Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-12-05
Road Meeting at Keller.

Road Meeting at Keller.
At q meeting of the citizens Of Kel-
Ter and vicinity, which met at Keller,
November 18th, to consider the road
question, L. J. Hyslop was elected
chairman, and L. D. Warren, secre-
tary.
On motion, q committee of four was
appointed, consisting of B. w. Mears,
H. G. Davis, L. D. Warren and L. j.
Hyslop, to devise a plan
for the improvement of the roads
of Acconac, and said committee was
instructed to report the same at a
meeting to be held at the same place,
pursuant to adjournment, during the
evening of November 25th.
In accordance Herewith, at q well
attended meeting on the 25th, quite
number of road overseers being
present, the committee submitted the
following:
1. That section 1910 of the general
road law of Virginia now i'll force be
repealed and in lieu thereof, that the
following be enacted:
Every person subject to road duty,
summoned by the overseer, shall APP
pear in person OF by substitute ac-
certable to the overseer at the time
and place appointed, and do such
rcasor able work as is assigned him
by the overseer, and for refusal or
neglect to do so, shall be reported by
the ovcrseer to the county court, and
imprisone CIR fined at the option of
the court.
.. That changes and additions he
made in the general road law of Vir-
gilman so as to conform to the follow
ing:
The county ccrrt shall appoint q
road Inspector for each ard every
magisterial district, who shall serve
two wears and receive nm annual sui
a,.v of not less than $40 nor more than
$500. tie same to be vote'' by The
county supervisors, accordinr to size
Of district, amount, "'-d "fi-
CLERGY OF work. The cork of the
county shall furnish each insppctor
with the n-mhors md bnrndaries of
each road nrccinct, and the na,res Of
the overscors of tho samn w'-',in his
district. It shall he the rad insncc-
tors duty to supervise and direct the
work of the overseers so as r. c'rvate
the centre of the road and grade the
sides. He shall 60 over every road
en- ire within his district four times
annually, and make written quarter-
" rarorts TO the Supervisors, os the
condition of the roads and the work
of the oversears. In his first our
terly report each year, he shall name
the bad roads and their extent, nam
ing first. the one which in his opinion
most needs attention, and so on, in
order through the list. He shall re
commend to the supervisors appro-
priations when and where the condi-
ton % tho roads are such Us to need
more work than the oversees can
render under the law. He shall re-
port incompetency or neglect of duty
of ovcrsecrs to the court. Ee shall
be subject to call by the overseers
at any time to direct work, when and
where the roads are rendered impass-
ible by excessive weather Or other
cause. and he may, in emergencies,
provide lumber for bridges, when
they occur between sessions CT court.
He shall report to court such road
precincts as he thinks are not equally
and properly divided. and recon-
lnend d better or more equitable III
vision. He shall recommend to the
court suitable persons TO be appoint
ed overs GERS. In his last quarterly
report to the supervisors, each year
during his term, he shall state the
comparative condition OF the roads
reported bad in his first quart erly re-
port, and, if any are not made good
roads, shall state why. He shall see
that overseers remove all orerhang-
ING limbs so low as to touch ordinary
vehicles, all dangerous dead limbs
overhanging the road, and ali trees,
the trunks of which, have been cut
so deep as to render their fall in the
road dangerous. He shall, upon ap-
plication by overseers for tools or i'm
plements which they cannot other
wise obtain, by authority of the su-
pervisors, provide the same, and be
held responsible for the keeping OF
them in good condition.
The plan was approved by a unan-
imous vote, and the undersigned was
authorized to report the same for
publication in PENINSULA ENTER
PRISE.
The sentiment of the meeting be-
ing taken on the fence law, the vote
stood two-thirds favorable to no
fence. Respectfully,
i. D. WARREN.