which certificate shall be receiy
ii in payment of his own road tax for a
We succeeding year. -.
to s 10. For the purpose Of enabli
ad the supervisor to determine the prec