The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-09
LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
House Bill Number 301. Session OF
1883.

LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
House Bill Number 301, Session OF
1883.
AN ACT To build and keep IN re-
pair the public roads and bridges Of
the Commonwealth.
Stricken out in brackets thus
insertions between indexes thus:
sas .
SECTION /. Be At endcted by the
Senate and House of Representatives, OF
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania an
General Assembly met, and ii Is hereby
enacted 6y the authority Of the same
That the qualified electors OF the
different townships ofthis Common
wealth shall at the next township
election after the passage OF this act
elect one person to serve for three
wears, one person to serve for two
years, one person to serve Tor one
year, who shall be styled road COM
missioners, and at each succeeding
election thereafter they shall elect
one person TO serve three years, and
in case of a vacancy by death, reslg-
nation or otherwise, the remaining
road commissioner or road commits
sioners shall appoint some suitable
person or persons to act until the
next township election, when the
people shall elect to fill such
vacancy.
SEC. 2. That on or before the
first Monday of April 1zs-third
Monday of March-a 81 thereafter in
each year the said road commission
ers shall notify the county commits
sioners of their intention to act as
road commissioners and immedl-
ately upon their receiving such no.
tice said county commissioners shall
furnish them with a certified copy
of the last adjusted valuation or
assessment of their respective town.
ships.
SEC. 8. That on or before the sec
ond Monday of April of each year
thereafter the road commissioners
of the several townships of this Com
monwealth shall meet and deter
mine the amount of road tax that
they deem necessary to make, build
and repair the several roads and
bridges of their respective townships
for the current year which amount
shall not exceed [tive] SkS-ten~ asa
mills on every dollar of valuation SO
made including one days work,
which every male taxable IN this
Commonwealth over twenty-one
years old shall work or cause to be
worked on the public roads each
year, in addition TO the levy made
upon his valuation.
SEC. 4. That on ssg-or before al
the second Monday of April after
the election of any road commiss-
toners of this Commonwealth he or
they shall each give to the township
auditors for the use ofthe road fund
of their respective townships a bond
signed by himself and one or more
sureties for one-haifof the amount
of road tax proposed to be levied for
that year, conditioned for the true,
honest and faithful performance of
their respective duties Is road COM
missioners during the current term
for which they may be elected.
SEC. ). That Immediately after
the said road commissioners shall
have filed their bonds as aforesaid,
they shall proceed to lay out their
several townships into at least as
many districts as there are sub.
school districts in their townships
and shall each year appoint one per-
son in each district who shall be
known as pathmaster and shall fur
nish each of the said pathmasters
with a list of the tax they propose
to expend in his district in work
together with the names of the per.
sons from whom they shall receive
the same, and each pathmastel
shall, if required, give an approved
bond to the road commissioner
with one or more sureties for the
amount of the taxes given him Il
collect in work, conditioned fol
the honest performance of hi,
duty.
SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty
of the said pathmasters during tn,
months of May and June of eacl
year to give at least forty-eight hour
notice to the persons named in hi
duplicate if a resident of the distric
of the time and place he intends t.
work on said roads, and the nipple
ments he desires they shall furnish
and use; any person n~eglecting o
refusing to work his her or their Ia,
as notified shall pay the same il
money, as hereinafter provided.
. SEC. Z. That if the amount frs
levied as aforesaid should be all ex
; pended or all that is then availabl
and the same should be deemed in
sufficient to build and repair tn
, several roads and bridges in SAT-
township, and upon a potion beinI
presented to the said road commits
sioners signed by six land owner
of said township the said road com
missioners may levy an additions
sum not exceeding three mills b.
; taxation as aforesaid for that pun
: pose, and the said road commission
ers may in each or any year, if the
/. find the same necessary, collect
. part of she road tax levied as afort
. said, not exceeding two mills il
J money, to be collected by some pei
{ son appointed by the road commits
sioners for the purpose of defrayin
expenses of roads and bridges.
: SEC. s. That the said pathmaste
y shall see that the taxes assigned theI
r to work shall be faithfully and il
: diciously and at such time expende
as directed by the said road commi.
%sioners and they shall Keep a striC
accurate itemized account of thei
own time spent. andthe time worke
by taxpayers on the road by or uI