Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-02-03


the best ground, so as 10 do the leas
injury TO private property, and ALSO a.
far as practicable, to be agreeable te
the petitioners They shall assess til.
damage done to the land through which
the road passes, taking into considera,
ton the advantage to be derived from
the road passing through the Estld, and
shall report in writing TO the mex
term of the county court; bat in nc
case shall any yard, garden, orchard
or any part thereof, be taken wiihuu
the consent of the owner.
~. That the court shall examine tn,
amount of damages assessed, S,and j
satisfied the public interest will ne sub
served BY It's payment. and by NJ liking
the proposed change, shall approve ths
repori, and order the annagAs 10 bs
paid by the ana yisterial distrie. or dis
tricls through which the road may pas
in such proportion as the images may
have been assessed in the said distgicls
respectively. But upon the return OF
the report Of The yieHers, t'so proprie--
tors and tenants Of lands upon which
said road VIII be if 80 changed, shall be
summoned to show cause against said
report; and any proprietor or tenant of
lands on which said road will be if so
changed, may enter himself party
defendant to said petition, after which
the same proceedings shall be had as
under the general road law Of the state
upon the return of the report of the
commissioner Of roads: provided, that
the viewers and surveyor shall be paid
out OF the county treasury upon the
order OF the county court.
ID. That in case the changing of a
road shall place it on a line di,i ling
two magisterial districts, the CONS
missioners of roads of the adjoining
districts shall equally divide the ez~
pense OF said road between such dis
tricts, if they can agree; and in case
they cannot agree, the county court
shall divide the same and direct what
part Of said road shall be opened and
kept in repair by each nagisterial dis
trict.
IA. The board of commissioners of
roads for each district, at its annual
meeting in July, shall assess and levy a
tax upon the property, real and per-
sonal, of the magisteral district assess
ed Tor state revenue, an amount which,
with the labor contributed under the
twentieth section of this act, shall be
sufficient to pay the expense of keep
ing all the public roads in its magis
terial district in good repair, and OF
such width and condition as may be re-
quired by law, and for all other pur-
poses provided for in this act pro
vided, that the assessment on property
shall not be more in any one year than
ten cents on the hundred dollars; the
assessment to be made upon the same
basis as that upon which state revenues
are levied.
Is. That the board of commi 81 m
ers Of roads III each magisterial dis
trict shall annually make an estimate
Of the probable amount necessary to
pay the expense of changing roads, re
pairing bridges, paying allowances to
officers provided for in this act, and
any other expense they may deem llke-
ly to arise under the provisions Of this
act, and shall before the first day OF
August in each year, furnish to the
cou ty treasurer statement of such
portion of the tax assessed against eaci,
narcop -, 4hai, district vr:il oorro
gate sum sufficient to meet such ex'
penses, and which tax said treasurer
shall be required to collect as other
revenues are collected, and for which
he shall receive a like compensation |;
and said board of commissioners shall
in like manner furnish to each ovcrseer
in their district statement of the
balance Of the tax assessed against each
person in his road district, which tax
the overseer shall collect in money or
labor, or partly in money and partly in
labor, as the person against whom the
tax is assessed may elect.
16. The overseer shall expend so
much of the money coming into his
hands under the preceding section as
may be necessary, in connection with
the labor provided for in section TWEEN
ty, to keep his roads in order, and shall
pay to the commissioner of roads any
amount not so required, to be held by
him subject to the order of the board
of commissioners Of roads for his dis
trict.
II. The board of commissioners Of
roads of each magisterial district shall
fix schedule of prices for labor, hire OF
teams, and other service upon roads in
their district
10. That the board of commits.
sioners of roads in each magisterlal
district shall annually. on the first Mon.
day in December, examine and audit
all claims arising under the provis. ons
of this act, and shall furnish to the
county treasurer certified statement
setting forth all claims so audited and
allowed, which he shall be required to
enter in a book to be kept for that
purpose, which said claims shall be
paid by him out of any funds i'll his
hands for that purpose.
10. That the justice of the peace and
the supervisor, who with the commiss-
Toner of roads constitute III each magS
isterial district board of commissions
ers of roads for that district, shall each
receive one dollar and fifty cents per
day for each day actually employed in
accordance with the provisions of this
act.
20. That all male persons in each
road district, except such as are exempt
by law, shall be appointed by the over
seer of roads for that district and com
PEELED to work two days in each year
on some public road therein, as near
&c NAV he to the place of their resi-