The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-04-09
Public Road Law.

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SECTION I. Be It enacted By the
General Assembly Of The Stdte Of
Tennessee, That it shah be the duty
Of the County Court Of each county
in the State to lay off their respec-
tive counties into road districts /; to
appoint three commissioners in each
district. whose duty il shall be to
repair highways and bridges in their
respective districts, and to cause the
building of bridges therein when the
public interest or necessity require.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, To
lay out and establish highways, to
regulate the highways therein, and
to alter or vacate such highways as
they or a majority Of them shall
deem proper, as hereinafter provided
SEC. 3. Be 1t farther enacted, To
cause such roads used as highways
as have been laid out or dedicated,
but not sufficiently described, to be
surveyed and entered on record in
the office of the County Court Clerk.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, To
purchase such tools or implements
as they may deem necessary. and
which cannot be furnished by the
hands in their respective districts.
SEC. 5. Be II further enacted, To
assess the tax in their respective
districts:
First-Every person owning or
occupying land in the district in
which he resides; and every male
inhabitant above the age of eighteen
and under forty-five years. residing
in the district where the assessment
is made. shall be assessed to work
on the highways in such district;
and the sands of non-residents situa-
ted in such districts assessed for
labor, as hereinafter di-
rected.
Second-The Commissioners of
Highways shall meet at the Office of
the County Court Clerk on the 1st
day of June Of each year. for the
purpose Of assessing highway tax,
and they shall have free access to
the assessment roll until they shall
have completed their assessment.
Third-Each of the Overseers of
Highways, shall. within twenty days
after his election or appointment,
deliver to the commissioners list,
subscribed by him, of the names Of
all the inhabitants in his district who
are liable to work on the highways.
Fourth-The Commissioners of.
Highways in each district shall make
ont from the assessment roll separ-
ate list and statement of the valua-
tion of all the taxable personal
property, and q description of all
lots or parcels Of land within each
road district, IN such district. insert
ing in a separate part Of such list.
description Of such lands owned by
non-residents Of the district, with the
value Of each lot or parcel set down
to such description as the
same shall appear on the assessment
roll and If such lot or tract was not
separately described in such roll.
then in proportion to the valuation
which shall have been affixed to
the whole tract of which such lot or
parcel forms part.
SEC 6. Be it further enacted, In
making the estimate and assessment
of highway labor, the commissioners
shall proceed as follows:
1st. Every male inhabitant in each
road district, being above the age of
eighteen and under fifty years, ex-
cept ministers Of the Gospel. lnillers,
and ferrymen. shall be assessed five
days work in each year.
End. The residue of the highway
labor to be assessed. not exceeding
one days work upon two thousand
dollars worth of the valuation, shall
be apportioned upon the estate. real
and personal, Of every inhabitant in
each Of the road districts in such
county; and upon each tract or par
eel of land in the respective road
districts Of which the owners are
non-residents, as the same shall ap-
pear BY the assessment roll.
srd. The commissioners shall af-
FIX to the name Of each person
named IN the list furnished BY the
Dyerseers, and not assessed upon the
roll. and also to each
Of property within the sew
aral road districts, the number Of
lays which such persons or property
shall be assessed for highway labor.
4th. The Clerk of the Board Of
Commissioners shall, under their di-
,ection, make duplicates Of the sev-
sral'iists. which shall be subscribed
oy the commissioners. one Of which |
list for each read district shall be
lied by said clerk in his Office, and
he other shall be forthwith delivered
o the overseers Of highways Of the |
district in which the highway labor
herein specified i assessed.
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