Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-03-13
ORDINANCE NO. 81


Sec. L. The street commissioner of
the city Of Medicine Lodge shall be road
overseer of the city of Medicine Lodge.
and shall have all power and authority
or road overseer under the laws Of the
state OF Kansas, and shall be designated
as street commissioner; and the street
commissioner shall be nominated by the
mayor and confirmed by the council. in
like manner as other officers of the city
are appointed, and shall hold his Office
for the period of one year, and until his
successor is appointed and qualified.
The mayor and council shall dix the
compensation of the street commits
sioner and remove him from office for
any misconduct in office, i'm like manner
as other officers are removed. -.-
Sec. 2. The street commissioner, be-
fore entering upon the discharge of the
duties of his Office, shall give bond to
the city, with good security to be APP
proved 10y the mayor in the sum of one
thousand dollars for the faithful dis
charge of his duties, and for the safe
keeping and proper use of any money or
property that may come into his hands.
and to disburse the same in the manner
directed by the mayor and council.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
street commissioner to thoroughly ex-
anime, from time to time, the streets.
alleys, avenues and other public thor
oughfares of the city, and all walks,
side walks, cross walks and public
grounds belonging to the city, and all
bridges, culverts, sewers. drains, &C., in
the city; and it shall be his duty to ex-
ercise general care over all such places
and to see that they are kept in proper
repair, and report in writing To the
council at each meeting, the condition
thereof, when any are out of repair and
what repairs are needed: and where it is
necessary that repairs should be done
! immediately, he shall make such repairs
forthwith and report to the council at
Its next meeting; and he shall superin-
tend all such work as the council shall
order: and it shall be his duty to require
each and every male person, between
twenty-one and forty-five years of age,
who has resided thirty days within this
city, who is capable of performing labor
on the public highways, and who is not
a township charge, to perform two days
work of eight hours each on the public
roads, streets and alleys in this city. as
provided by law, or furnish substitute
to do the same, or in lieu thereof pay
the sum Of one dollar and fifty cents per
day to such street commissioner: and it
shall be his duty to return any delin-
Guents to the city attorney, who shall
prosecute all such delingnents as pro-
vided by law. The mayor and council
shall direct the use of the two days'
work provided for in this ordinance. or
the money paid in discharge of the
same, upon such streets or alleys as
they deem proper.
Sec. 4. The work provided for in the
preceding section shall be done between
the first day of Arril and the first day of
October i'll each year, upon three days
notice by the street commissioner to the
person or persons liable to road tax,
OF the time and place he will attend and
direct the work to be performed, as
aforesaid, and he may direct what i'm
PIGMENTS such person shall bring with
which to perform such work.
Sec. 5. Whenever it shall happen in
consequence of sickness or absence from
home, or other cause, that the two DAYS
work aforesaid shall not be performed
within the tine specified in this ordi-
nance, the street commissioner shall be
authorized to require the performance
OF such work any time prior to the first
day OF November, then next ensuing.
In case any person shall neglect or re-
fuse to do the two days work, or fur
nish substitute or pay the said sum of
three dollars, as provided in this ordi-
nance, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be fined i'm the
sum OF five dollars for such neglect and
refusal TO work, upon conviction before
the police judge of the city of Medicine
Lodge; and if any person shall appear
at the proper time and place directed by
the street commissioner, and neglect or
refuse to do a reasonable DAYS work.
according to his ability, he shall be liza
bic the same as if he neglected or re-
fused to appear, or furnish substitute,
or pay the said sum of three dollars as
provided herein.
Sec. The street commissioner shall
report to the council, at the regular
monthly meetings in each month. and
oftener if required by the council, an
itemized statement of all moneys re-
ceived by him IN lieu of road work and
from other sources, and when and from
whom received; and he shall return
with such report a receipt from the city
treasurer for allmoneys received by him
since his last report. Said report shall
also contain an itemized statement of
the days work performed by those sub
ject to road duty, and when and by
whom performed, which statement may
be published in the official newspaper
of the city. Said report shall be YER
flied by the officer. 1t shall also be the
further duty of the street commissioner
to obey the instructions of the mayor
and council as to the place where. and
the time when improvements shall be
made, and to work persons convicted of
offences against the city ordinances
when 50 directed by the city marshal:
and his monthly report shall contain
statement of the persons turned over to
him by the marshal, and the number of
days worked by each, with the amount
OF fine and costs assessed against each
as given him by the marshal. 1t shall
be the further duty Of tie street COM
missioner to see that the ordinances of
the city affecting streets, side walks.