Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-23
The Turnpike Bill as Amended.
No Money Provided to Buy
Pixies Already Constructed.
But One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars Allowed for New Pixies.

idIS AHOWSO TOT new Ftk0S.
FiftylThousand Additional If Neces-
Below we publish the Madison County
Turnpike BIZ as amended and passed by
the Legislature. It will be seen that it
has been amended in striking out the
clause providing for the purchase OF
the Madison Turnpike Company's roads
and provides for the issuing OF $50, 900
additional to aid in the completion Of
the roads after the 500. 900 shall have
been expended.
To be entitled "An Act to authorize Madison
County To- purchase and to build Macadamized
roads, and to issue bonds of the County to aid
in the purchase or construction thereof
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General assembly Of
Alabama That Madison county by and through
its Court of County Commissioners is hereby au-
thorized to build and construct within the limits
| of said county the following system of macad-
amized roads, to be about one hundred and thir-
| ty miles in extent. The following of said sys-
| tenn OF roads to radiate from the city of Hunts
ville in said county as follows One to run in a
mencing at the northern terminus of what is
known as the Meridianville Pike; another to run
in q northeasterly direction through New Mar
ket in said county, toward the Tennessee line:
another to run in an easterly direction through
| Maysville, in said county, towards the Jackson
county line; another to run in a southeasterly
| direction to New Hope in said county OF Madison;
another to run in southwesterly direction to
| Triana, in said county of Madison another to
run in q westerly direction to the Limestone
county line and another to run in north
ars ltrtto 11aa Mad
| ison X Roads, in said county of Madison.
Also another line to run in a northerly
direction from Iriana, through the town Of
| Madison to the Browns Ferry road one mile
north of said town Of Madison; and, also anoth-
er line to run in southerly direction from Cur
| ley's to New Hope in said county, All of said
roads are to be constructed, far as practicable
at the same time; of those rGdiating from Hunts
ville not exceeding ten miles of either shall
| be constructed, until the same number of miles
| in extent is completed on each Of the other
roads.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Macadam-
lied roads shall be constructed upon the beds OF
the public roads of the county the route and To-
cation of said public roads in the establishment
of the line of said macadamiZed roads to be chang
ed and altered so to secure the most direct
route OF travel and suitable ground and bed up
on which to build SAID .nacadamized roads. Said
| Court of County Commissioners, in making such
change or alteration, to make such reasonable
compensation to the owner of the lands on which h
such route is established, as NAV be lust and
proper, and when said COURTS unable to agree
with the owner OF the lands as to what compen-
sation shall be made, the same proceedings shall
| be had for the ascertainment of the compensa-
| ton and the acquisition of the land as is now
provided by law when the line of public road
I is altered or changed.
| Sec 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the fixing Of
| the width OF said macadamized roads and the
depth and the character of stone or other mate
rial used in their construction, shall rest in the
discretion of said Court of County Commission
erS; they In its determination, having reference
n tray
| thereon Provided, the said roads shall be laid
out at least twenty feet wide, twelve feet Of
which shall be bedded with stone or gravel
well cOmpacted and OF sufficient depth to secure
solid foundation
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Court of
County Commissioners shall have the right to
take and use in the construction and building
OF said roads such quantities ofstOne, gravel and
other m iterial adjacent and contiguous thereto,
as may be necessary therefor paying such rea-
sOnable compensation for such material as may
be right and proper, and when said court and
the owner OF such material are unable to agree
upon the compensation the same is to be fixed
in the same manner as is now provided by law
for the valuation of land condemned to public
use in the opening OF new and the changing or
alteration OF old roads.
Sec 5. Be 1t further enacted, That said Court of
County Commissioners shall construct and build
said macadamiZed roads by letting out the same
by contract in such manner, and upon such
terms as said court, may in its discretion deem
Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That Madison
County by and through said Court of County
Commissioners is hereby authorized to purchase
from the Madison Turnpike Company or other
Turnpike Compan les, any portion or all of the
macadized roads now owned by said company,
or companies: Provided, That not more shall be
paid therefor than sixteen hundred and seventy
dollars per mile. And such roads shall be open
to the public free OF toll, but no part OF the
money accruing from this sale of the bonds pro-
vided for in,Secton of this Act. shall be paid
for said Turnpike roads purchased from the
Madison Turnpike ompany or other Turnpike
Companies.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Court OF
County Commissioners of said County are hereby
authorized and empowered to issue bonds of
said county to the amount of one hundred thous
and dollars to proviCe for the payment OF the
construction and building OF said macadamized
70 Ids. Said bonds to be two hundred in
number and for five hundred dollars each
the interest to be not more than six per cent per
annum, to be paid semi-annually ano eyidenc-
ed by coupons attached to the bonds. Said bonds
and coupons to be made negotiable and payable
at some designated banking house in the city of
Huntsville, Alabama, or in the city of New York
State of New York. Said bonds shall be sold aud
negotiated to the highest bidder, the minimum
price being their face value
Sec s. Be further enacted, That said bonds
shall be numbered from one to two hundred
consecutively: Those numbered from one to one
at the expiration of thirty years from their date
or at the pleasure of the County at any time af
ter twenty years from their date Those num-
bered from one hundred and one To two hun-
dred consecutively, to be made payable at the
expiration OF forty years from their date or at
pleasure OF the County at any time after thirty
years from their date.
SEC. Be 1t further enacted, That when the
$4,000 OF bonds hereinafter provided for shall
have been used in the construction of said
roads, ii there shall remain unconstructed
portion OF the system OF macadamized roads con
templated to be built by this act in such event
said Court of County Commissioners are author-
lied, if in their discretion they deem it best to
do so, to issue and sell an additional amount OF
bonds of said county not to exceed $50 900 in
amount to aid in the completion of the CON
struction of said road; said additional bonds to
be each for the sum of $500 90 and one half made
payable in twenty and thirty years and one
half in thirty and forty years as periods for said
issue OF 100000 said additional bonds 10 be in
form and tenor, terms and effect the same as
said first issue; bearing interest at the rate OF
not more than per cent. aud to be sold to the
highest bidder at not less than their mar yalue
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted That said bonds
shall only be issued and sold from time to time
as the demands for the payment for the CON
structlon and building and purchase OF said
macadamized roads may require.
Sec. IL. Be ii further enacted That said Conrt
OF County Commissioners for the first twenty
years after the date of said bonds shall annuaIly
out OF the revenue OF said county set apart sffi
clent amount to pay the annual interest of said |
bonds as the same falls due, and becomes nav |
able. And they are further directed, at tha az |
plration OF twenty years from the date OF
sald bonds annually thereafter to set apart and |
apply the moneys SO collected to the extent of /
not less than e-ffth part thereof ts the paw
ment hrst OF the said interest and the surplus OF