Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-28
THE NEW ROAD Law.


An Acttolnsure the Better Working
Of the public Roads IN Warren
County and Claiborne County and
for Other Purposes
Section /. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State Of Mississippi.
That section s34 Of the revised Code Of
1880 be and the same is hereby amend
ed as to Warren county and Claiborne
county by inserting at the end OF said
section the following words: "and each
and every Supervisor in Warren and
Claiborne counties Of this State be and
they are hereby required TO personally
inspect the roads and bridges in their
several districts for at least five days
and at different times, and each public
road and bridge not less than twice in
every year, and at least once In every
six months and file written report
under oath Of the condition Of the
several roads and bridges in
spected by them, with the clerk
OF the Circuit Court immedi-
ately upon and after said
inspection, which report shall be hand
ed to the Grand Jury next assembling
after the same shall haveFbeen made;
and a failure to render the reports of
the inspection herein required to said
Clerk Of the Circuit Court on the part
of a Supervisor shall be held and
deemed a misdemeanor, and upon con-
Viction thereof, by any court of COM
petent jurisdiction, he shall be fined
not less than ten dollars and not more
than twenty-five dollars for any one
~offense, or by imprisonment, in the
county Jail, not less than Eve moi more
than ten days. Any Supervisor, while
inspecting any road, shall be entitled
to a per diem Of four dollars, to be
allowed by the Board of Supervisors
on the presentation of a written ac-
count for services rendered as herein
required by the party rendering the
same, the account to be filed with the
Chancery Clerk, and remain in his Of
fee, and no member shall receive more
than twenty-five dollars for such SER
vice in and for n year."
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
That all after the word Report" in
the tenth line of the section 89l of the
revised code of 1880, so far as the
same relates to Warren and Claiborne
counties, be stricken out and the fol.
lowing added in lieu thereof, or false
ly reporting, he shall be fined by said
board not less than i've or more than
twenty dollars, to be collected as pro.
vided in section 1868 Of the revised
code of 1880, and upon the charge that
a report is false by any person on oath,
the board shall require proof of the
report by the overseer making said re.
port, and the duty herein imposed on
the board is mandatory and imperative
any failure by any board or by the
member of any board to carry out the
provisions of this section, shall be held
and deemed a misdemeanor on the
part of the member or members
thereof, and punished as other misde.
meanors.
Section 3. Be it further enacted
That all public roads in Warren ant
Claiborne counties shall be worked t.
the width required by law that thii
shall be raised in the middle anC
slope to the sides that the side bitches
or waterways shall be kept open Of
sufficient size and proper fall to effect
ually drain the said roads, and all hills
shall be kept even and smooth as to
roadbed of same, and the ascent to the
hills shall be made gradual and uni
form as nearly as can be.
Section 4. Be it further enacted
That this act shall take effect and be
in force after its passage.
Approved, March 10, 1886.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, |
JACKSON, MISS. !
1, George M. Govan, Secretary Of
State, do certify the act hereto attached
entitled "An act to insure the better
working of the public roads in War
rem and Claiborne counties is a true
and correct copy of the original now
on hand in this office.
Given under my hand and thu
great seal of the State of Mis-
SEAL sissippi hereto affixed, thii
28th day Of April. 1886.
GEO. M. GOVAN,
Secretary of Stat