South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-10

May 10, 1873.
residence OF any person shall be held %
be where INSTANTLY resides, or il he have
no family where he boards, thuk notice
TO work may be given orally by the Sur.
veyor in person or by any person under
his direction. or by written notice LEFT at
the residences Of the person liable 10
work. That IL any person fails 70 per-
form the labor required Of him by the
law. refuses 70 obey the reasonable Ill.
rection OF the Surveyor. or spends the
time in idleness or inattention 10 the
work assigned him. he shali pay to ne
Sheriff one dollar and twenty Eve cents
"a Communication for each days service,
that the Surveyor shall on or before No.
vember LIST In each year. make duplicate
lists Of all persons who were duly noti.
fed and failed to work as required dur.
ing the preceding year, one OF which
lists he shall give to the Sheriff. on the
other he shall take the Sheriff's receipt
for the list he receives and deliver 1t to
the Clerk OF the County Court.
The Sheriff collects and accounts for
the amounts OF such list as il they we're
taxes, and the money collected on them
is applied to the roads and bridges In
the District in which it is collected. A..
ny person improperly placed on such
list, can within six months from the
time the list is given TO the Sheriff. ap.
ply 10 the County Court to be released
from payne mt thereon.
The following is a form for such a
list, viz:
The following is duplicate list of
all persons who we're properly notified
and failed to work on the, public roads
in my precinc. during the previous
year, viz:
Names Of persons. No. of days failure.
A one day.
Z ID two days.
November l, 1873 Surveyor OF
Road precinct No. - Dist.
Deliver one Of the lists to the Sheriff,
on the back Of the other take his receipt,
to this effect:
Received, Nov. 1, 1873. Of
Surveyor Of Road, u list of which the
within is duplicate.
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Deputy for II. ID. Powell,
Sheriff OF Hampshire, County
And then deliver this last list to the
Clerk Of the County Court.
Sections Is, 16 & 17-Provide that
the Surveyor may with the approval OF
the Court by writing, exempt any per-
son unable to work and unable to pay
his Communication from working roads in
his precinct. that any person who in any
year has worked or paid Communication
as required by law in one precinct, shall
not be required to work or pay for the
same year in another precinct, and that
If any person perform moro labor in any
year than is due from him, the Surveyor
shall give him certificate, showing the
amount of extra labor so performed
which shall be received in discharge oil
so much labor due in any subseGuen,
year in the same precinct.
Sec. 1S--Permits the Court to author
ize the Surveyor Of any precinct to hire
so many laborers, as with the work and
money applicable under the law thereto
will suffice TO keep his road and bridges
in repair, and open and make new roads
and alterations ordered, and to purchase
powder and tools when necessary, and
requires the Surveyor to return q par
ticular account Of all such expenses, and
also Of expenses for Guide Boards, un
der OATH which shall be paid out of the
County Treasury.
Sections 10 e. 20-Providc, that when
it is necessary the Surveyor may hire,
or impress wagons. carts, plows, scra.
pers, mules, oxen and horses, with their
gear, or take from any convenient land
wood. stone, gravel or earth, or cut
bitches TO drain road through any land
adjoining the road the Surveyor to al
low fair compensation to the owner
or If they cannot agree, each shall choose
freeholder Of the District, and these
two il they find it necessary may select
n third, to ascertain the compensation
and the sum so agreed on, or ascertain
ed shall be paid by order OF the Court.
Section 2l-Provides that Surveyor
may change any county road in his pre-.
cinct, with the consent Of the owner oil
the land over which the change is made
p'NF''SA WIZ uOCo lOb iuCTtdSN
the length oil grade, require more work
TO keep the road in repair, put it on
worse ground or render it in any re-
spect worse.
Sections % & %, in regard to road
tax, are In these words:
~. When the county court OF a
ny county shall decide TO levy n
tax in pursuance OF tho provisions OF
this act, IL shall ascertain as nearly as
possible the amount OF money which. will
be necessary in each district In their
county, together with the labor required
to be performed therein. TO construct.
put and keep in good repair the roads
and bridges in such district and shall
: by an order entered in their journal di-
rect the assessor Of the assessment dis.
friQf in which ostrl. 81 - A.