Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-22

the eStapiisnlng OF any new road, "a
notify the township clerks of the town
ships in which said road has been loea- =
ted, Of the location Of the same. and
also to furnish . copy Of the field notes.
thereof, and the clerk shall imme d;@te.
y mark the same on the map IN his-of-
ice.
| s II. The township clerk shall fsr-
nish each SUPERVISOR 81 his 1 township
with map Of his district, which msP;
shall ccntsin al the leFsi' rosds .irYsid
district, and when anYg ncy rpfE ehxll
have been established, it shall be the
duty Of the township clerk 70 notify
each Of the supervisors wllsesse lditlaiet:
IS affected by said new road, and sssS
to furnish, . copy Of the field 'niotess@
the same, which new road shall be inn
mediately marked on the map Of said
district in his possession.
5 IL. The township trustees of each
organized township shall at the, aaau-
al meetidg to be holden on the second
Monday Of April in each year, q d
soon thereafter as the assessmenssbook
is received by the clerk; determine dp- ;
on the additional amount Of property
tax to be levied for roads, bridges,
plows and scrapers, and levy the same,
which shall not be less than one nor
more than three mills on the dollar on
the township assessment of that year.
Provided, that when incorporated cities
are by act of Incorporation heretofore /.
passed made road districts this act
shall not interfere with such districts,
but the same shall be under the control
Of such CITY,.
5 IL. The township clerk shall with
in four weeks after such levy make out
q tax list for each road district in his
township, which list shall be in tabular
form and in alphabetical order, having
distinct columns for lands, town lots
and personal property, and carry out
in q column the amount Of the tax on
each piece Of land and town lot, and
on the amount Of personal property be-
longing to each individual, and to en-
able the township clerk to make out
such tax list, it is hereby made the du-
ty Of the assessor to furnish the town
ship clerk Of each township in the sew
eral counties of this State, on OF before
the first day Of April of each year, with
a correct copy Of the assessment lists
Of said township for that year, which
list shall be the basis for such tax list.
1t shall be the duty of the county Judge
to furnish the several township clerks
of his county with printed blanks ne
cessary to carry into effect the provis-
ions Of this act.
5 IA. The township clerk shall make
an entry upon such tax, List showing
what it is, for what road district and
for what year, and shall attach to the
list his warrant under his. handyin gen.
eral terms requiring, the supervisor Of
such district to collect the taxes there :
in charged as herein provided, and no
informality in the above requirements
shall render any proceedings for the
collection of such taxes illegal. The
clerk is hereby required to. cause such
lists to be delivered to the proper SUI
pervlsors of his township by the first day
of May next after the levy, take,his re-
ceipt therefor and such listshall.be full
and sufficient authority for the super
visor to collect all taxes therein charged
against resident property holders. in his
districts.
5 Is. The supervisor shall within
ten days after receiving such tax list
post up in three conspicuous places
within his district written noticessofHhe.
amount Of road tax assessed to- eaehs
tax payer in said district.
s Is. The township trustees shall.
at their annual meeting on the seconds
Monday of April ia each year deter
mine the sum that will be allowed for,
a days labor, and also the sum that
will be allowed for man and team per
day, and the township clerk shall inn
mediately notify each Of the superyi-
sors in his township of such determi-.,
nation.
SIT. The supervisor shall be re-
quired to give at least three days no.
tice previous to the day designated to
work the roads to all persons in his
district charged with road tax, of the
day or days he will superintend the
work on the roads within his district,
and all persons 50 notified must meet
said supervisor at such time and place
with such tools, implements and teams
US said supervisor may designate, hay
ing such tools and implements in his
possession, and in case Of failure to-
attend either in person or by satisfac-
tory substitute at such time and place,
or send reasonable excuse within Eve
days thereafter, for not SO doing the
supervisor shall Immediately commence
|suit for the collection Of the tax which
such person is liable to pay, and ex-
pend the same as soon as collected on
the public highways in bis district-
s 10. The supervisors of thssever-
al districts Of each township shall re-
port to the township clark an tlf inst
Monday Of October m eneh yssr, which
report shall embrace the following
items:
L. The names Of all persons IN his
district required BY section s Of tbs
act to perform labor On: the public
highway, and the amount perfoxmedby
Z u y -
each. r.
2. The names Of al persons against
whom suits have been brought, Is re.
CURED by section 8 Of this act, and
amount collected by each.
8. The names Of all persons who
have paid their property road tax in Ia
Dor, and the amount paid by each,