South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-05-08

shall be liable TO indictment or prsseusment
and upon conviction, thereof shall be dued
not less than e9e nor raore than thirty doi-
lars for every such oEenss. But he shall
not be liable fog failure to perform any
duty specified in the seventh section, If it
appear that the mOuey and labor at his dis
posal by virtue Of bis Office were insufficient
to enable him to do 10.
II REery male person not under TWEEN.
sy-one nor over fiffy years Of age, who re-.
sides 10 any road precipcs, and Is not pau
per, having had at least three days notice,
shall between the first day of April and the
first of November in eaoh year, attend in
person or by sufficient substitute, Nth
proper tools, aud work on the county road
in such precinct, under the direction Of the
ses9sy yoS ID sYeof q Sh places sud on such
DAYS during the said psEiod as the said sur
veyor may appoint, at least two days, if
that number be necessary. And the rouu-
ty court Of every county 10 which the said
: two days work shall be eiusuGcieut TO open,
construct and keep 80 good repair the roads
and bridges thereof, shall prescribe By or :
der of the court the manner 10 which the
same shall be done, after ezpending thevc.
on the two days work aforesaid, Wheth er
entirely by tax ou property, entirely BY
labor, or partly By tax and partly by labor;
and it shall prescribe, provide for aud lay
sufficient amount o! tax or labor, or both,
az the case may be, To open, construct and
keep in good repair the roads and bridges
in their couDty during each year. Every
person required by hscouufy court under
the provisions of this section TO work on
roads shall perform such additional number
of days work thereon as mag be prescribed
by sGeh order.
The county court shall have power to
transfer aud require tho surveyor aud hnnls
of any road precinct to work upou the roads
of another precinct in the same district,
>whea it shall appear ihat such precinct has
a greater amount OF road labor to be per-
formed and less hands to perform such la
Dor than the precincts from which such
transfer is to be mado Aud any surveyor
or hands falling to work en- the roads Of the
precinct to which they may be, By order
Of the court transferred, shall be sub
iaot to the same penalties as if they had
failed to work on the roads Of their own
precinct when lawfully required to do SO.
IS, IF any person fsil to perform the Ia
bor required Of bin By the preceding aec-
lions he shall pay to thssherif ofthecou
fy one d6II4r aud taeasy i've cents ASA
eommu'qLiou for each days service aud he
shall be deemed to have 90 failed, If, having
attended at he place aud day appointed, be
refuse to obey any reasonable direction Of
the surveyor, or spend the lime in idleness
or iaastention to the work assigned him. Ii
shall be the duty Of the surveyor on or be-
fore the frat day of November in each year,
to make duplicate lists Of all persons who
have so failed to work on the public roads
10 bis precinct during tho previous year,
aud who we're properly notified, stating
therein the number Of days each person
failed 81 work when required. Oae of the
lists he shall deliver to toe sheriff, aud the
Other, after the sheriff shall have endorsed
thereon bis receipt for such delivery, he
shall file With the clerk of the county court,
to be By him preserved, and the amount
thereby appearing 10 be due shall be charg-
ed to the sheriff and accounted for in his
next annual settlement with the county, iu
tho same manner as county leVies are &C.
coantod for. If any sum charged in such
lists be not paid to the sheriff within ten
days from the time they are placed 10 his
hands, such sheriff may distraiu for the
same 10 the same manner and with like eff
feet as for State or county taxes. Any per-
son claiming to be improperly placed on SAID
lists, may apply to tho county court to be
released therefrom, wiIhia six months from
the time such lists are placed in the hands
of the sheriff, and if said court be satisfied
that such person is enormously charged
with said road fne, he court shall release
him from its payment. The application
shall be beard and determined without costs.
All mouey received by sheriff under
this section shall Constitute a fund to be ap-
piled TO the construction, improvement and
repair OF roads and bridges IN the district
in which it may oG COLLECTED,
II. Bor the purposes of the twelfth sec'
ton, the residence of any person who has
a family shall be held to be where his fam-
lily resides, aud if he have DO family where
he boards. The notice required by that
section may be given BY the surveyor in
person or By any person under his direo-
tion, and may be served on the person La
bic to work as aforesaid, or BY leaving
written notice at his residence and except
in the last case the notice may bO either O..
raj or in writing.
Is. The surveyor Of roads for any pre-
ciucf, with the approval of the county court
may exempt from working on the roads in
his precinct any person he may think un-
able to perform such work, aud at the same
time unable to paV the Communication. Such