The Placer herald., 1860-12-29

sary, bridges to be constructed and to be KEEP
In good repair, and torenew them when destroy
cd Any person contracting or employed to keel
such roads and bridges in repair shall have th'
right to make use of any gravel or dirt for i'm
proving the roads which may be absolutely neccs
sary, from any adjacent unmproved lands; and il
damages be claimed, they may be ascertained and
awarded in the same manner rs is provided in
this act for ascertainng and awarding damages
| in laying out new roads.
SEC 26. The board of Supervisors of the coun-
| ty OF Placer are hereby empowered to levy an an
nual road tax on all abe-boded men between the
ages Of twenty-one and fifty years, not to exceed
the sum of two dollars on each male inhabitant
between the ages aforesaid and it is hereby espe-
cially provided that the tax required to be paid
in this section shall be paid exclusively in money.
SEC. 27. The hoard of supervisors shall cause
blank tax receipts to be issued, numbered and
signed by the president of the board, and coun-
tersgned by the clerk thereof Said receipts
when so prepared shall be delivered to the treasu
rer of said county, and his receipt taken therefor,
and filed by the clerk of the board of supervisors
in his office. The treasurer shall deliver such
numbers OF said road tax receipts to the collector
or collectors from time to time as may be requir
ed. and the treasurer and collector collectors
shall account for the same us for so much cash.
SEC %. If any collector shall sell any road
tax receipt without being signed, dated and filled
up with ink, or which shall not have been issued
refuse to perform any of the duties imposed upon
him by this act, he shall in addition to his liabili
ty therefor on his official bond, be deemed guilty
OF misdemcanor, and on cow cton thereof shall
be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
exceeding six months, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
SEC. 29. If any person shall obstruct any pub
lie road, by telling any tree across the same, or
by placing any obstruction therein. or damaging,
digging, or deepening, creek, or river or its
banks, so as to destroy ford or crossing or shall
willfully destroy any bridge or causcway. or re-
move or caused to be removed, any of the plank
or timber therefrom, or cut down or injure any
ttee planted or growing us u shade-tree in any
public highway, such person or persons shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeancr and on convc-
tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not less
than twenty dollars, and not exceeding five hun
cred dollars, in the discretion of the Magistrate
SEC. 30 All fines collected under the provs-
ions of this act shall be paid il to the county
treasury for the use of the road district in which
the same was collected, and shall be subject to
the order and control of the Board of Commits
sioners of such district.
Sec 81. The board of supervisors of Placer
county shall have power to levy property tax
for such purposes, which shall not exceed five
cents on each one hundred dollars. to be levied
and collected at the same time in the same man
ner as other property taxes are collected; pr0ui-
ded, that all moneys collected under the provisions
of this section shall be paid into the county trea
sury and subject to the order of the board of
commissioners for the sole use of the particular
district in which such moneys have been collected.
Sec. 81. This act shall be in force on and after
the first day of December A. one thousand eight
hundred aud sixty.
Sec 80. In vacancy shall occur in my
of the boards of road commissioners in said coun-
ty, the board Of supervisors shall appoint some
competent person or persons to fill such vacancy
for the balance of the unexpired term and until
his or their successor or successors are elected
and qualified and such person or persons so ap
pointed shall in all cases comply with the provi-
SiOuS of this act