The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-15
LAWS OF IOWA.
By AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER l54.

AN ACT to provide for the making and
repairing of Public Highways, and
prescribing the Duties Of Township
Officers in certain cases.
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted by the GEN
erat Issemhy ofthe State of Iowa, That
the township trustees of the several town
ships of this State shall meet on the first
Monday cf October, A D., 1858, and
every subsequent year thereafter, and d.
vide their respective townships into such
number of road districts as they may
deem necessary fer the public good.
So. Their shall be elected at the gem
eral election in the fall of 1858 and annu-
ally thereafter, one supervisor for each
road district within the several townships
of this State, who shall hold his Office for
Que year and until his successor is elected
and qualified, Said supervisor must re-
side in the district for which he was
elected. and in the election of said super
visor no elector shall vote for more than
one supervisor, and none other than the
one esiding in the district where such
elector resides, but no person shall be re-
quired to serve as supervisor who is cx-
en- pit by this act from performing labor on
the highway.
So. Said election shall be conducted
as other elections, and 1t shall be the duty
of the township clerk to notify said su-
pervisor elect within five days after said
election, and said supervisor elect thus
notified shall appear before the township
clerk within ten days thereafter and give
bond and take the oath of Office as required
by the Constitution of theS tate of Iowa.
1, Any supervisor elect. after hav-
ing been notified as required in section
3 of this act, who shall fail to appear be-
fore said township clerk (unless preven-
ted by sickness) within the specified time,
and give bond and take the oath of Office
as required by this act, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of five dollars, and 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
or otherwise, and apply the same to the
repairing of roads in his district.
s5. 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 be
will faithfully and impartially perform all
the duties devolying upon him, and ap-
propriate all moneys that may come into
his hands by virtue of his Office aceor-
ding to law, which bond shall be kept by
the township clerk among the papers of
his office. And in the event of yacan-
cy occurring in any road district within
his township, it shal! be the duty of the
township clerk to till such vacancy by ap-
pointment as soon as notified of the
same.
Sc. Each supervisor shall require all
the able bodied male residents of his dis
trict between the ages of twenty -one and
forty five to perform two days labor upon
the public highway between the first day
of April aud the first day of July OF
each year as hereinafter provided.
81. The supervisor shall be required
to give at least three days notice previ-
Gus to the day or days designated to work
the roads to all persons in his district
subject to work as required in section six
of this act, what day he will superintend
the work on the roads within his district
and all persons SO notified must meet said
supervisor at such time and place, and
with such tools, implements and teams
as said supervisor may designate, and
shall labor diligently under the direction
Of the supervisor, for eight hours each
day, and for such two days labor perform
ed the supervisor shall give to the person
a certificate, which certificate shall be ev-
idence that such person has performed
labor on the public highway as required
by section 6 Of this act, and shall exempt
such person from performing labor in
payment Of road poll tax in that or any
other road district within this State for
the same year. Provided that any person
furnishing good team, consisting of two
horses or their equivalent, shall be allowed