Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-05-30

all accounts for labor, teams, wagons, ploWs,
and materials furnished, or for services rem
dered IN any way when properly certified by
the commissioner of roads, and the same shall
be receipted for by the commissioners, as if
paid to him in money. Each commissioner OF
roads acting under the provisions of this act,
shall settle with the board of commissioners OF
roads of his district, on the first Monday III
June of each year, or as soon thereafter as the
said board shall meet, and account for all
moneys received by him from the treasurer or
otherwise for road purposes, and pay over any
balance in his hands to his successor in office,
which shall be placed to the credit of the board
and appropriated for road purposes The
taxes levied under this act, shall be subject
to the same laws regulating the collection OF
all other taxes
9. The board of commissioners CT roads
shall annually Oh the first Monday in June,
audit, adjust, and settle the accounts of the
treasurer for the pl eceeding year; but If their
business shall not be completed on that day,
they may adjourn from day to day until it is
completed. They shall charge the treasurer
with the full amount of the road tax LEVIED
n the district, and shall credit him by his
commissions delinquents, and all payments
made by him to the commissioners of roads,
for which he has proper receipts. He shall
receive the same per centum for collecting
road taxes as are allowed for collecting the
1900 NN---oN w.
State taxes.
10. The said board of road commissioners OF
each road district, shall convene from time TO
time in Staunton, or in some place IN Its road
district upon the call of the road commission
en- who shall be ex-officio president OF the
board. The compensation of the members OF
the board of road commissioners shall be one
dollar and fifty cents perday, for each day
that they shall be in attendance upon the ses-
c;o IF +bo 10 ha maid ont of the fund
appropriated for the road district; except the
commissioner shall receive two dollars Tor
each days service in attendance upon said
board.
IL. The road precincts shall remain as now
laid out and described by metes and bounds
in the several magisterial districts until
changed by the board of road commissioners
as herein provided. The said board shall have
power, and it shall be'their duty to make such
changes therein as may be proper When any
change is made in the road precincts, it Shall
be reported to the county clerk, who shall
keep record of the same in book kept for
that purpose, and also the said county clerk
shall keep a record of all the road overseers
who, when appointed by the board of commits
sioners of roads shall be reported to him, and
it shall be the duty of the said board to report
all appointments of oyersers to the said coun-
ty clerk.
49, The road commissioners of each district
shall cause to be erected at all points where
roads cross, or intersect Or diverge from each
other, suitable indicators showing the next
most prominent place on the road and the
distance. And any person who defaces, re-
moves, OF in any way Injuries such indicator,
shall pay fine of five dollars, to be recovered
by the commissioner of roads upon Judgment
of Justice of the peace, by proceedings insti
tuted in the name of the board of commission
ers of roads. Any overseer shall have power
to enter upon any lands adjoining his land to
make necessary repairs, drains, or bitches.
The board of road commissioners may, when
they deem it expedient, have the building or
repairing of bridges or roads done by con-
tract The term of office of the director shall
be the same as that of the commissioner. The
commissioner shall be empowered to admins
ter oaths and afirmations.
10. All male persons in the county of Au-
gusta shall be compelled to work on some pub
lie road therein as near as may be to the place
of their residence, with the following excep-
tons: Ministers of the gospel who have charge
of a congregation, persons under sixteen and
over sixty years of age, persons who reside in
a town that provides for its poor and keeps its
streets in order, and any person who has lost
leg or an arm. Any other person who is
otherwise disabled may DE exempted on GER
tifcate of the county court, of such disability;
provided however, they shall not be required
to work more than two days in one year. All
persons SO required to work shall be notified
by the overseer of the road precinct i'll which
he resides of the time and place where he is
to work, as near his place of residence as may
be; the said notice of the overseer shall be
given at least twenty four hours prior to the
time fixed to work such hands and this notice
must be made in person, or by written notice
1of4 Of
ment of such person. All persons so notified,
must appear or furnish an acceptable substitute
in time to perform ten hours diligent labor,
and if he fails so to appear with suitable tool
to work with, OF fails or refuses to do what the
overseer directs, or does anything to operate
against the diligent prosecution of the work,
he shall be dismissed by the overseer AMI pro-
ceeded against as if he had not attended &C
eording to notice. Such person shall, by the
overseer of the road precinct, be fined or
charged one dollar per day for every day of
such failure; if he fails to pay such fine or
charge to the overseer within thirty days
thereafter, the overseer shall proceed to collect
it upon the warrant of q justice of the peace,
in proceedings instituted in the name of the
board of commissioners of roads of the district
and the party SO warranted shall be made to
pay all costs of proceedings, and no property
shall be exempt from seizure or distrain to sat-
isfy said claim. All moneys collected by the
oyerseers under the foregoing proceedings, OF
otherwise, shall be accounted for to the COM
missioner, who must account for the same On
settlement with the board of road commission
erS.
IA. Every public road in the county of Au-
gusta hereafter established, shall be thirty
feet wide, and the grade of such road shall
not exceed five degrees at any one point. The
board of road commissioners Of any district,
may, however, by special order, establish a
different width or grade.
Is. When any person applies to the county
court to have road or bridge therein estab
lished Or altered, the court shall refer such APP
plication, which shall be in writing, describ-
ing as accurately as possible the desired road
or bridge, to the board of road commissioners
of the magisteral district in which the whole
or greater part thereof is to be located, and
thereupon the said board shall view the ground
and report to the court the conveniences and
Inconvenience that will result, as well to in
dividuals as to the public, if such road or
bridge shall be as proposed, and especially
whether any yard, garden, orchard OF any
part thereof, will in such cases have to be to-
ken.
l6. The board shall particularly report the
facts and circumstances in its opinion, useful
in enabling the court to determine the expedi-
ency OF establishing or altering the road or
bridge. 1t may examine other routes than
that proposed for any road, and report in fa-
vor of the one it prefers, with the reason for
the preference. The report shall state the
names Of the land oWners on each route, and
state which of them require compensation, the
probable amount, in the opinion of the com
missioners or viewers, to which such party
may be entitled, to what amount any person
through whose land any road is opened may be
benefited thereby, and any other matter
which may be deemed pertinent. A map or
diagram shall be returned with the report, and
for that purpose, the board may, if it sees fit,
employ supyeyoa
II. Upon the return of the report summons
shall be awarded against the proprietors of the
land, which shall be served III person, if they
be residents of the county, and if not, upon
any agent OF attorney or tenant of the land
IF there be no AGENT. attorney tenant within