The Dawson journal., 1883-11-15


by the authority aforesaid, Thai
the board of commissioners in and
Tor each county shall elect one OF
their number treasurer, and shall
require him to give to o.said board
good and sufficient bond and Sc
curlty for his faithful Discharge
OF duty; and shall at the begin
nlng OF each year, assess the nun
OF days labor, not exceeding ten
days, for each person subject to
road duty, necessary to keep the
public roads in their respective
counties in good repair, as herein
required; and said board shall
furnish to the superintendent
suitable books, and require them,
at the beginning of each year, to
perfect list of all persons subject
to road duty under this Act by
militia districts, and all persons
subject to said duty, and prefer
ring SO to do, may pay to the su-
Perlntendent, while making said
list, fifty cents for each day SO as
sessed against them instead of
working upon said roads, the su-
perlntendent giving his receipts to
all thus paying, and shall, as fast
as he receives such money, pay the
same to the treasurer of the board,
taking his receipt for the same.
SEC. vi. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That
SAID board shall from the funds
they may furnish the superinten-
dent with such wagons, carts, tools
and implements, also the necessa-
ry teams as may be required to
properly work and keep in repair
the public roads. Said board
shall authorize the superintendent
to hire, at price to be fixed by
them, sufficient labor when neces-
sary to work the public roads, the
same to be paid out of the road
fund. Said board shall have the
right, and are hereby empowered
to demand and receive all persons
convicted in their respective coun-
ties of any offense below a felony,
and cause such persons to be work
ed on the public roads under such
regulations as they may prescribe,
the same being humane and rea-
sonable, and are authorizedin in their
discretion to hire convicts from
other counties to be worked upon
the public roads.
SEC. VII. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That
as soon as the said superintendent
has perfected the list, as herein
before provided, he shall furnish
said board of commissioners with
a list showing the names of each
person in the county subject to
road duty under this Act, giving
the militia district in which such
person resides, which list shall
show the names Of all those who
may have paid to said superinten-
dent the amount of continuation
tax assessed by said board and as
soon as the lists aforesaid shall
have been furnished to the county
board, it shall be their duty to
turn over to the road commission
ers of each district OF said county,
to be appointed as herein after
provided, a list of such persons re-
siding in their respective districts,
who are subject to road duty and
who have not paid the commuta-
ton tax, and it shall be the duty
of said district commissioners to
justly apportion and assign such
persons to work on the roads.of
said district, keeping in view, as
nearly as can be. the proximity and
convenience of such persons to the
roads to which they may be as
signed, and shall furnish to the
superintendent list of the appor-
tionment SO made showing the
names of the hands and the road
or roads to which they may have
been assigned.
Sec. VIII. Belt further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That it
shall be the duty of the county
boards of roads, at their first meet
ing or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, to select and appoint in
each militia district of the county
three discreet and proper men as
district road commissioners, whose
duty it shall be, in addition to that
provided for in the foregoing sec
ton, to examine from time to time
the condition of the roads in their
districts, and the manner in which
they are being worked, and to re-
port to the county board from time
to time any dereliction Of duty on
the part of the superintendent OF
any one appointed by him, or
working of any Of the roads of
their districts; and said commits
sioners shall, when required by
the county board, perform the du-
ties in altering or establishing
public roads as is now provided for
in section six hundred and four
(604) of the Code of 1882, except
that the report provided for in
said section shall be made to the
county board instead of the ordi-
nary. The persons appointed and
acting as district road commission
ers shall not be liable to perform