Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-02-15

persons residing conVen;ent who, are
! males liable to work public roads
under section seven.of this. act x and
their names shall e<entered. in, said
book under the specifications requir:
ed in this section. Residence. under
the provisions of this act is defined
to. be where each PERSONS, family re-
sides. il he has a family. liviRgsin,t t BE
district, and fhe has no family then
where he boards.
SEC. 5, It shall be- the. duty of
each supervisor immediately after the
division of the roads, in his district
into sections, to give ten. days notice
of a time and place near the center
of his district, when and where the
various sections shall be separately
sold to contractors, to- the lowest bid
der. The notice required in this
section shalA be by posting at least
ten hand-bills, written: or printed, in
as many public places in the district.
In case there be no. bidders, or in
case the supervisor may deem any bid
too high, he may reject SUCH bid and
may sell such section or sections at
private sale, and the plTchaseRof any
section shall be termed the overseer
of such section.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of
such purchaser to sign his name and
write the sum he is to receive for re-
pairing and keeping in repair his sec
tion under the description. specifica-
ton and list of hands of said section,
contained in the supervisors. book as
provided in section 4 of this act, and
no supervisor shall become a contrac7
tor or sub-contractor for any section
sold BY him.
SEC. Z. All :. able-bodied male
persons between the ages of eighteen
snd forty-five years, shall be liable
annually to perform three days labor
on the public roads, under the super
vision and control of the overseer Of
the section to which he is. assigned
as provided for in section 4 of this
act; Provided, thas anW sneh person
may be discharged from such labor
upon the payment to theoverseer the
sum of two dollars aRd fifty cents
per annum. in lieu thereof; and upon
such payment he shall. be exempt
fresn road labor in the county for
one year. ~
SEC. 8. Any person assigned to
work on public roads as hereinbefore
provided, who having been person
ally warned by the overseer, or by
leaving at his usual place Of abode, a
writers notice, who shall refuse or
neglect, having at least two days no.
tice as above provided, to- attend by
himself or able-bodied substitute ac=
ceptable to the Uverseer, with such
tool as repaired in the notice, or hav-
ing attended, shall refuse to obey the
directions of the overseer, or shall
spend his time in idleness, every such
delinquent, shall forfeit and pay to
such overseer the sum Of two dol
lars to be recovered by action before
a justice of the peace, and upon fail
ure to- pay such judgment on demand
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fin
ed five dollars or imprisoned ten
days at the discretion of the court,
SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of
each supervisor of public roads, as
soon as practicable after the sale of
the various. sections within his dis
trict, and annually thereafter, to as
certain and report to the board of
commissioners Of the county the
amount of money necessary to repair
and keep in repair the public roads
in his district for the term of one
year, exclusive of the free personal
labor herein provided for; whereupon
the board of commissioners, with the
concurrence Of the board Of justices
of the county, at the first levy term
thereafter shall provide for the
amount so reported, and any other
expense pertaining to the same, by
levying an assessment by way of an
ad uatorem tax, not exceeding seven
cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation upon all property in the
county, made the subject of ad voto-
rem taxation for state and county
purposes, whether such property be-
long to citizens of Incorporated towns
or. otherwise, and whether such prop-
erty be taxed to repair streecs in such
cities or towns or, otherwise, and said
commissioners shall also levy poll
tax upon all persons mot exempted
as provided by law of not exceeding
|twenty-four cents, which taxes shall
be included in separate column on
the tax books, and shalt be collected
by the sheriff of the county as other
taxes are collected; shall be kept sep
Eerate, and shall constitute when col
1ected the county road fund, to be
expended as hereinafter provided. /
SEC, 10. The beard of commits
sianers shall, as often as necessary.
issue warrants OF. orders upon ths
county treasurer, or sheriff if thes
Fhe no treasurer, ordering and direct
ing him to payste any supervisor tn
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