The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-13
Hon. Rent. kings road BIII.

commorant IN his district over the age OF
eighteen years. and under the age of fifty
years except inhabitants Of Incorporated
cities and towns, and blind, deaf and dumb
persons and persons disabled by disease or
otherwise, from doing manual labor, which
list,sw to as correct, by said Road Master,
shall be returned by him to the Clerk of SAID
Board on or before the first Monday of April,
and said list shall be examined and corrected
by said Beard and recorded in a book TO be
kept by said Clerk. The said Board may at
any time in their discretion, lis Miss said Road
Master and appoint his successor, who shall
Immediately make said list, if not already
made The Road Master shall return a sworn
supplemental list Of road hands, to each
regular meeting of said Board, which shall
contain the names, age, color and occupation
of all road hands found in his district. and
not before enlisted, which supplemental lists
shall be examined, corrected and recorded as
the original list is required to be- The ROAD
Master shall be paid out Of the County Treas
ury-cents, for each hand on the origin al list,
and-cents for each hand on the supplemental
lists, If in the judgment Of said Boart, said
Road Master has faithfully enlisted the road
hands. In the examination OF said lists the
said Board shall erase from the same the
names of those who have paid their commuta
ton taxes or worked out THEIR time for the road
wear which shall be from the first Monday of
pril to the first Monday of April or shall be
permanently unable 10 perform manual labor.
The said Clerk shall within ten days alter
said lists have, respectively, been examined
and corrected by the Board. deliver a certified
hand on said orr ginal list or any supplemental
list, returned prior to tn first day Of July,
may, at any time before the first Monday IN
July, pay TO said Tax Collector his cOmmuta-
ton tax and any road hand on the supplement
tai list, returned after the first Monday in
July, may pay to said Tax Collector his COM
mutation tax within thirty days after the
meeting of the Board to which his enlistment
was returned. The annual commutation tax
shall be liked by the said Board at not less
than -- dollars, nor more than ----
dollars, and the payment thereof to
the Tax Collector shall discharge the road
hand from service the road for that road
year, and the Tax Collector shall, the first
of every month, paw over to the County Treas
urer the amount of the cOmmutati0n taxes col
lected by him during the preceding month,
and shall file with said Clerk list of the road
hands who have paid the same.
SEC 2. Be 1t further enacted, That the
Boa rd Of Supervisors of each county shall an
nually prepare in writing and file with the
Clerk of said Board specifications Of the sew
eral public roads in the several Supervisors
Districts in the county, as to the width to
be worked and the character of work to be
done said roads, but in ali cases requiring
the same to be kept in good repair during the
road year, and shall divide the roads OF the
Supervisors Districts into many contracts
as they shall deem most convenient and shall
mark said specifications Contract No l, Dis
trict No. |, and so consecutively through all
the contracts and Supervisors Districts, and
shall, the first Monday of April, and from
day to day, thereafter, let out to the lowe It bid
der, at public cutlery, all of saidcontracts, first
giving notice of the letting of said contracts,
by publishing a notice thereof for three con-
secutive weeks in some newspaper printed IN
the county, or if there is such paper, then
by posting notices in three public places in
each Supervisors District for thirty days. |
Each of said contractors shall be required to |
give bond, payable to the State of Mississippi |
in the penalty of double the amount Of his |
bid with not less than two good sureties to be |
approved by the Board, conditioned that he |
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tract and comply with the duties required of |
him said contractor by law, and the law
full orders of said Board. The Board may at
any time before the approval of said bond re-
ject any lowest bid If they deem The same I'M
reasonable or the proposed contractor iocom-
petent otherwise un suitable, and shall in
case of the rejection of any lowest bid, OF
in any contract, let the vacant con-
tract in the same manner at another time,
after like notice 1t shall be the duty of every
to accept the LABOR of ali road
hands and cOnvicts who may be assigned to
him at the prices to be agreed upon between
him and the said Board, and if they cannot
agree upon the prices, the same shall be de-
ermined by the Sheriff, Circuit Clerk and
Treasurer; to feed and lodge said conyicts
md keep them clean in dress and person, and
guarded at all times to notify the Road Mas
er in case any such convict shall in his judg
nent require medical attention, and procure
medical attendance, to be paid for by the
county in case The Road Master certifies that
he same is necessary; to make requisitiOn on
he Sheriff for clothing for said convicts il
actually needed by them, to be paid for by the
# the Board of Supervisors to his successor
II other person; to report to the said Board
monthly the number and condition of the con-
Ticts in his charge.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk
hall on the tenth day of July, and monthly
hereafter, issue to the Road Masters certI-
led list of all the road hands, whose option
If paying said communication tax has expired,
md upon receipt of the same the Road Mas
ers shall Immediately summon in person, or
Oy leaving a written notice at the place of
MS last residence, if he cannot be found each
delinquent road hand to report himself to
some designated contractor at n stated time
within ten days there to labor under said con-
tractor for ten days the roads, and said
road hand shall while at labor under the con-
tractor board himself, and shall diligently
abor under the orders of the contrac-
or during the usual hours of labor
md if said road hand shall fail so to
abor, the contractor may discharge him, and
shall then Immediately inform the Road Mas
er thereof The Road Master shall make a
'eport under oath, on the first of every month,
If the names of the road hands who have re-
ported to each contractor in his district, and
he number of days of labor performed b ?
ZACH hand If any road hand, being duly
required in this Act, shall fail
10 to labor, the contractor may discharge him,
md shall then Immediately inform the Road
Master thereof. The Road Master shall make
report, under oath, the first of every
month, of the names of the road hands who
ave reported to each contractor in his dis
riot, and the number of days of labor per-
ormed by each hand If any road hand, being
July summoned as required in this Act, shall
all or neglect to attend and perform the ser
ice REQ uired the Road Master shall report
i'm to some Justice of the eace of the proper
district and prosecute said road hand for such ,
allure or neglect, and upon conviction thereof,
he said road hand shall be fined not less than
wo dollars day for each days failure or
neglect and the cost of prosecution, aud be {
ommitted to the county Jail until said fine
nd costs shall be paid; but if such delinquent :
will pay all costs and enter into bond payable
o the State, in the sum of one hundred dol 7
airs, with good security, conditioned that he :
will Immediately report himself to the proper :
ontractor, and perform under his directions. a
q Dor on the road for the period for which he q
5 delinquent, then he shall be discharged !
rom custody, and the Justice shall transmit I
aid bond to said Clerk. c
SEC f. Be it further enacted that the Sheriff
hall not discharge from his custody any per- t
on on whom any fine, penalty, forfeiture or I
Increment shall have been imposed by the
Judgement of any court, and who, by such
Judgment is directed to stand committed until
hall be paid, or who shall be in custody by
lrtue of any process for such fine, forfeiture,
enalty or amercement, unless such fine, for
aiture, penalty and amercement be fully paid
r secured, as hereinafter directed; Provided, o
pom the certificate of any practicing physic- Z
an and member of the Board of Supervisors 5
nat a prisoner is permanently disabled by Il
isease or otherwise from the performance of Z
lanual labor, then the said prisoner may be J
in the manner now pre- cribed for }
he discharge of insolvent prisoners. The n
oard of Supervisors shall from time to time, s.
lake such orders as they shall deem expedi- o.
Mt, regulating the terms and conditions upon a
hich private persons may, with their consent, fC
ire prisoners detained in custody for the n
on-payment of fines, for forfeitures, penal I
es and amercement, or either, and directing G
lie distribution of such prisoners to the differ lo
ut road contractors of the county; and the Il
rices to be paid for the labor of such prison tC
8 and the road hands If such persons shall OF
, hired out with his consent to private OF
srson, such private person shall secure upon n