Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-02-15
NO. s

ship. to- one supervisor to be selected,
by then,s and contract. with, such su-
peryisor. te,work the public roads in
stleh. toMnship: and in such case,
SUCH sHpervisoafshall take and sub
scribe an oath. as, prescribed in Sec
ton three of this act, and execute q.
bond. with. securitXtoibe approved
by. the bpard of commissioners, andi
in such. case said supervisor shall
hold his office for the same term and
under the same conditions. with the,
same. powers and limitations. appli-,
cable to supervisors appointed. under
the former provisions, of this act,.
with the power to, divide the roads.
in his township into; sections,, assign,
hands to: the same,. to. compel the,
performance of labor in, the same,
way and under the same regulations,
and, with, the same right to enforce,
penalties, conferred by this act upon
supervisors and overseers- of districts,
and sections, and shall make report
of his. roads. and render accounts Of
service and expenditures, as required.
byssupervisors- generality, according:
to The provisions of this act; and in
case of failure to. perform his duties,
he shall be liable upon his official.
bond to the county.
SEC. 90. The board of commits
sioners shall have the same althori--
ty tosexempt from labor. on, the pub
lie roads on account of physical ina
bility as is npW conferred upon them
by law,
Sec; 81. Every supervisor, upon
going out of Office, shall on demand.
deliver to his successor all books,
accounts and papers, pertaining to.
his office, and pay oKer- to- such sue
cessor all moneys in hand by virtue.
of his Office, taking duplicate receipts;
therefor, one of which shall be fled
with the register of deeds; and upon
failure to pay over such moneys on
demand, he shall be liable for double,
the amount found in his hands, to
be recovered in an action In the
name of the board of oommissionerA
OF the county.
SEC. %, For the purpose of. car
rying> out the purpose designed by
this, act, the board of commissions
ers. Of any county, whehexer the
board of justices of each county shall
determine to adept an alternative,
SYSTEM of working public roads, may
from time to time change the sys-
tenn of working public roads in the
countya make and establish other
rules and by laws, all to- be entered
ON their minutes, for the. regulation
Of labor and work upon public roads
of the county, and impose penalties
for violation thereof. And in case
the board of justices of any county
fail to adopt the alternative system
for their county, then and in that
case the board of commissioners for
such county, upon a petition being
presented to them signed by ma
jority of the qualified voters of any
township in the county praying for
the same, may IN their discretion, by
order entered upon their minutes,
adopt the alternative system to be
made applicable to such township
only, and i'm such case the roads in
such township worked as directed in
this act, and the taxes or assessments
upon property and polls of citizens
of such townships, shall be levied
and collected as other taxes and ap-
piled as required under the provis-
ions of this act; Provided, that the
rate of taxation shall in no case ex-
ceed the limitation prescribed in Sec
ton nine of this act: Provided fur
ther, that whenever under this pro,
visions of this act the appointment
Of supervisors is provided for, such
supervisors may be elected by the
qualified voters of any township if
the commissioners so direct, and in
such case, it shall be the duty of such
board to provide suitable machinery
for taking such vote and give proper
notice of such election.
s. SEC. %, All persons confined in
the county Jail or other place of con
fnement either under final sentence
of court for crime or imprisonment
for the non-payment of fines or costs,
or under final judgment in eases of
bastardy or under the vagarant acts,
all persons sentenced to the state
prison for a term less than one year,
shall be available to the county COM
missioners for the purpose of work.
ing them upon the public roads, J
and upon the application of any SUI
perviser'ar eyerseer, having an order
from the county commissioners, it
shall be the duty of the iailor. or
sheriff, or other officer having such
/ prisoners in custody, to deliver the
same to such supervisor or oyerseer,
and in case such prisoner ,escapes
from custody, the sheriff OF. otherof
ficer shall be exonerated from liabil-
i ity.sasasHti go ~ ' 81 81
i Sec. "a. Prisoners liable to the
j county for costs, while working on
i public roads should be allowed so
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