The Placer herald., 1862-09-13

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! repair, and to renew them Wit destroyed. Any
person contracting. or employed. TO keep SUI
roads and bridges in repair. shall have the right
to make use OF any gravel or dirt, Tor improving
| the roais, which may be absolutely necessary,
from any adjacent unmproved lands. and il
damages be claimed. they my he asccrantd
and awarded in the same manner rs is provided
in this Act for ascertaining and awarding dam
ages in laying out new roads.
SEC 27 The Board OF Supervisors of the
County OF Placer are hereby empowered to levy
| an annual road tax ON all able bodied men, be-
tween the .ges OF twenty-one and fifty years. not
to exceed the sum Of two dollars to each male in
habitant between the ages aforesaid; and it is
hereby especially P,ovided. that the tax required
to b" paid in ns Sc, ton shall be paid exclusively
in money.
SEC rs. The Board of Supervisors sh, Cause
blank road tax receipts to he issued. umbrcd.
! ana signed by the President OF the Board. and
countcrsgnrd by the Clerk thereof. Said receipts
when 50 prepared. shall be delivered tn the Treas
urer OF said county and his receipt taken there
Tor. nj filed ny The Clerk of the Board OF Super
visor, IN his oiice The Tretsurr shall deliver
such numbers vi said Tx rece p> To the Collector
or Coll ctors. from time TO time. nliy he
qlired. aud the Treasurer and Collector or Col
l"ctors shall account Tor the same AS Tor SO much
| cash
| SEC. 20. If any Collector shall sell any road
tax receipts without being signed. dued, and
! Tiled up. With ink. which shall not have been
is ued hy the Board or Supervisors. or shall neg
let. Or refuse. to perform any OF the duties i'm
posed upon him by this Act he sh ILL., in addition
to his liability therefor on his official bond. he
deemed guilty OF mistlemeaner aud. on convic
tion thereof. shall be punished by II fine, not ex-
ceedng five hundred dollars. or by Imprisonment
in the county jail, not exceeding six months, or
by both such fine aud Imprisonment.
SEC. 80. Ii any person shall obstruct any pub
lie hi hghway in the county Of Pllccr by telling
| an tree.
obstruction thereon. or damaging. deepening or
digging II creek, or river, or its banks, so us to
destroy ford or crossing. or shall wll!ully de-
slrOy any bridge. or causeway, or remove. or
Cause to be removed any plank or timber there
| from. cut down. or injure, any tree. planted or
growing as IL shade tree. in any public highway.
sh person or persons hall be deemed guilty of
II mi lsdcmeanor and. on conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not less than twenty dollars
and not exceeding five hundred dollars, in the
discretion OF the Court.
SEC 81. Ali fines collected under the provisions
OF this Act shall be id into the County Trcasu
ry. for the of the Road District in which he
same WAS collected. and shall be subject to the
order and control of the Board OF Comni ssioners
| of such District.
SEC. 80. The Board of Supervisors of Placer
Comfy y >h Ill have power to levy property tax,
for ro III purposes. which shall not exceed five
cents on e,,cn hundred dollars, to be levied aud
collected ut the same tm", and in the same MAN.
ner as other property taxes are COLLECTED. prOui-
ded that all moneys collected umler the lrovs-
ions of this section shall bc paid into the County
Treasury, and subj ct to the order OF the Board Of
| Omn ssoners. tor the sole Use OF the particular
Distlc in which such moneys have cen collect
ed.
SEC. 33. The terms of Office of Commissioners
elcc ed under this Act. shall commence on the
fir t d,y of Deccmb,r, a. D. eighteen hu.dred
and sixty-lwo; proUided that when contracts
have been entered into by the present Boart o.
Commi>si oners und the existing laws, the Road
Comm s-one' for ANY such District sh Il, not en-
tr upoh the discharge of his duties uIirr this
Act uutil tIr t'rm uf such cohiract is ended
SEC 81 In case vacancy snail occur in the
Office OF Road Commissioner in aly District. tlt
Board ol Supervisors shall appoint some cOmpr-
tent person To ill such vac ,lcy ior the D,tnc" OF
| the uncXpirrd term, and until his successor is
elected and qu iied. and such p rs0n III I'll ia all
Cases comply with the provisions OF this Act.
| SEC 30 The provisions OF this Act shall not
| apply to the town OF AuDurn, exc .pL So Lar rs
they do not conflict with the provisions OF an
| Act piss"i ut the the thirteenth session OF the
I.ry- lature, entitled an Act concerning 10 Ids
and Streets in the Town of Aunu,n, nor snail
anything in this Act he construed SO as To alter,
m.nd or repeal any portions OF saii Act.
SEC. SO. Each ko,u Commissioner shall keep
book, in whicl be- shall record IL iull Ind complete
| account OF his doingS rs Commissioner. Including
"A statement of the number OF days or p,ris Of
day. he himself has been engaged in his official
duties the character ana kind OF work done, the
portion of road roads repaired. the nuun'er
OF persons employed. the length OF time each has
l,bored in making repairs. and the nature OF slch
rep rs the quantity, cost, aud place of using
m ,erial. and generally Il complete Journal OF his
official acts, ilom day to day, said book all
contain II full and minute account of all moneys
drawn from the District Fund, and how by him
expended, said book shall he kept ut the resi-
dencp or Office OF the Commissioner. and shall lie
open to the inspect on OF tax payers. residents
within lh" District, ut all reasonable times. At
each ernlar session of the Board of Supervisors
The Commssio Ter shall. ut the sIme time he pre-
sents his account, as required by this Act also
present. for the inspection OF the Board. his said
book.
SEC. 81. Any citizen and tax payer of a Roid
District may present petition to the Board OF
Sup rviSorS. showing that the Road Commission
! er in their District n.,s or does not dischrg" his
duties impartmlly. and lhercupon the i3o,rI shall
take action thereon. and may make such order or
direction, to the Road Commissioner. as is n'ces.
sary to insure imparli.lly in the prriormanc OF
| his official duties.
SEC. 3S. All Acts, and parts of Acts, in co
hicL with the provisions OF this Act, uie hrrei Y
repealed, SO far us the same relate to Placer
County.
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