Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-04-16

i'd giving notice as heretofore provided
er and they shall be present and super
intend all work done, and ma,
l, work the entire labor assessment 70
a any section at one time, or at differ
$ ent times, "a they may deem best
d See. II Be it further enacted
e That ii any. highway shall become
y impossible by reason of any casUa
> Interruptions, from any cause what
e ever, the overseer shall give instant
n summons to any hands upon the
x section of road where such casualty
y occurs, and repair the same, and
d shall give such hands credit for the
e time SO worked upon any future
e work. ae ia
!, See. %. Be it further enacted,
i That any Overseer, or any person
i acting under his authority. may en-
9 ter upon any lands adjoining to or
e near his sections of road, TO con-
e struct any drain or ditch necessary
for the preservation or improvement
of such road, or to obtain any rock,
: gravel, timber or other material for
use upon the road, provided he can
do so without imposing any mate
J rial damage upon the owner Or oc-
/ cupants of such land. Provided.
t that the owner of the land, gravel
: or timber shall be consulted, and a
, fair valuation of the same be opened
f between him and the oveTseer or
} commissioner, and price first paid
: before the removal of the same.
; Sec. 26. Be it further enacted,
} That the commissioners shall furn-
J ish durable mile posts, giving dis
tance to county seat or prominent
place for all classified roads, and re-
quire oVerseerS to keep them up,
and overseers shall keep guide posts
at all crossroads or forks of their
roads, directing to the most public
place on each road and foot logs over
all streams necessary when there are
no bridges, and any person damag-
ing such posts, in any manner, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. q. Be it further enacted,
That the overseer shall give each
taxpayer upon his respective sec
ton of road notice in person or in
writing left at his or her usual
place of abode the amount of high
way tax due, and the time and place
and the team or tools owned by
such persons with which the tax
may be worked out, at least three
| days before the time to commence
| work, and he must give the same
notice to any known agent of any
nonresident taxpayer, but If there
is no known agent of such nOn-resi- |
dents, then no notice is required, |
and he shall keep an account of all |
work done upon his section of road |
by each taxpayer, and upon de-
mand give receipt for work done
by his orders.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted,
That OVerseers shall give all tax
payers upon their section of road
Opportunity to commute for the
highway tax between the first day
| of January and the first day of Oc-
tober, each year, and shall, as near
as practicable, give equal privileges
in working with teams and imple-
ments, and by the 10th day of Oc-
tober, each year, shall give to the
district clerks list subscribed by
them of all parties who have failed
or refused, in whole or in part, to
commute for their tax with amount
due by each.
Sec. 49, Be it further enacted,
That the overseers shall dismiss
from service upon the road any
hand, whether working for himself
or as substitute for another who
shall fail or refuse to do good and
efficient work, or shall keep other
hands from working, or fail to obey
any reasonable orders given him by
overseers, and shall proceed against
such parties as though they had fail I
ed to obey the summons to appear
and work.
Sec. 80. Be it further enacted, (
That overseers shall keep open I
bitches upon each side of their roads
of sufficient width and depth to |
drain them, and shall construct the
road to slope from the center to each {
side ditch, and shall remove all
leaning trees, overhanging limbs or
other Instructions, and grade their
roads to a width of not less than Is |
feet upon the first-class, and not less '
than IA feet upon second class roads,
and shall use no material but grav
ell and broken stone, when the same I
can be conveniently obtained to /
form the surface of the road bed, 8
but the commissioners may release \
them from any of the provisions of +
this section that are unnecessary
and improbable. |
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, /
That all new roads opened after the c
passage Of this act, shall, when I
be laid out not less than a
20, nor more than 40 feet wide for $
first-class, and not less than II nor t
more than "a feet wide for second /
class, and not less than nor more f
than Is feet wide for private roads @
that are to be worked in whole or in @
part under any of the provisions of
this act, and the bed of no stream
Of running water shall be measured C
rs part of the width of any road, O
and the overseers, by and with the h
advice of majority of the commits t
sioners of their districts, shall open S.
all old roads to the width above set il
out, when necessary for the proper
of the same, and the COM
missioners shall assess the damages S
5u pject to appeal, as to amount of
damages.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted,
That when any highway, to be
worked under the provisions of this
act, shall be the dividing line be-
tween two or more road districts, =
of the respective dis "
.ricts may divide the same, or may,
by agreement, work it by joint ef-
Iort, but if they cannot agree, then O
Il shall be settled by the county d
court. !,
Sec. SO. Be it further enacted, ID
That any person who shall put, or
,ause to be put, any brush, briers, h
pushes, or any other obstruction up ST
On any highway, or in any ditch or ii
Train upon any highway, shall be II
guilty of a misdemeanor, and the ii
inc collected shall be paid to the a
district clerk for the benefit of the o.
and such person shall al v
70 be liable for any damage Occa- Ia
,ioned by such obstruction.
Sec. "a. Be it further enacted, il
That any overseer or highway COM "
who shall Wilfully fail or a,
.efuse to perform any of the duties e'
of him by this act, or who ri
shall show any partiality or dis b
elimination in the exercise of his re
luties, shall forfeit and pay not
more than twenty dollars for such h
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