The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-13

stfucted at any time Of the year by
the falling of rock or timber, land
slides or other cause, or county
bridge is from any cause rendered
unsafe, he shall Immediately order
out such number Of persons liable to
work on the roads as may be necessa-
ry Notwithstanding such persons
may have performed their full nnm-
Der Of Gays work on the roads), and
without ayoidable delay cause such.
obstruction to be removed from the
road, or the bridge to be made safe.
Sec. u provides that every. male
person not under twenty-one nor
over fifty years Of age, who resides
in any road precinct, and is not a
pauper, having had at least three
days notice, shall between the first
day of April and the first day of No.
yember in each year, attend in per-
son or by sufficient substitute, with
proper tools, and work on the county
road in such precinct, under the d.
rection Of the surveyor thereof, at
such place, and on such days during
the said period, as the said surveyor
may appoint, at least two days, if
that number be necessary; and the
county court Of every county in
which said two days work shall be
insufficient to open, construct and,
keep in good repair the roads and
bridges thereof, shall, ut session of
said court held prior to the first day
of April in each year, prescribe, by
order of court, the manner in which
the same shall be done, after pend
ing thereon the two days work afore-
said, whether entirely by tax on
property, entirely by labor, or partly
by tax and partly by labor; and it
shall prescribe, provide for, and lay
a sufficient amount Of tax and keep
in good repair the roads and bridges
in their county during each year.
Prouided, That not more than four
days work by any person shall be re.
CURED in any year, and, if said four
days work are not sufficient, with or
without the tax imposed, to put and
keep the roads and bridges in any
county in good repair, the court shall
levy sufficient tax for the purpose,
as aforesaid. 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, not
exceeding, however, two days; but
any person required to perform labor
under the provisions Of this section
may commute therefor by paying to
the surveyor seventy.ive cents per
day for every days work SO required
of him. The county court shall have
power to transfer and require the
surveyor and hands of any road pre-
cinct, to work upon the roads of an
other precinct in the same district,
when it shall appear that such pre-
cinct has greater amout of road la
Dor to be performed, and less hands
TO perform such labor, than the pre-
cincts from which such transfer is to
be made. And any surveyor or
hands failing to work on the roads
of the precinct to which they may
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 precinct when
lawfully required to do SO.
There are Sc sections to the road
law, and to publish the law in full
would encroach too much upon our
space. We have given above the
most important sections of the law,
and that which our people are most
interested in.
There are two other road laws, that
the people can adopt, by a majority
vote. Ono is chap. So of the acts and
the other chap. SO. 1t would be diff
ficult for us to determine which of
the two we would prefer. Chap. 36,
provides for the appointment of
county engineer, who has the laying
out and establishing the grade of
each road. 1t would he well enough
for the people to read these laws, and
at the proper time petition the Coun-
ty Court to submit the Alternate
system of keeping in repair the coun-
ty roads, to the voters Of the county.
Under our present system we can
never have good roads. If We desire
good roads in the county, we must
adopt one or the other Of the plans
laid down in the Acts Of the Legis,
laturc Of 1881,
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