Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-01-09
COPY OF LAWS
Pertaining to the
nrrr1EsoF ROAD ovERSEERS
Pertaining to tn
n. Noxusee COunts, Miss.
SHAr DEEMED PUBLIC ROADS AMI
Tu=IR WIDTH.


IN NOxuSee COWntF, Niss'
WHAT DEEMED PUBLIC ROADS AND
THEIR WIDTH.
An roads now laid out aud opeAed, or
beresfter laid cut and opened, according ="
this chsptcr. shall be deemed public ROADS
or HIGHWAYS, and shall he opened ana
worked at least ten, and not more thar thir-
~ feel in width. Csusevsys shah be III
least fen. and not more than sixteen feet
vide. and the earth necessary to raise anu
cover ,ns SAME shall he taken from the side
so as 10 form ditch on each side Of the
| c.t.evay; aud where bitches are necessary
no road or causewsy shall be less than six.
teen feet wide between the bitches. The
width OF the road snd csGsc~sys shall be
speciJcd in the commission OF the oycrseer.
Section S.l, Code lSS0,)
All public roads in said county shall I've
worked TO the width required by law, they
shsll be raised in the middle and slope TO
the sides, the road bed Of tho sane shall be
kept even and Level Us nearly rs may be
practicable; the side bitches or waterways
shall be kept open, Of sufficient size aud
proper fall to ehectually drain the said road
as far as practicable. lSee. 3, Chap. 40,
Acts 1851
ORDER OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CpI'sSADr M .E
No person shall turn, alter or change any
public road, unless " order Of the board of
supervisors, under penalty OF FIFTY dollars
for each offence; and no Old road snail be
shut up, unit. the overseer shall certify 10
the board of supervisors, that the new read
is in all respects lit for travel, (Sec. So,
Code 1852
PENALTY FOR REFUSAL TO SERVE
AS ONERSEER,
II any person shall refuse TO serve as over
seer on any rosd, agrceably to the order OF
the bssrd of supervisors of his county. he
shall forfeit and ply the sum o. Fly dollars,
TO be imdosed on him as . fine by said
board; and said board shall have power TO
collect such tine, az other fines are now co..
lccted by law; ard if any oycr9eer, who
shall refuse 70 serve, shall fail to notify the
hoard of supervisors, or The president there
OF, Of such refusal, within ten days after
the receipt Of his appointment, he shall
forfeit the sun OF ten dollG"s, TO be imposed
as a tine, Is aforesaid; bat no person shall
be required 10 serve as an oyerseer Of the
road, more than one year in every three.
(Sec. s36. Code 1881
0VERSEER'S VACANCY FILLED.
When the appointment of orerseer shall
become vacant, by refusal to serve. or 9TH
erwise. the vacancy shall be filled by the
board Of supervisors, or by the president
thereof, in vacation, and the person so up.
pointed shall be subject to all the penalties
prescribed in this chapter for deisulting
oyer,eers. Sec. S37, Code lSs0.),
WHO TO WORK On ROADS.
Al male persons oysr the age Of eighteen
years and under the age of fifty years, not
blind, nor deaf and dun, nor otherwise dis.
ab,ed by disease or loss Of limb, snd not
students o. teachers--in any college, acsdo-
my or school, nor ministers Of the gospel,
In charge of churches, nor scattering rel
actually employed OF some vessel plying in
it, trade, nor members ST county schoo!
boards. nor members Of board Of slperyis.
orr, nor members OF the national guard
shall be lisbic to work on the putlie roads.
(Sec S}9, Code 1880, 81 amended by chapter
81. Acts lssa. Sec. IS, Chap q. Acts lsse.
Chap. 50. Acts lisa. Sec, ,, Chap. ia3, Acts
1850 and Sec. 2l4Q, Code l.Sy.l No person
shall be exempted from road duty Jy force
Of any local or pToyate law. See, 90, h
COlst. Mi...l
NUMBER OF DAYS AND OF HOURS
PYR DAY HANDS ARE To WORK.
No person shall b required 70 1o,s cn
the road. more ,dsa Ten dsy. iu Any OLE
year, unless in cases hereinafter provided
for; provided, that eight leQr. constant,
diiigeut '.bor shall constitute dsy's Sors
upon the ro.ds.,n,spd suitable deduction
must be made, FOR what the time o. labor
falls short Of this humber Of hours, either
IRON absence or idlencsS. (Sec. ~, Cole
ESQ.,
LIST OF HANDS DEMANDED, AND
FURNISHED.
Every oveiSeer, i~msedi:teiy sficr 81 ap
polutment, shall demand o. every person
within his district, : list of all the hands lie
may have liable to work on the road; which
demand shall be made personally, or Ia
writing. left at the usual place Of abode Of
the person applied to; AMI if any persot
shall refuse or neglect, fol the space Of ten
days, to deliver to the oyerseer, thc list SC
required, such person shall forfeit and pay
the sum of ten dollars for ch hand liable
to work, so neglected or refused to be civ.
en- in, as aforesaid, to be recovered by an
action, in tho name Of the board OF super.
visors Of the county, and it Is hereby made
the duty OF the oyerseer, to canse such nc
ton to be instituted. (Sec. $40 Code 1850.
ROADS, BBIDGES AND CAUSEWAYs
KEPT IN GOOD ORDER.
1t shall be the duty of every oyerseer oil
roads, to keep the road within his district
in good repair, and erect all such necessary
bridges and causeways within his district
as may conveniently be erected and KEEP
In repair, by the labor of the hands as.
signed to the said road; and Whenever the
overseer shall require any labor to be per
formed, he shall give twelve hours notice
in person or in writing, left at their place.
of abode, TO all persons whose lsborh he maj
require, to meet at such time and place, 81
be may appoint. and to bring with then
such tools as he may direct, and the over
seer shall superintend and direct the laboi
to be performed. In case of emergency
such shorter notice than twelve hours, a
the oyersaer may think proper. may be Civ
en-. (Sec Sal, Code $780,
The board of supervisors of Noxube,
county be and are hereby prohibited iron
letting any contract for the erection O
construction of any bridge not being fit
feet in length and less THAI ten feet il
height between sills, but this act shall no
be construed % prohibit said board fror
employing by the pay any mechpnic to al
the road hands In and direct the constru,
ton Of any such bridge. .tSec. s. Chap. 2!
Acts 1861
OvERSEER TO PROMPTLY REPAIR
DAMAGES TO ROAD.