Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27
WHO To woRK On ROADS; POWER OF couN-
TY COURTS; PENALTIES.

day OF November in each year, attend in per-
son or by sufficient substitute, With proper
tools, aud work on the county road in such
precinct, under the direction Of the surveyor
thereof, at such places and on such dAys
during the said period IS the said surveyor
may appoint, At least two days, if that number
be necessary. And the county court of every
county in which the said two days work shall
be insufficient to open, construct aud keep in
good repair the roads aud bridges thereof shall
prescribe by order of tho court, the manner
in which the same shall be done, after sxpsnd-
ing thereon the two days work aforesaid
whether entirely by a tax on property entire
ly by labor, or partly by tax and partly by
labor; and it shall prescribe, provide for aud
lay sufficient amount of tax or labor or both
as the case may be, to open, construct and
keep IN good repair the roads and bridges in
their county during each year. Every person
required by the county court under the pro-
visions of this section to work on roads, shall
perform such additional number of days work
thereon as may be prescribed by such order.
The county court shall have power to trans>
fer and require the surveyor and hands of any
road precinct to work upon the roads of ans
other precinct in the same district, when it
shall appear that such precinct has n greater
amount of road labor to be performed aud less
hands to perform such labor than the pres
cincts trom which such transfer is to be made.
And any surveyor or hands failing to work on
the roads of the precinct to which they NAV
be. by order of the Court transferred, shall
be subject to the same penalties as if they had
failed to work on the roads of their own pre-.
cioct when lawfully required to do So
l3. 1t any person fail to perform the labor
required of him by he preceding section he
shall pay to the sheriff Of the county one dol
lar and twenty-five cents as a Communication
for each day. service; and he shall be deemed
to have so failed, if, having attended at the
place and day appointed, he refused to obey
any reasonable direction of the surveyor, or
sneud the time in idleness or inattentiou to
the work assigned him. 1t shall be the duty
of the surveyor on or before the first day of
November in each year to make duplicate lists
of all persons who have so failed to work on
the public roads in his rrecinct during the
previous year. and who were properly notified
stating therein the number of days each per>
son failed to work when required One of
the lists he shall deliver t. the sheriff and the
other, affer the sheriff shall have endorsed
thereon his receipts for such delivery, he
shall file with the clerk of the county court,
to be by him preserved and the amount there
by appearing to be due, shall be charged to
nuaI settlement with the county, in the same
manner as county levies are accounted for
If any sum charged in such lists be not paid
to the sheriff within ton DAYS from the time
they nre placed in his hands, such sheriff
may dcstrain for the same in the same manner
and with ike effect for State or county
taxes. Any person claiming TO be improperly
pluced on said lists may apply to the county
court to be released therefrom, within six
months from the time such lists are placed ia
the hands Of the sheriff and if said court be
satisfied that such person is erroueotlsly chatr.
ed with said road ine the court shall release
hiG from its paymeut. The application shall
be heard and determined without costs All
money received hy sheriff under this section
shall constitute fund 10 be applied to the
construction. Improvement aud repair of roads
and bridges in the district in which it may be
collected.
Il. For the purposes of the twelfth section,
the residence Of any person who has n family
shall he held to he where his family resides,
and if he have no family. where he boards.-
The notice required by that section may be
gI'en by the surveyor iu person or By any
person under his direction, spd may he served
on the person liable to york as aforesaid, az
nv leaving a written uotice at bis residence;
and, except in the last case, the notice may
be either oral nr in writing
u. The surveyor of roads for auy precinct.
with the approval of the county court, may
exempt from working on the roads in his pre-,
cinct any person he may think unable to per-
form such work, and at the same time unable
to paw the Communication Such exemption
must be in writing and shall not continue in
force. longer than one year from the date
thereof
l6. Any person who has performed the
work required by the twelfth section, or paid
the Communication therefor, in any year in one
road precinct, shall not, If he remove into
another precinct be required, during the same
year to work on the roads or pay comuutstion
therein
II. If any person under the direction of
the surveyor. perform more labor on the
county roads Of his precinct in any year than
is due from him, the surveyor shall give him q
certificate specifviDg the amount of extra labor
40 performed which certificate shall be received
for the amount specified, in discharge of auy
labor or road tax in the s.me precinct, due
in any subsequent year from the person to
whom such certificate Gas given.
CERTAIN POWERS OF TIRE SURVIVOR OF
ROADS.
lo- The county court OF the county NAV
authorize the surveyor Of any road precinct
therein to hire so many laborers as. with those
liable to work on the roads in such precinct,
and the money applicable thereto will suffice
to put and keep the county roads and bridges
therein in good order, and open and make such
new county roads and alterations as may be
ordered by proper authority. The court may
also authorize him to purchase powder for the
removal Of obstructions in the roads and
tools and implements to be preserved and
transferred from one surveyor TO another, as