Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-02-03
ELL
a BILL
70 proride for the Norking Of Roads
az the Counties Of Shenandoah,
Page AID Buckingham.

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lawful for the counties of Shenandoah,
Page, and Rockingham, after the first
day of May, eighteen hundred and
seventy SIX, to change anl repair
highways, roads, and bridges as fol-
| lows:
| 2 That for each magisterial dlss
trlct, in the counties of Shenandoah,
Page, aud Rockingham, there is hereby
created AID established board, con
sisting of the supervisor, commits
sioner cs roads, and one of the justices
Of the peace for each district, which
board shall have exclusive control Of
| the roads, bridges, and ferries within
its limits; ane all taxes LEVIED for road
purposes, and for building and re
pairing bridges, shall be expended Ill
said magisterial district except as
hereinafter provided
g. The justice OF the peace con
shutting member Of said board, shall,
be chosen and tlesig ,Iated by the three
justices OF the peace elected and conn
missioned in each magiserial district;
and the COMMISSIONER of roads shall be
appointed annually by the county
Judge as hereinafter provided. The
designation of tie Justice who is to
serve on said board shall be in writing.
and shall be preserved and recorded by
the board of commissioners of roads.
4. The board hereby created and
constituted is declared to be body
polite and corporate, and shall be
known and designsted as the board Of
commissioners of roads fYr
inagisterial district.
5. That the suo-road districts as now
laid out and described by metes and
bounds, within the lines Of the present
niagislerial districts, shall remain as
lhty now are, unless end until they
shall be changed by said board.
6. That anually there shall be apr
pointed BY the SAID boaad, not later
than the fifteenth day Of July, one
overseer of roads for each sub-roal
district, whose term of office shall be
for one year, beginning on the first
day of August succeeding his appoint-
ment He shall reside in the district
for which he shall have been appointed
and shall have charge Of the roads of
his district. Ifany such overseer shall
refuse to serve after being appointed or
iail to keel, in good order the roads in
| his district, he shall be liable to a fine
on presentment by the grand jury not
exceeding Fifty dollars. But any per-
son after being overseer for two cons
secutive years may give up his office on
producing certificate to the board
from the commissioner of roads, or
other satisfactory evidence. that the
roads 10 his district are in proper order;
and he shall not, within two years
thereafter, be appointed overseer with~
out his consent,
7. That his duties shall be to see
that the roads in his district are kept in
good repair; that the bridges are In safe
condition that the roads are kept free
from distinctions; that all loose stones
are removed and ilesshall contract for
all tools and implements necessary for
working roads, subject to the approval
of the commissioner Of roads, and shall
have custody of the same, and shall per-
form such other duties as may be pre-
scribed by law or directed by the
board Of commissioners of roads. His
compensation shall be one dollar and
fifty eel is per day for each day actually
employed, less the two days work re-
quired under the provisions of this act.
8. That annually, at the May term OF
the county court, the county judge
shall appoint in each magisterial diss
trict one commissioner of roads, whose
term Of Office shall be for one year, be-
ginning on the first day Of July next
succeeding his appointment; he shall
reside in the district for which he is
appointed. Each commissioner of
roads thus appointed shall qualify at
the time and in the manner prescribed
by law for the qualification of magis-
terial district officers, and shall at the
time of his qualification, Or before he
enters upon the discharge of his duties,
give bond with good personal security
in the sum of two hundred dollars.
8. That the commissioner of roads
shall have charge of all the roads in
his magisterial district. His duty shall
be to see that all the roads in his dis
trict are of the proper width, and in all
cases where they are not, to notify the
person trespassing, by written notice;
and if the distractions are not removed
after reasonable notice, not to exceed
ninety days, he shall direct the over
seer of the district to remove the fenc
ing, OF other obstruction, and may re-
cover the expense. with costs, from the
trespasser, upon judgment OF justice
of the peace: provided, however, that
where there is a road of less width than
thirty feet now in use, and the com
missioner of reads is satisfied that no
inconvenience wlllresult to the public
on account OF the width of said road,
he may continue the same. He shall
examine the roads in his district twice
In each year, in the months of May aid
October, and see that the roads and
bridges are kept in good repair by the
overseer His compensation shall be
one dollar and fifty cents per day for
each day in which he has been or may
be actually employed in discharging
his duties under the provisions of this
act, and to be paid by the county
treasurer in the maner hereinafter pre-
scribed.
10. That every petition to alter or
change public road must first be pre-.
scented to the commissioner of roads in
the district in which the road is, who
shall endorse theron his approval or dis
approval Of the same, and his reasons
therefor, which petition and COM
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