Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-06-23
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CHAPTER Is4.

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J Oasesrs In certain casez.
: sscT1os /. Be sssMaetsd by shs Ess
d sral Asssaably eftAs State Qf Apspus Tha
3 che township fgusssxs Of tie seyers
!. townships of this State ahmll mees on tL
: fsss AG6nasy % 0csoher, a. u. 1853, "a
. eysry subsequent year thereafter, an
+ efyiac their respective townships Int
!. such numbeg Of road Districts - the
: mar deem nsssssawy fOr the COED Of u
4 public.
Q. Thafe ahalI be elected ID the gen
( sFal sclecai0n Ia sha fail of 1858 "a
! annually thereafter, ons supervisor 70
|. saeh read distr1ss within she seseRa
7 townships Of thia State, wha shall hol
: his Qthce Tor enc year ana until his auc
. eaaaaK ia elsesad and anMii lied. Said sn
, | perviseE must reside in the distries 60
. Wklah ha waa AiaeAed, sad in aha alsctiol
| OF saia supervisor no eleetoF shall voG
. for uaoFs than one supervisor, and non
! other than the one EesldiRg in tha dis
. trisl whsrs sush eleetoF resides, bat u,
| pessan shall be required 10 aerYe al au
] EsFYisor who is exempt by this act frea
. performing labor on tha highway.
3 .. Said election shall bs eonduskaz
as osher elections, and il stall be th'
dpty OF the township clerk 10 notify Eaia
supervisor elect within Ave days aftel
said eleetl0H, and said supervisor elect
shus notified shall appear before the
township 9lsEk within ten days thersaE.
ter and give bond and Eaks The cath oi
ofhOa as required By the Constitution ID
the State ef Iowa.
/ ; ANY supervisor elect, after hAying
been noti6ed as required in section oi
this act, who shall fail 30 appear before
said township clerk (unless prevented
/ by slaknass) within the speslhed time,
and give bond and take tie oath Of Of
Rse as required By shis aot, shall forfeit
aAd pay she sum of I've dollars, and ia
case Of his failing OF refusing to pay the
same, is shall be she daty Of his success
soE 10 of6sa to collect Ghs said amount
By suit or otherwise, and apply the same
10 the repairing Of roads in his district.
; 5. Each supervisor 90 elected shall
be required 70 give boad in such sum
/ and With such sum and with such secu-
rity 40 the t0wnshiph clerk may deem
requisite, conditioned that be will faith
fully and impastially perform all the du-
ties dsvolving upon him, and appropri-
ate all moneys that may eome into bis
haads by virtue Of his oEhee according to
Law, which bond shall be kept By the
township clerk among the papers Of bis
| Office. Aud IN the event Of q vacancy
by appointment as soon as notified Of the
same.
s. Each supervisor shall require Rll
the able bodied male residents Of his dis
| tTiot between the ages of twenty -0ue and
fOrty-fYe TO perform two days labor up
on the public highway between the fFst
/ day Of April and the irst day Of July
Of each year IS hsI sinafter provided.
| 5 6. IIhlc supervisor shall be required
to give at lsasG three days notice previ-
oas to the day or days designated to
work the roads to all persons in his dis
! tEiet subject 10 work as required in seo-
! ton six Of this sot, whsE day he will su-
/ psriutend the work on the roads within
his district, and al persons so notified
must meet said supervisor at such time
and place, and with snch tools, imple-
ments aud teams as Said supervisor may
designate, and shall labor diligently un-
der the direction Of the supervisor, for
eighs hours each day, and for such two
days labor performed the supervisor
shall give TO the person q certificate,
which certificate shall be e7idence that
such person has performed labor on Ihe
/ public highway as required By section
! Of this act, and shall exempt such per-
son 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 a good team, consisting Of
Two horses or their equivalent, shall be
allowed the same for the team that 10
allowed for able bodied men per day.
| s s. Each person made liable to per-
form labor on the public highway by sec
siou 8 Of this act, who shall fail or ne
glscE to attend either in person or by
satisfactory substi ute Rt The time and
place appointed with the designated tool,
implement or team, having had three
days notice thereof, or having attended,
shall spend his time in idleness, or dis
obey the supervisor, or furnish to said
supervisor within Eve days thereafter,
some satisfactory excuse for not sc at
! tending, shall forfeit and pay to said su-
| perTisor the sum Of one dollar and tweR-
! Iy-dve cents for each days delinquency,
and IN ease Of failure TO pay such for
fs,t wilhin ten dAya, it is hereby made
| the duty Of such supervisor to recover
! she same hy sGtion Of debt in the name
Of ths supervisor, before any justice Of
the peace in the proper township, which
money when collected shall be immedi-
ately expended on the public highway.
9. The supervisor shall perform
! the same amount Of labor as is required
of an abIs bodied m&n, for which be
sh&ll be allowed the sum Of one dollar
and hfty cents per day, including the
time necessarily spent in notifying the
| hands and mak1ng cut his returns, which
! sum shall be paid out the road fund af-
ter dsducsing his two days werk requir-
ed by section 6 Of this act, and road tax
for that year. Provided that where
thars iE no money in the hands Of the
CLERK with which TO pay the said super
visor, he shall be entitled TO receive a
certificate from the township CLERK for
the amount Of labor performed, after de-
dussing as above required, which ceTtif-
icaIe shall be received in payment Of his
own road tax for any succeeding rear.
| : To- For the purpose Of enabling the
supervisors 10 determine she precise 10,
eatTon Of the various roads in their res
positive distRlcts,it is hereby made the
| duty Of the county Js2go Of each county
/ Of this Seate TO furnish each Of the town.
ship clerks Of his county within thEee
months after the taking effect Of this act,
With map on 3 scale Of not less thar
Two inches I'd she Tnils, of their raspee-
live townships, ON which map shall b.
plainly marked, ell reads which are al
she time of making such map legal
roads, whieh map shall be carefully pre-
served anong the papars Of his oEsce.--.
And IL Is further made the duty Of thl
; immadialely after the establishing oi
say uew road, 70 notify tia toWnshiy
clerks Of the townships IN which sait
read has been located, Of the location ol
the same, and also 10 furnish q copy o.
the held notes thereof, and the elesl
shall Immediately mark the sams on thi
, tusap in his ofaas.
Il s. Ill. The township clerk shall furaisl
each supervisor of his township With /
nap Of his district, which map shall con
tain ell the legal roads in said district
and when aRy new road shall have beel
: sS4sblisAed, it shall be ahe iuty Of Ia
; nawnship clerk 10 softly each Of she "a
aesEisors whose dissriss is affected b
said new road, and also 10 faTnish cop
q of the asla hessssf abe same, which nas
road shall be Immediately mskksd ei
she map 81 Sad dlssgios IN bis possess
ion.