The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-10

tcTudv Oiil WHICH II cudCteu WILL 10
of great benefit to the county roads Of
the state. The bill provides that the
county court of each county be author
lied to levy a tax Of 20 cents ON the
one hundred dollars assessed valuation
Of real and personl property within
the county for the purpose of build
ing and repairing the county roads.
the bill also gives the County court
the authority TO levy a poll tax of
one to three dollars on each able
bodied male inhabitant in the county
the proceeds Of the poll tax to go into
the Road fund it is also provided that
all fines for obstructing the public
highway shall go into the same fund.
The county is to be divided into
road districts, corresponding in ex-
tent with the county judicial districts
and each district is to elect a Road
supervisor who is to give bond for the
faithful
PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY.
which is to consist in seeing that tho
roads in his district are kept in pro-
per repair and that all contracts re-
lating to the same are faithfully
the Road supervisors are
to constitute body to be known u
the County Board of Supervisors, Of
which body the county surveyor, who
is to be county road overseer. is to be
ex-offcio president; the district super
visors are to receive salary of 500
per day when in actual service. The
county court is, on the LIST Of May Of
each year, to advertise for builders for
the contract Of keeping the roads Of
each district in repair, and contract
Ors are
REQUIRED TO GIVE BOND
for the performance of the contract.
In case the roads of any district are
not contracted for, the supervisor Of
said district is authorized to employ
the necessary labor for the purpose Of
keeping said roads in repair, the
charges for same to be paid as with
the contractors - out of road fund.
The county court is also authorized
to let after advertising the same,
contracts for the building of roads.
the money for same to come out of
road fund. The court is also auth
Dried to establish toll gates on all
macadamized. plank or gravel roads
five miles in length, the toll money
to go into the road fund for the pur-
pose of keeping said roads in repair.
The assessors of each county or town
ship are to return to the county clerk
an alphabetical list of all male inhab-
itants between the ages of II and SO
and the poll taxes levied are to
be collected without any exemption.
The crowd at the inauguration here
Monday is expected to be very great.
1t is said that the governor will be e.
corted here by the Stone club of Ne
vada, 1000 strong, and great numbenx
of people from
ALL OVER THE STATE
will be present to witness the cere--
monies. The joint committee on in
composed of Senator Es-
chairman; Senator'S StePh-
ems, Weeks, Love and Tunnel Rep
Requa of Vernon, Moore
of Mississippi; Bond, McRoberts and
Wood have appointed to act with
them citizens committee, composed
of f. B. Ewing. chairman: Mayor A.
P. Grimshaw, Gen. ID. H. Mcintyre,
Col. W. @. Dallmeyer, Hon. F. M.
Brown and Hon. +. f. Luckett. The
programme agreed on is as follows:
Gov. Stone and Lieut.. Gov. OMeara
will be escorted by the citizens COM
mittee to the Office Of the secretary Of
state. They are expected to arrive
there at 1:45 p. m. At the secretary
OF states Office they will meet by the
joint house and senate committee tho
state officers, the judges of the SUI
preme court and the sergeats-at-arms
of both houses; proceeding thence to
the governors Office they will form -
line IN the following order:
!. Seargeant-at-arms.
2 Committee of escort.
;. Judges supreme court.
1. State officers.
>. Lieutenant Governor Clay~-
comb and ONleara.
&. Governors Francis and Stone.
The line will then march to the hall
Of the house Of representatives where
the oath of Office will he administered
by Chief Justice Black ofthe supreme.
court.
A Country Party.