The daily Butte record., 1858-05-29

same shall be asse.sed api collected at the same
time aud in the same manner as the property and
poll taxes in aid county are Assessed and collie ted
To this fund the the Treasurer OF the county SHAH
place the surplus revenue OF the county. II any aud
the fund created under THIS Is hereby deoomiDatsd
the Special Road Fund" and the bonis shall be
drawn pa able out of that fund.
SEC IL The County Trea of said county shall
set apart out OF said fund. sufficient sum to pay
the interest IL may fall dec and ifthere should
be deficiency in sad fund. he shall pay the tire
deficiency bu Of the "General County Fund" and
replace the amount from the Special Road FUND
when collected.
Sac IL Thomas we,sy W. Mason. and NJ
Pence. OF Butte county are hereby constituted and
appointed a Board OF Wagon Road Commissioners,
who shall a. soon as practicable caused to be loes-
ted. improved or cOnstructed, a public wagon road
from Orovile. Butte county. passing thence via
what is now called Mendenhails Ranch, over the
best and most practicable rou'e to the southeast
side of Middle Feather Hiver, and from the north
side Of said river, thence the shortest aud most
practicable route t. and intetsscting tho dividing
line between Butte apb Plumas counties where the
Bidwell and American Valley road passes. Said
Couui s7'opers sha'I also cause TO be located i'm
proved or corts yycted spublic wagon road from
oioville, passing uence the shortest rr-i most
practicable route via. Pence's Ranch, " aud inter
sectiDg the Oroville ani Honey Lake road on
the northwest side OF Feather eiyer, at the dividing
line between Butte aDd Piumas counties. And the
said commissioner in locating and shing each
OF SAL roads, shaii take into confederation the i'm
proyeBcnts and invest nents that have now been
! made to accommodate the travelling public aud
also the accommodation of any town village lo-
Gated along this line Of the pre'ent cstthli shed
| routes Ani said comm sriOner, are hereby au-
| thoriEsd ani empowered To expend on each cf said
roads the sun of fourteen thou>and dollara IN the
survey location and construction Of the siTe which
Amounts thus appropriated for easb y,ast ~ hereby
pledged aud by p0thecatri au luV 0abi. fluid for
the completion Of the same the line of the routes
heresbefore Indicated When either or both Of ssid
roads shall have been completed the surplus Of the
fund for such roai or roads tho may be, or
that may arise from the two thousand dollar fund,
shall be eSp'nied by the Board Of Supervi 'ors of
in nf
now established ia sad cOInty, AS they may think
justani proper, and for the Improvement of such
public road or roads said surpu, is hereby pledged
RI The Surveying engineering necessary to be lone
~ locating aud constructing said roads hy sad com
mis-ioncrs shall be done by the county Surveyor
= under his supervision No toll roai or any other
, road or investment therein, constructed in
process Of construction, that shall hereafter be
, constructed, shall be purchased under this Act
SEC - Any tw"of s,ii COMM -soners. appointed
uhier the provisions of this act are hereby author
n z"d aDi ernposered t. make contracts and to all
acts and thing herein con emplated AMI necessary
To be done, ani the same shall be eifcctual and
r valid a. II male by all such commi misSioaets
- SEc IL Said Commissioner shall have prcT,1 'Jni
plans and specifications Of tbs character. gr'e and
dimen,on> of said roads, nni, a,t they ,htll have
been fully prepared and settled for each ROAD they
4 shall aiyerte for at least ten days in sp,per
ia Bntte county. for scaled proposals fDr ths per
formtnce Of the work {, bc done in improving aud
constructing 81 roais Said contract contracts
each road shall he let out in sections of one. ten
miles IN length. sun bids shall specify the
bonis 'su, unler this act. at pr value and also
T. at what rates payable in cash Tns Commi is,iouers
shall after opening the proposals that may bc re-
ceVci let the WORK by contract to the lowest and
most responsible bidder bidders provided. that
/. II of the bids be satisfactory to the Comms.
Soncrs then the Commi sousrs may advertise again
for sealed proposals ani provided farther, that the
accepted bi icr or BID Tor. shall give bosi@ in double
e the "A nount of thsr contract, with two
suret e', to be approved bJ the Com nisso-r-, and
coniitionei tr the faithful perform trco 10 such
ri contract and in of the failure the of
accepted bidder, To give NatSiacory security, then
It the Commission may in their discretion, accept
N the next lowest bid.
A SIC L. SAID Cpnmi sSionnrs are hereby required
to keep minute account of all expenses til, may
he made on the survey location and construction of
sail roads, and to report the to the Board of
Supervisors OF said county, At su,h times they
may ,uire aud :hcy are further authp izel and
required to such road. to be located improvct
aud con'truct 4. Hs far practicable, by lhs first
day of December of the present yctr aui the lOca-
ton OF the stl roads, the letting of the contracts
and the construction of tho same. shall be done by
sections cOnsec1tively nbered on the line OF each
/ route. in the order hereinbefore designated, CON
mencins At 0roville. AMI running thence on the line
Of the proposed route to its terminus The contracts
shalt he lot AMI the work commenced as soon as
. practicable.
SEC 10 In payment Of any contract, demand or
liability created in constructing improving said
t roat', the s,ne shall be cert'h;i by the Conm.-
sonersto the Board of Supervisors of said county.
whoshail thrreupun cause the bonts to be issued,
. provided in section Ih OF this act; which bouds
the proceeds thereof shall he applied to .he pay
4 ment Of said contract contracts according to
their term,, ami to this end the Ho,ri Of Suervi-
sors in sid county authorized to have saii bonds
i ca''i to miet tn p,yr'snt OF any CONTRACTOR con
tracts. aud not othes"i,c, prpv lei satbonls shall
not bs cashcl at dscouit greater than ten per
=. cent
SkC II. The Com nj is,oner-, or tier Of them ac-
tug under by virtue of tn, act, shalt not either
directly or ntlrecty, be III any manner interested
ia any contract or Undertaking eithcr for supplies
mIterias OF otherwi.r in the 'ttur ton i'm.
. proVenent of said reads Any viontionot this see
i ton shall b. dccncda mis'smoanor; ani. upon con.
victtont ercot before any compotent tribunal shall
be hned In any sum not less than one thousand dot
II lara
:, SEQ IS Any expsnliturcs ma ie or contracts Gu.
# tered nto by said Commissioners. beyoni the an'nt
of bonds Appropriated aud authuriA.t to be issued
by this act for the roads placed under their super.
. visions, shall be null and yoii.
$50. ID. The lmpensatiun Of Zach Commi ssoner
shall be six dollar per day for actual service ptyl.
# BILE IN bonds issued under this Act. Said to,nmis
ouers sh all certify to the of amount
shaft audit the II correct, snd order II to b.
paid provided that the amount allowed A. compen
saion to each Commits ioner h,l not exceed IN the
I, aggregate six hundred dollars IN any one year
/. sEo. 20 Shouli vacancy, from death resi- gna-
tion, occur In the Board OF Commis>nncrs. befprc
the objects OF this Act shall have been carried
Il the vacancy shall he filled by appointment, 10y
the Board o Supervisors "t said county, and such
i person persons appointed, shalt have, and are
n hereby invested with all duties responsibilities and
authority OF that oihce as Il he had been sppo nted
/. by this act originally.
a skC II The bonisth are required TO be issued
A under this Act shall not be issued except upon
n proposition to issue salt bpnis to the electors of
Butte county, at tho next general election, the
jority OF this electors voting up N said proposit OF
y shall be In favor Of issung said bonds aud to give
full orce aad effect to this Act II is hereb, made the
duty OF the Board Of Supervisors OF said county to
submit to the qu,lincd electors at the next general
election in thor county. the proposition said
bonds Those voting for said propositions sh all have
= written or printed ON their ballots County bouts
u for a railroad and wagon r,,ads-yesn or County
. bonds, Tor railroad ami wagon ro.ds-Non = SAID
vote snail DO eanva>sed by the board Of CavaSSers of
sad county at the sans time aud in the manner as
the votes east tor State AMI county officers and the
result OF said voting shalt be entered upon the
orls OF tho Board OF Canvssssers aud 1t said propo
stion sNl recieve IN toritY of sid Nntrs IL shall