Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-05-05
The New Augusta Road Law.
TO BE VOTED ON BY THE CITIZENS OF
rur coI1NTy THupsDAy MAY 25TH.

| TO Be fO1ED YIN d. LII OlA1HGI~o Of
THE COUNTY THURSDAY, MAY 18th.
| We give below the bill introduced by
| Senator Koiner, and which has become
| law, the acceptance or rejection of which
is to be lied on by the registered voters
| of the county three weeks from now,
Thursday, May 25th. We gave synopsis
of the bill whom it was introduced, but 1t
was amended in some particulars before
being passed, 50 we have obtained copy
of it as amended for the use Of our county
| people in determining their votes:
A bill to provide for acorking and keeping
| IN repair the public roads in augusta coan-
tn.
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
| bly,, that Oh and after the first day OF Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and eighty two,
| the board Of supervisors of tie county OF
August shall tige charge Of, and have
worked AID KEEP. ia repair all public roads,
bridges and foot logs, heretofore or here
after est blisled within the limits of the
said county. and for this purpose the said
| board Of supervisors are authorized and
empowered to levy road tax, not exceed
| ing in any year ten cents upon the OnS
| hundred dollars of assessed taxable values
| in said county, and to adopt such regula-
tions as do not conflict with the laws now
in force, as may be necessary to secure the
proper werEing of the roads ia said coun-
ty.
2. The said board of supervisors shall,
as soon after the first day of August, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-two, az may De
practicable, appoint one commissioner or
roads for each no gistsrlal district in ths
county, who shall qualify before the coun-
ty cosrt by taking the usual oath Of office.
and shall continue as such until their sue
cessors are duly qualified. The term of
said commissioners Of roads shall be one
year, and shall commsnce On the said frst
day of August of each year, and they
shall be appointed at the meeting of the
said board next preceding that day. Tbs
said commissioners of roads shall have SUI
psrvsion of all roads and bridges In said
| county, and all applications to the court
| for viewers for changes or opening new
roads must be reported on by the commits
sioner of the district.
| 3 The said commissioners of roads sew
orally shall, annually, at the September
| term of the county court, let to contract to
| the lowest suitable bidder, the work of
| keeping in repair the roads and bridges in
| their dlstrcts, notices of which letting
| shall be posted for ten days at each post
office in the district, the said letting to be
as a whole or in sections, at the discretion
of the commissioner, and for the year end
ing on the thirty-first day of August of
each year. They shall require the bids to
| be in writing, and signed by the contrac-
| tor, and shall deliver the same, under seal.
| to the board of supervisors, for their exam
ination and decision, at their first meeting
| thereafter. Each contractor shall be re-
quired to give bond. with good security, in
a penalty at least double the amount of his
bid, for the faithful performance OF his
contract, and recovery may be had for
any breach of said contract. in the name
of the coanty, for the benefit of the road
! fund. in the county couTt, by motion, after
| ten days. notice to the contractor and his
securities. The said contracts and bonds
shall be left with the clerk of the board of
supervisors.
4. The contractor shall be entitled to
the services, for not exceeding four days.
in each year, the number Of days to be de-
termined by the supervisors before each
letting, ct all persons liable to service in
working the public roads, under existing
laws. and shall be- entitled to all remedies
now existing, for the collection Of fines
for failing to work when duly summoned
by him against persons owing that duty.
5. 1t shall be the duty of the commls-
sloners Of reads to give personal supervi-
sion to all roads and bridges, to see that
the CONT actor is faithfully carrying out
his contract, and for any failure in carry
ing it ont, the commissioner of the district
shall at once institute, through the pros
ecuting attorney, proceedings for the re-
covery of damages for the breach Of said
contract.
G. The commissioners of roads shall re-
ceive, each as compensation, not exceeding
two dollars per day, while actually engag-
ed, but in no case shall his compensation
exceed TIVE hundred dollars per annum, to
be paid by the county.
Z. All levies made and collected under
this act shall be collected and accounted
for by tile county treasurer as ether levies
| are, and shall be paid out on the warrant
| of the board of supervisors.
| s. No member of the board Of super
! visors, OF commissioner Of reads. shall be-,
| directly or indirectly, interested i'll any
| contract made under his act, and any par
| tjcipati0n thel Elm shall render the contract
void.
8. When the court shall order the open
| ing OF a new road Or the erection of new
bridge, the work of opening or building
shall be let to contract as hsreinbefors
directed.
10. The board of supervisors shall have
|
woke the appointment Of a commissioner
of roads, and to appoint succe ssor to fill
his unsxpired term also, to fla the conapen-
sation of commissioners of roads, and all
others necessarily employed IN enecating has
act. For the additional services required
by this act, the supervisors shall receive
two dollars per day.
II. It shall be the duty of the officers
conducting the elections in the county of
Augusta. to open poll on the Fourth
Thursday in the month OF May, eighteen
hundred and eigbty-two, to receive the
ballots of the qualified voters, who shall
vote upon this act, which ballots shall be
as follows For the road law" and
against the road law" The ballots SO
cast shall be deemed and taken as a vote
| for or against this act, and the manner OF
receiving aid canvassing the ballots, and
making returns thereof. sh.;n be in accor-
| dance With existing law, except that the
certificate of the judges shall be as follows
We hereby certify that at the cit ction
held on the--day Of May. eighteen
! hundred and eIghty-two. VOTES were
cast for the read law, aud-votes were
cast against the road law.