The Nevada Democrat., 1860-03-14

uon OF the hOad ONerseer OF the district IN WHICH
the Improvement is made; and no contractor shall
receive pay in full for work performed under his
contract until the Road Overseer has accepted the
road from the contractor by certificate in writing.
The certificate of acceptance BY the Overseer shall
be considered BY the Board of Supervisors suti-
cent authority that the road has been completed
according to contract.
SEC. Is. The Board Of Supervisors, npresen-
tation Of petition signed by one or more persons
resident OF the county, praying for county road to
be laid out within the county, for cart road to
be laid out from the dwelling ranch Of any person
to any public road, or, from one public road TO an
other and designating the points of the road to be
established as prayed for, shall cause notice to be
given to the parties owning the land over which
such road is to be located and if such shall
make objections to the location Of said road
their land, the prayer of the petitioner shall be
granted and the road prayed for shall be opened by
the Overseer of the district in which said road is
located upon the order of the Board of Supervisors
But il objections are made by one or more persons
owning the land which snid road is to be loca-
ted, the Board of Supervisors shall consider and
determine the same at their next regular meeting;
and if they shall be of the opinion that such road is
necessary for the convenience of the public, they
shall appoint three persons as viewcrs-the County
Surveyor being one-to view out and locate said
road, and to appraise the damages to the land Of
the obectors, and upon the return of the certificate
of the viewers together with the appraisement and
If satisfied with the same, shall declare the same to
be public highway and cause notice of their ac-
ton to be served on the Road Overseer Of the dis
trict in which said road is located. They shall also
order the payment for damages allowed, to be paid
out of the county treasury, out Of moneys not other
wise appropriated, belonging to the township in
which the road is located. The viewers shall receive
for their services four dnars per day for each and
every day actually employed, and twenty cents per
mile necessarily Travelled in going to and returning
from the place where the contemplated road is situ-
ated, TO be paid by the party parties praying for
such road il the same shall not be granted but il
granted then the fees of the viewers shall become
charge upon the road fund of the township in which
| the road prayed for is situated.
| SEC. l6. The Board Of Supervisors shall have
power TO levy property tax which shall not exceed
| five cents each one hundred dollars, for road
purposes, to be levied and collected at the same
time and in the same manner as other property
taxes collected: Provided, that the provisions Of
this section shall not apply to any incorporated city
Of the county. And the property tax thus levied
and collected shall be paid for the benefit OF the
townships from which the same was collected; and
the sum thus collected shall be divided equally
among the several road districts Of the township,
and expended in the improvement Of the roads in
said districts by the Road Overseers under the di-
rection of the Board of Supervisors,
SEQ. IL. Each Road Oyerseer shall keep cor
rect account of all moneys collected by them in their
respective road Districts for road purposes together
with the names of persons who pay in cash, the
| amount paid by each, the names of those who per-
form labor, the number Of days work performed by
each, and the names of delinquents. At each half
yearly meeting of the Board of Supervisors Of the
county, each Road Overseer shall render his half
yearly account to said Board verified before some
officer having power to administer oaths, in which
he shall exhibit the whole amount collected during
each preceding half year, the date when received
and from whom received, the amount expended by
him. to whom, and for what purpose paid, the nuns
Der Of days he has been actually employed upon the
roads in his district with the of persons in
his employ, distinguishing between those working
under pay and those performing labor as required
by section ninth OF this act, the whole number Of
receipts delivered, distinguishing between those
given for labor and those given for money. And at
the February .erm of the Board OF Supervisors each
Road Overseer shall make final settlement with
said Board and shall make out and present to said
Board exhibit, verified before competent officer
| showing the whole number OF days in which they
were actually employed upon the roads in their
respective DISTRICTS the number Of men employed
each day, the names of persons who worked for pay
the names Of those who performed two days labor
under the requirement ef section ninth of this act
and the names of delinquents; also, statement of
all moneys expended by them and a list Of the items
for which such expenditure made, together with
schedule Of all property belonging to his road dis
trict. Upon receiving such reports, the Board of
Supervisors shall make final settlement with the
Road Oyerseers, and shall allow them each for their
services, for each day actually and necessarily em-
poyed by them upon the roads in their respective
Districts the Of five dollars per day, and the
additional sum OF fifty cents each road tax, col
lected in cash; Provided, that the time comprised
in collecting said road tax, shall not in any manner
be construed as time spent in actual and necessary
work the road.
SEc. l8. Each Road Overseer shall be the GUS
todan Of all personal property belonging to his dis
trct, and shall be held responsible for its loss He
shall deliver the same to his in office, on
demand, and take receipt of him for the same,
specifying each article
| SEC. 10. II any person shall obstruct any public
road, by telling any tree the same, or by
placing any other obstruction therein, shall de-
stroy ford crossing Of any creek gulch, river or
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or by damming, deepening, or widening the same,
he or they shall be liable to prosecution before
any Justice Of the Peace Of the proper township by
any Oyerseer Of the road district in which the oense
is committed and upon conviction, shall pay a fine
of not less than twenty and not exceeding fifty dol
lars, and shall forfeit five dollars for every day he
shall suffer said obstruction to remain after he shall
have been ordered to remove the same by the Over
seer.
SEC. 20. If any person shall wilfully destroy or
iniurc any bridge or causeway, or remove or cause
to be removed, any of the plank timber therefrom
or cut down or njure any tree planted or growing
as a shade tree in any public highway, damage
any highway by digging in it, he shall be liable TO
be prosecuted before any Justice Of the Peace Of the
proper township, by any Supervisor Of the county,
or by any Road Oycrseer Of the district in which
the offensc is committed, and conviction thereof
shall be fined in any not less than five and not
exceeding one hundred dollars.
SEC. q. All actions commenced under the last
two preceding sections shall be in the Of the
people of the State of California.
SEC. %. All fines collected under the provisions
of this act shall be paid into the county treasury for
the benefit of the road district in which the same
was collected.
| SEC. %. Any Road Oycrseer who shall fail TO
remove or cause TO be removed, any distractions
in the roads Of their respective Districts within u
reasonable time after being notified that such OBJ
structions exist, shall be LIABLE upon conviction
before any Justice Of the Peace at the suit of any
citizen, TO be fined in any not exceeding twenty
dollars and costs, and shall forfeit and pay the sum
Of five dollars for each and every day thereafter in
which he shall suffer such distractions to remain,
to be recovered in like manner at the suit of any
citizen. He shall also be liable on his bond for all
damages resulting from such distractions.
SEC. "A. All acts parts Of acts which conflict
with the provisions Of this act far they relate
TO the county Of Nevada, be and the are here
by repealed
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