The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-05
r. i IT'LL q roAns.
q II.i...Ip.s..l,aa I'D !. Laale, go Of the

y ison hary con- Aunityals to be founG
n lc eond' On Of is Roads, 50 i4eep-
. aJiv conmccted lin lls,ran "'si. ], IS
v G ,agimpGovemcnt vi IMMORAL or IN
c'icc aal prog 'ess.
We have roi been entirely neglected.
Of our Roads. Considering orr iiiui, cd
popu'a ion and the cx;Ud; Of TERRITORY
DER Road record is perhaps as good as
the moe popalous.S- -wLile-it--eaa-
n,t be saidthatDHoRda1s are in a chnY
lion, to,tipyite ,araychoornto make it
.rlaasapt es, desirable ,andussirbout sOch
adya, ages no community caudo jrSlicc
70 ilspR,ini itsHafien,or n in the general
.slarchr o: PrusrosJq 81 81 sn'o7"'
,afaVc do ncf Seifcve@ that our Roads
Cal ever be thhl5S4ls cficiienlllg worked uuzl
der ,ae, I2resa,tf law,iiOgc seess may
gee,e . 'ig,,do Liosrtd aiyiofsfveJor ten
days 10 he 9oar'and may gcneially as
shey geta portion Of the fines cderce dar
fahlln,s hands; but the law s 50 unjess
and opp cssivc,i upon Comlpissiotc s
,npqu pAqm is, deEelve,!i tho whole II.
,spopsiioil:iv that We cda1Hevcr have orr
ptIslic Roads put or Kept in the best COM
H.. bna yas1e 3hf - -lsfnd oil
CGipH' 4.... f.s. re trid
Look for u moment at thei' dn.ies..-----
They must keep a book embracing 81
who are subject 10 Road dofy. They
must apo on al he hands to their va
nous local Is. They must appoint
oversee !. They must hold Coar1s af.'er
each Roaa We king, Try defau'terS all
issue executions order hands and sea
PAY over to he County T1casHrtr
moAey q i,'es from fines. Report an
nua'ly upon the. condition of all the
Roads, ll.idgos and Causcways, the
,srie,nc ai he,sfnances, executions out
oet III -s''a'Ha Heir condition. To in
.sptct o.gFl 4,y Roads. bridges and
To1 les, ina ZIG repairs and have The
Loads po9ai.aapio,it oesion boa Us IT
.up.t 1pAj~er3se Tho 0verscersand Eno
them fof negI aeg'of du y and see that
persons arc O. "a ctcd for olienscs against
The Roadiavs. 10 administer all GA liz
relative to Road laws aud pay QFogsce
ohe half oc foe money "eS eonpcnsa-
ton" a'
Now here is an a. az Of service thai
to accomplish efficiently, WI take ran
and horse SIX months Of The year. Or.
j. ors svryc orc week in the year and
&c ore dollar day. Our LeaisIa,o
serve at plcasu and get nine dollars
gay and Mileage. What compass ioh.
is given Road Com niseioners to employ
balf their inc to have the public Reads
in good condi ION. Why, the Lcgis!a-
ufe ma snaaimorSI saws ''we give them
TIC toRor of tho thing and eonfound
thcn.fif thcy doa't dotho work wei fine
them rom BE = to Two Hu1trcd dol
lars. @ .|r i te
LuckiIs for zee tic Leaisl1.J"e
NAV enact bot ca not c-ecate and
whenever Ibis ;riqui ous opprcss'o, IS
blorght before Jurr of men who NAV
at any time be made Comm;ssione 5,
common sense and common irs1ice viii
ipd;c..no Gne..s seeis a11i .1'n9 n
The est esrstem is wrtag and the
ptescat Leg ssaare could no. be better
G rploved tia: n abolish og the Roa"
Eplo: uea>s entirely and ia placing he
ma er upon work ;ng and sa isTscto:v
b. IS. 's7@ !
The Roads az nrblic proPc " and
shorld be kept IN ore, not at The c.
pafsc Of p'lva l'bo voluntary or
coerced, Dat at the public expense. 1t
is not necessary that the S, ate shou!d'E
make appropriations for such a purpose
but each County may be authorized and |
required 20 raise money and to have the
Roads kept in good order by contract.
Road Commissioners may then be APP
poin cd to pass upon the condition of
the Roads with adequate compensation,
and then, aud not till then will the pub
Tic Poads Of Georgia, be economically
and efficiently kept, and credilabio to
&c State.
LEGISLATIVE.
Up to he ist instant there has been