Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-27
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ROAD IMPROVEMENT LAW.
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CIupttF CCLtO.
Improvement of county roads. An act
providing for the improvement of county
roads. Be it enacted by the legislature
of the state of Kansas.
Section l That whenever q majority
of the resident landholders within one
half mile on either side along the line of
any regularly laid out road within the
terminal points mentioned in the petition
shall petition the board of county COM
missioners of any county in this state for
the improvement of any road as located,
or any part thereof, it is hereby made the
duty of such county commissioners TO
cause the same to be improved, as here
matter provided.
Sec. .. Such petition shall state: First,
the name of the road, any part of which
is sought to be improved; second, the
points between which said improvements
are to be made; third, the kind of i'm
provements prayed for; and fourth, the
time for which assessments in payment
thereof are to be made, not to exceed
i've years.
Sec. 8. Upon receipt of said petition
the said county board shall Immediately
cause an accurate survey of such roads to
be made by the county surveyor, with
careful estimate of the cost of such i'm
provements, with specifications for the
improvement of the same, together with
a map showing the several tracts of land
within one-half mile on either side of SAID
proposed improvement, and cause the
same to be filed in the Office of the county
clerk of the county.
Sec. 4 Immediately upon the COM
pletion and filing of such profile and
map, the said county board shall appoint
three persons, resident landowners of
the county, to be known as road commits
sioners, whose duty it shall be 20 take
charge of and conduct the improvement of
such road i'll conformity with the profile
and specifications so filed as aforesaid.
Sec. 5. The persons so appointed as
road commissioners before entering upon
their duty shall take and subscribe to an
oath, before some person authorized to
take dispositions, to faithfully perform
their duties as such road commissioners;
and upon failure of said commissioners,
or either of them, to duly and faithfully
perform their duty under this act, the
board of county commissioners of the
county shall remove the commissioner or
commissioners so failing in duty, and
appoint others in their stead.
Sec. 6. The said road commissioners
are hereby authorized and empowered to
make contracts for doing the work re-
quired in making such improvements,
and shall take from such contractor or
contractors bonds i'll double the amount
of the contract price, running TO the
county in which such work is done, for
the faithful performance of such con-
tracts; and III payment of any work so
done, said commissioners shall issue GER
titicates payable in the time mentioned in
the petition filed for the improvement of
such road, or for any material furnished
for the same, bearing interest at
the rate Of per cent. per annum;
such contracts TO be let in all cases
10 the lowest bidder after due notice
given; provided, that no such
commissioner shall be such contractor,
or in anywise interested III any such con-
tract or any work done Hereunder.
Sec. Z. Said commissioners shall select
one of their number as chairman and one
secretary, and they shall keep and file
with such county clerk complete record
of their proceedings hereunder, and may
appoint one sof their number, or any
other suitable person, as superintendent,
to oversee and direct all work done here
under, who shall receive from the county
board pay not to exceed 81 80 per day
tor the time actually employed in over
seeing said work, such accounts to be
verified under oath as other claims
against the county; and such commits
sionerS shall receive the sum of 81 80 per
day for the time actually necessary for
the performance of the duties hereunder,
which claim shall be submitted and paid
as other claims against said county.
Sec. s. Upon the completion of any
improvement hereunder, said commits
siOners shall meet at the office of the
county clerk and appOrtion two-thirds of
the cost thereof among the several tracts |
of land designated in the map filed as
aforesaid, according to the benefits to the
real and personal property within the
limits shown by said map derived from |
such Improvement; and shall, i'll making |
such apportionment, take into cOnsidera-
ton the benefits accruing to each tract of |
land, and give credit for damages occa-
stoned to the same; and such assessment |
shall be in lieu of all road-taX assess
ments upon the land described in the pc
tltion and map for the time such special
assessments are levied; one-third of the |
costs thereof to be paid out of the general |
fund of the county; provided, that any
person feeling himself aggrieved by the |