The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22

ing under the provisions of this act, shall
; settle with the board of commissioners of
= roads of his district, on the first Monday
2 in June of each year. or as soon thereafter
S as the said board shall meet and account
for all monies 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
I 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.
TREASURER ACCOUNTS HOW AND WHEN
SETTLED.
; o. The board of commissioners of roads
shall annually on the first Monday in June.
audit. adjust, and settle the accounts of
the treasurer for the preceding 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 in the district, and
shall credit him by his commissions, de-
llnquents. 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 us are allowed for collecting the
State taxes
MEETINGS AND PAY OF BOARD OF ROAD
COMMISSIONERS.
10. The said board of road commission
ers of each road district, shall convene from
time to time i'll Staunton, or in some place
III its road district. upon the call of the
road commissioner, who shall be ex-OfficiO
4 president of the board. The eompensa-
ton of the members Of the hoard of road
commissioners shall be one dollar and fifty
cents per day. for each day that they shall
he in attendance upon the sessions of the
board. to be paid out of the fund appropri-
ted for the road district except the COM
missioner shall receive two dollars for
each day. service in attendance upon said
board.
ROAD PRECINCTS.
| 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 COM
missioners as hereinafter provided The
said board shall have power, and it shall
be their duty tomake such changes therein
as may be proper When any change is
made III the road precincts, it shall be re-
! ported to the county clerk, who shall keep
q record of the same in book kept for
that purpose, and also the said county
clerk shall keep record of all the road
overseers who. when appointed by the
board OF commissioners of roads, shall be
reported to him, and it shall be the duty
of the said board to report all appoint
mentS of overSeerS to the said county
clerk.
4 SIGN BOARDS AND BRIDGES.
IL. The road commissioner of each dis
trict shall cause to be erected at all points
where roads cross, or interSect or diverge
from each other, suitable indicators, show
ing the next most prominent place on the
/ AI11 0v1v r4Vanr
who defaces, removes. or i'll any way in
4 lures such Indicator, shall pay fine of five
dollars, to be recovered by the commits
\ sloner OF roads upon Judgment of a justice
OF the peace. by proceedings instituted in |
/ Jhe name of the board of commissioners of |
&oads. Any overSeer shall have power to
Hsenter upon any lands adjoining his land to |
make necessary repairs, drains or bitches. |
| Tfle board of road commissioners may, |
when they deem it expedient, have the |
building or repairing of bridges or roads |
.1$tOle by contract. The term of Office of |
| the director shall be the same as that of |
the commissioner. The commissioners |
shall be empowered to administer oaths
and affirmations.
WHAT PERSONS MAY WORK ON ROADS.
49, All male persons in the county of
/ Augusta shall be compelled to work on
some public road therein as near as may
be to the place Of their residence, with the
following exceptions Ministers of the
gospel who have charge of q congregation,
persons under sixteen and over sixty years
OF age, persons who reside in a town that
provides for its poor and keeps it's streets
i'll order, and any person who has lost leg
or an arm Any other person who is other
wise disabled, may be exempted on a GER
Tlticate OF the county court of such diSa-
bll1ty provided however, they shall not be
required to work more than two days in
one wear. Allpersons SO required to work,
shall be notified by the oyerseer of the
road precinct in 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 Oyerseer 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 q
Written notice thereof, leftat the residence
or place OF employment of such person.
All persons SO notified, must appear or fur
nish an acceptable substitute in time to
perform ten hours diligent labor. and if he
fails SOTO appear with suitable tool to
work with, or fails OF refuses to do what
THE overseer directs, OF does anything to
operate against the diligent prosecution of
the WcfE. he shall be dismissed by the
Dvefseer and proceeded against as if he had
rlot attended according 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 over
seer within thirty days thereafter, the
'overseer Shall proceed to collect it upon
the warrant of a 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 diStraint to satisfy said claim. All
moneys collected by the oyerseers under
the foregoing proceedings, or otherwise,
shall be accounted for to the commissioner
who must account for the same on settle
ment with the board of road commission
erS.
GRADE OF ROADS.
IA. Every public road in the county of
Augusta 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 commits
SlonerS OF any district may. however, by
special order, establish different width
or grade.
PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH OR ALTER
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
10. When any person applies to the
county court to have a road or bridge
therein established or altered. the court
shall refer such application, which
shall be in writing, describing as accurately
as possible the desired road or bridge, to
the board of road commissioners Of the
magisterlal 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 CON
veniences 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, or any
part thereof, will insuch cases have to
be taken. 7aae 9rssa
BOARD TO REPORT TO COURT AS TO NEW
ROAD OR BRIDGE. asa gt
49, The board shall particularly report
the facts and circumstances. in its opin-
ion, useful in enabling the court to de-
termine the expediency of establishingor
altering the road or bridge. 1t may ex-
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