Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1869-10-16
General Road Laws
FOR THE USE OF
Overseers of Roads
THROUGHOUT
WILKINSON COUNTY, ,
PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE BOARD OF POLICE.

Or The BOAhD OF PULlCE.
such forfeitures shall be- sued for before
any justice of the peace, in the name Of
the board Of police, and be paid into the
county treasury, and expended, If ifneccssa
ry. in improving the road on which such
forfeitures were incurred.
ARTICLE 49, Every overseer may ap-
point. in writing, one male person, liable
to work on the Road, to notify the hands
whose labor may be required for the time
being who shall be furnished with list
OF the persons to be summoned, and it
shall be the duty ofthe person SO appoint
ed to summon the hands named in such
list, H. the same manner that overseers
are required to do, and to return said list
to the overseer, upon oath designating
the hands warned, and the date thereof,
and said return shall be prima facie evi-
dence OF the facts therein contained. in
all prosecutions for penalties for not ap-
pearing and working, in pursuance of such
notice. The person SO appointed shall be
exempt from working the Road al that
time, and for any failure to give the no
tice in pursuance of such appointment,
he shall be liable to a penalty Of ten dol.
lars.
ARTICLE 20 When teams, ploughs or
scrapers are required in working the roads,
the overseer may notify any person 10 his
district having them, to furnish the same,
who shall be entitled to credit as fol
lows that is to say For each two-horse
plough and team, with gears and hand
to manage the same, three days labor /;
for each OK plough and team Of three yoke
Of oxen, and two hands to manage the
same, five days labor for good iron or
steel l-shod scraper and two horses, with q
hand to manage the same, four days la
Dor and for every wagon with a team of
of four horses, mules or oxen. and hand
to manage the same, four days labor. And
il any person shall fail to furnish the same
when required, he shall forfeit, for each
days failure, sum equal to one dollar
and fifty cents for as many days labor as
be would have been entitled to credit for
in case the same had been furnished.
ARTICLE 81 Each ov,rseer shall make
1T of tie names of all persons, who
have been summoned to work on the
Roads, and have failed to appear, and
preform the service required, or TO furn-
ish proper substitute, and stating the
number Of days OF such failure. and which
of said persons were required to furnish
nlnnrhe rurarc or faa,us and shall m
polt the same under oath, to some conve-
nient justice Of the peace and such re
turn shall be good prima fscie evidence
against such persons. of their having been
duly summoned. and having failed to ap
pear as required by this act. and of the
number of days of such failure, 10 any
proceeding to recover any penalties i'm
posed by this act, aid such justice shall
proceed to collect the fines aud penalties
so imposed. and to pay the same into the
county treasury.
ARTICLE %. Every overseer, if required
by majority Of the workmen on the road
assigned him, shall lay of such road into
equal divisions. for the ease and convent,
ence OF the laborers. and assign the same,
or agree with the laborers for keeping
said divisions in repair. and il any person
to whom any snch division shall be as
signed. shall fail to keep the same 10 good
repair he shall be liable to all the penal
ties imposed upon overseers for failing to
keep the Road in repair. and. moreover.
the overseer shall order ont the hands on
said division. and cause the same to be
put and kept in repair.
ARTICLE %. If any Road. bridge or
causeway. be at any time so damaged by
high water, or otherwise, as to render the
same dangerous or unfit for travellers, the
overseer for the district may order out the
working hands assigned to the said Road
to repair the same. though they may have
already worked six days on said Road
and il any overseer shall fail to do so, at-
ter notice. any member OF the board OF
police may employ sufficient hands 10 re-
pair such Road, bridge or caaseway, the
expense to be paid out Of the county treas
ury, and in addition to the other penalties
for not keeping the Road in repair, the
overseer shall be liable to refund to the
county the money SO expended, to BE- re-
covered by action in the name Of the board
Of police.
ARrIcLE "a. If any person shall tell
any bush or tree into any public highway.
or obstruct the same in any manner what
ever. ard not remove the same within
twenty-four hours. the overseer Of the
Road Of the district shall remove tie sane,
and the person so Telling snch tree or
hush, or otherwise obsiructing said road.
shall forfeit and pay an the expense Of re-
moving the same, TO be recovered before
any Justice of the peace Of the county. 10
the name Of the hoard Of palice. ard it IS
hereby made the duty OF said overseer to
cause suit to be commenced therefor.
ARTICLE 25. When hedges are planted
along any public Road, the owner Of TIE