The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-01-25
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
FOR BETTER ROADS.
Full Text of Representative Gutter
sons Bill For the Care OF
Country Roads.

dIu klC'O3iS'
lating to public highways in town,
ships, and authorizing the inhab-
liant of towns to place all roads and
bridges within the town under the
management of the board of super
YiSOrS.
BE 1T enacted by the legislature Of the state
of Minnesota:
SECTION l. That whenever it shall
be deemed expedient to abolish the
election of oyerseerS of highways in
any township, and to abolish the col
lection of poll tax, the legal voters OF
such township at any annual town
meeting may, by a majority of the
votes cast pass resolution or resolu-
tions directing that all roads in such
township and the repairing of the
same, and the making of new roads
laid out, or that may be hereinafter
laid out, and the building and repair
ing of bridges and the general man
agement and care of the same, shall
be under the control and direction of
the supervisors of such township,
which resolution or resolutions shall be
printed or written or partly printed or
partly written on ballots, underneath
which shall be written or printed the
words ''FOr the above Resolution" or
against the above Resolution"
SEC. ?. That upon the passage of
such resolution or resolutions, the
election of road overseers and the col
lection of poll tax in such township
shall thereby be deemed abolished,
and the control of the roads and
bridges of such township shall be trans
ferred to the supervisors, and all the
duties now imposed and powers con-
ferred by law on the overseerS of high
ways heretofore elected in such town
ship. shall devolve upon the super
yiSors thereof.
SEC. 3. That thereafter all taxes
assessed for making and repairing
roads shall be paid in money and col
lected as other taxes are collected for
other township purposes, and shall be
paid out by the township treasurer on
warrants or orders as other moneys
for other township purposes are paid.
SEC. "a The supervisors of each
township in this state shall have the
full supervision, management and
control of the making and repairing of
all the roads and bridges in such town.
ship, and may make and repair the
same by hire or by contract, and for
that purpose may appoint a compe-
tent person or persons to superintend
the making and repairing of all roads
and bridges, who shall hold his posi-
tion at the pleasure of the supervisors.
and who shall make his report to the
supervisors at such times as they may
designate. He shall receive as COM
penSatiOn such sum as may be agreed
upon by the supervisors, not exceed
ing the sum of two dollars per day, to
be paid as other claims against the
town are paid.
SEC. 5. Every person appointed as
such superintendent Of roads and
bridges, before he enters upon the du-
ties Of his office, and within ten days
after his appointment, shall take and
subscribe the oath of office prescribed
by law, and execute bond to the
board of supervisors in such penal snm
as the supervisors direct, with sutfi-
cient surety, to be approved by the
chairman of said board or by the town
clerk conditioned for the faithful dis
charge of his duties. The chairman
of said board or the town clerk shall,
if such bond is approved. indorse such
approval thereon, over his signature
and cause such bond to be filed with
the town clerk for the benefit of any
person aggrieved by acts or omissions
of said superintendent, and any person
so aggrieved, or the town, may main
tain an action on said bond against
such superintendent and sureties.
Sec. 6. That it shall be lawful for
the supervisors, at any time after the
road tax in any year shall be voted at
the annual town meeting to be assess
ed, and before the same is collected,
to pledge the credit of the township
by issuing town orders not exceeding
such tax, so assessed, in paying the
expenses of such making and repair
ing of roads and bridges of said town
ship, for the current year.
Sec. I. That section one ~, two
81, three (3), four az, five (5, six (6),
seven (7), eight (S), nine ~, ten (1O),
eleven az, twelve ~, thirteen (l3),
fourteen (14), fifteen Q5), sixteen 16),
seventeen az, eighteen 1S), nineteen
49,, twenty (20), twenty-one Cd,
twenty-five (22), twenty-three (23),
twenty-four ga, twenty-five (25),
twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27),
twenty-eight (2S), twenty-nine (29),
thirty (3O), thirty-one (3l) and
thirty-two (32) of chapter thirteen
{l3), of the general statues of