The Placer herald., 1874-05-16
AN AC 7
PROVIDE FOR THE LOCATION
AND
BETTER MAINTENANCE
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
IN THE
COUNTY OF PLACER.

Tie People Of the State of California represented
in Senate and Assembly do Enact as follo,os:
SECTION /. All pubic roads and trails in the
county Of Placer, located and established in
accordance with the present road law and
recorded in the Record Book of Roads and
Highways" of said county, or which may here
after be so located are hereby declared Public
Highways.
Sec. 2. The Supervisors of the several Super
visor Districts shall be ex-oficio Road Supervs-
ors of their respective districts, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to have gen.
eral supervision of the public highways in said
districts.
SEC. 8. The Board OF Supervisors shall, at
their regular meeting in August, 1874, proceed
to redistrict the county into suitable road dis
tricts, the boundaries of which shall conform,
so far as practicable, to the boundaries of the
several ELECTION Precincts;' Prouded, that
the Board may establish other boundaries when
in their opinion the interests of any district, or
the inhabitants thereof, would be subserved by
so doing. They shall on or before the first day
of October, following, cause to be published in
newspaper in the county, for not less than two
weeks, the boundaries of the several road dis
tricts; also call for an election to be held IN
each district, between the hours of one and five
o'clock. p. NJ, the third Saturday in said
month of October. Such election to be held at
the usual place OF holding elections in the Pre-
cinct, and thereafter such election shall be held
yearly on the same day and at the same place,
notice of which shall be given by the Road
Master, by posting notices in three public places
in the district, at least two weeks before the
date of such election. Said notice shall state
the time and place at which such election for
Road Master will be held, and shall also con-
tain an estimate, made by the Road Master. of
the amount of funds which in his judgment
will be required to be raised for road purposes
for the ensuing year; Provided, that majority
of the voters of any district may at any such cleo
ton change the place Of holding succeeding
election.
SEC 4. At the time Of holding such election
the qualified electors Of each district shall ap
point of their number one Inspector and two
Judges of election, and shall proceed to vote by
ballot for one Road Master, who shall be
qualified elector of the district, and the person
receiving the highest number of votes so cast
shall hold the Office of Road Master for one
year from the first day of January next. The
electors shall at the same time determine
whether a property road tax shall be levied for
the ensuing year in the district by printing, or
writing on the ballot, the words, "No Tax" or
the word Tax and (if the latter) adding the
rate Percent, not to exceed twenty-five cents
on theone hundred dollars.
SEC s. Such election shall be governed by
the laws relating to General Elections" except
that the Great Register and Legal Ballot
Paper shall be dispensed with
Sec. 6. Upon the closing Of the polls the
Board of Election shall canvass the votes and
make a return to the Board Of Supervisors,
containing the following items;
lst Name of district. and whole number of
votes polled.
End Names of persons receiving votes for
the Office of Road Master, and number Of votes
each received.
3d. The various per cents. Of taxation voted
for, and number OF votes cast for each per
cent, and also the number OF votes cast for
"No Tax"
SEC. z. Such return, with the "Poll and
Tally Last" and Ballots" shall be enclosed in
an envelope, s.'aled up and directed to the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and for
warded to the County Seat, by mail or express.
without delay.
SEC. g. The Board Of Supervisors shall, at
their regular meeting in November. proceed to
canvass such returns, and cause the same to b
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