Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
NEW LAWS.
FULL TEXT OF BILLS PASSED
AT THE RECENT SESSION.
Perfected Legislation of the Twenty-Sec-
ond Legislature of Texas Now
Printed for the First Time.
COLLIN COrTTY ROADS

prescribing their duties as such. and
providing for their compensation rs road
commissioners. and defining the powers
and duties OF the commissioners court OF
said county.
Section l. Be it enacted By the legislature
of the state of Texas: That each member
of the commissioners court OF Collin county
shall be eX-officio road commissioner OF
their respective districts and under the dl-
rectiOn of the commissioners court, shall
have charge of all the teams, tools and ma
chinery belonging to the county, and placed
III their hands by said court: and it shall be
their duty, under such rules and regula-
lions as the commissioners court may pre-
scribe, to superintend the laying out of new
roads the making or changing of roads, and
the building of bridges. Each of said COM
missioners shall, before entering upon the
duties of their Office, execute a bond of
$1,000 with two or more good and sufficient
sureties, payable to the county judge Of said
county for the use and benefit Of the road
and bridge fund, conditioned that they will
perform al the duties required OF them by
law or by the commissioners court, and
that they will account for all money or
property belonging to the county that may
come INTO their possession.
Sec. .. The commissioners court of said
county shall have full power and authority,
and it shall be their duty to adopt such Sys-
TEN for working, laying out, draining and
repairing the public roads in said county
as they may deem best, and from time to
time said court may change its plans or
system OF working. Said commissioners
court shall have power to purchase such
teams, tools and machinery as may be nee
essary for the workings of its roads. Said
court shall have power to construct, grade,
gravel or otherwise improve any road or
bridge by contract; in such case, said court
or the county judge may advertise in such
do TOWN tars
bids to do such work, and the contract shall
be awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der, who shall enter into bond, payable to
the county Judge of said county, for the
use of the road and bridge fund, with good
and sufficient SuretleS to be approved by
said court, and in such sum as said court
may determine, for the faithful compliance
with the terms of said contract; but said
court shall have the right to reject any and
all bids. At the time of making any such
contract, the court shall direct the county
treasurer to pass the amount to particular
fund for that purpose, and the treasurer
shall keep separate account OF such fund
and the same shall not be used for any
other purpose, and can only be paid out on
the order of said court, and the said court
shall have authority to employ any hands
or teams to work on the roads under such
regulations and for such price as they may
deem best.
Sec 3 The commissioners court of said
county shall require all county convicts not
otherwise employed 10 labor upon the pub
lie roads under such regulations as it may
prescribe, and each convict so worked shall
receive a credit of 30 cents on his fine first,
and then on the cost, for each day he may
labor. The commissioners court may at
regular term allow to the officers and wit
nesseS such amount of their cost for the
arrest and conviction of said coEvictS as it
m npOVIlp0 shall
allow to any officer an amount greater than
the following: County judge So; county"
attorney, 50, including commissions; county
clerks and justices of the peace, $40;
sheriffs or constables, 81; which amount
shall be paid to the officers out of the road
and bridge fund, on the warrant of the
county Judge, when said fine and costs shall
have been worked out as provided in this
section provided. that this shall not be
so construed as to relieve any convict from
the payment of all costs for which he
would be liable under the general laws of
this state. The commissioners court may
grant a reasonable Communication of time for
which convict is committed as reward
for faithful services and good behavior.
Provided, that such Communication shall in
no case exceed one-tenth of the whole time.
The commissioners court may provide the
necessary houses, prisons, clothing. bed
ding. food, medicine, medical attention and
the convicts.
Sec. 4. Each county commissioner shall
have control of all road overseerS in his
district and shall deliver to each of them
all teams, tools and machinery necessary in
working the roads in the district of said
OverSecr, so far as he haSbeen supplied there
with by the commissioners court taking
the receipt of said road overseer therefor,
specifying each item and giving its value,
oh hall no f1ll nf "a
liability of the commissioner and shall fix
the liability of the overseer, and any COM
missioner or overSeer who shall have been
entrusted with any teams. tools or machin-
cry, belonging TO said county, shall be
Liable for any damages that may occur to
the same while in his possession. 1t shall be
the duty of the road overseer when he has
finished the work on his road to return to
said commissioner all teams, tools and ma
chinery received from him and to take up
the receipt given therefor.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the |
county commissioner when acting as road
commissioner TO inform himself of the con-
dition of the public roads in his district,
and shall determine what character of
work shall be done upon said roads, and
shall direct the manner of grading, drain
ing or otherwise improving the same,
which directions shall be observed and
obeyed by all road overseers of his dis
trict.
Sec g. The commissioner may require
each road overseer in his district to call out
the hands in such numbers as may be suffi-
cent to perform the work. but no road hand
shall be required to work exceeding five
days III any one year, unless the term of
service as prescribed by the general law
shall be extended beyond that time, and
provided that all the road hands in a partic-
ular district shall as far as practicable, be
worked a uniform time. Each road over
seer shall have full control of all road
hands within his road district, and he
shall perform good days work, and if
refuse to perform 4 good days work or to
work in the manner the overseer may di-
rect, he shall be liable to the same penalty
as if he had failed to appear in obedience to
the summons. The commissioners court
may allow to any overseer who shall be
engaged in the discharge of the duties of
his Office for more than five days during
any one year, compensation not to exceed
$3.50 per day for the time so served.
Sec. z Any citizen of Collin county liable
for road duty who shall on or before the |
first day of January of any year pay to the |
county treasurer the sum of So 90 shall be |
exempt from road duty for such year, be-
ginning on the first day of January The |
treasurer shall receive and receipt for all |
money so paid him and place the same TO |
the credit of the road and bridge fund, and |
he shall keep separate account for each |
road district, of all money so received by |
him, and the same. shall be expended in the |
district from which 1t was received. The |
treasurer shall on the third day of January