The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-06-27

SECTION l.. 1t shall be the duty o.
1.-The county commissioners of each
county in this state, at their first
meeting in July Of each year, to lay
out the roads of their respective
counties into road districts of con
venient size, and the county com
missioners are invested with gen
eral superintendent of the public
roads within their respective coun
ties, and may establish new, change
and discontinue old roads, and KEEP
the same in good repair in the man
ner hereinafter provided.
SEC 2. 1t shall be the duty Of
the county commissioners to estab
lish the width and grade of the pub
lie roads, causeways and bridges in
their respective counties.
SEC. 3. No public road can be
established, changed or discontinued
except on application to the county
commissioners.
Sec. 4. When q new road is to
be established or an old road changed
the county commissioners must issue
an order to three disinterested free.
holders of the county to view and
mark out the best route for said pro.
posed road, and they shall subscribe
to an oath to perform their duties
faithfully. After their route is
marked out and their report is ac-
copied by the county commissioners,
the county commissioners must make
an order for the opening of said new
and changed roads after giving
thirty days notice thereof by post
ing at the courthouse and at some
public place nearest the road to be
changed or established.
SEC. 5. After the county commits
sioners have laid off the public roads
in districts of convenient size, it shall
be the duty of each county commits
sioner to take charge Of and superin-
tend all the public roads, causeways
and bridges, within mis- district under
the direction of the board of county
commissioners; and before entering
upon this duty, he shall subscribe to
an oath and file the same with the
county commissioners that he will
faithfully perform the duties imposed
upon him by this law, and in cOnsid-
Grafton of the faithful performance OF
such duties, the said commissioners
shall be paid two dollars per day for
actual service.
! SEC. 6. Each county commissioner
shall lay off the public roads in his
district in subdivisions Of convenient
size, and shall appoint for each diyi-
sion suitable person as road over
seer for such divisions, and apportion
the hands residing in. such district
wi o are subject to road duty among
the different divisions of said district ;
and furnish the road overseer of each
division with a list of such hands.
Said road overseer shall serve Que
year and until his successor is APP
pointed, and shall be exempt from
any other road duty for the time he
serves as such ,overscer, and for one
year there alter.
SEC. I. The road oversecrs Of the
several divisions shall summon in
writing or in person, at such times
and in such numbers as he may deem
advisable, all persons liable to road
duty and who have been appointed
to his division, giving at least three
days notice, except in the case OF cas-
ualties and storms, when one day.
notice is sufficient, of the time and
place where such person shall be re
qnired TO work at, and the tools with
which he must supply himself; ant
such notice, il in writing, may be
) served by leaving it with a membe>
of his family over fourteen years o
J AGE, at his residence.
SEC. s. Every abIe-bodiel pers OF
: over the age of eighteen years, anC
under the age Of fortytive years
: resident of any county in this stal'
for thirty days, shall be subject an,
liable to work on roads and bridge
: in such county for no. more thar
5 eight days in each year; Provided
/, That any such persons SO subject t
l road duty may perform such servic
> by an able-bodied substitute owe
+ the age of eighteen, or in lieu thereo
may pay to the overSeer the sum Q
one dollar tor each day he is requir
@ ed to work, taking his receipt for tn
a same, which shall be by him turne
G over TO the county treasurer, With
. ten days the amount so received b
4 the road Oytrsccr shall be turnc
!. over 10 The county treasurer TO b
y used BY him exclusively for tie us
J. of public roads and bridges unle
Is lhc order of the county commission
= rr~. 40 person subject to road dut
. shall u" compelled to work the roa
t more than three days in any week
except in ease Of storm and casu
atty.