The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-04-12

December the road supervisor shall
demand from each and every person
in his road district liable for road poll
tax for the year the amount due from
Zach person as such road poll tax. II
any person liable for the road poll tax
herein required to be assessed and
collected refuses to pay the same when
demanded by the road supervisor and
such person is in the employ of any
person, firm, corporation or company
In such district the road supervisor
shall ascertain from such person, firm,
corporation or company whether or
not such person refusing to pay such
poll tax has earned and there remains
yet unpaid sum of money sufficient
to pay said road poll tax and if he
finds that sufficient sum is due to
pay such road poll tax and the neces-
| sary forthwith file with the nearest
justice of the peacea statement setting
forth the facts as above and thereupon
the Justice shall Immediately issue a
summons to such person refusing to
pay said road poll tax directing him
to appear before such justice as pro-
vided by law and show cause why
judgement should not be entered
against him for said sum. The con-
stable serving the summons upon the
person refusing to pay said road poll
tax shall at the same time serve the
person, firm, corporation or company
in whose employ such person may be
with summons to appear before
such justice at the same time as the
party summoned as defendant to
answer touching their liability as
garnishee defendant. The justice upon
the trial unless good defense is shown
shall enter judgement agaist snch per-
son refusing to pay such road poll tax
for the amount therecs ano tCc the
costs of such suit and shall also enter
judgement against the garnishee
defendant for the amount of such
judgement and costs and if the such
amount is found to be due from such
garnishee defendant and no exemption
shall be allowed such person in such
action as provided by law in civil
actions far debt
SECTION 16. That section 9 be and
the same is hereby amended to read as
follows: Section 9. The road super
visor shall annually between the first
day of April and the first day Of
December put his roads in his district
in as good repair as the money and
labor at his disposal will permit. He
shall pay into the county treasurer
within thirty days from the time of
it's collection all money collected by
him as hereinbefore provided, due from
the residents of his road districts on
account of road poll tax, and shall
take the receipt OF the county
treasurer in duplicate therefor the
road supervisor shall give all persons
who have not paid their road poll tax
in money at least three days notice in
writing or i'll person when and where
he will be required to appear and to
preform labor upon the public roads
in the district in payment OF his road
poll tax, and every person who shall
appear at the hour of eight o'clock A.
NJ. and perform eight hours ofldiligent
and faithful labor on the public roads
under the direction Of the road super
visor shall be entitled to credit of
two dollars per day for his personal
labor and if required to furnish Il
team and wagon, plow or other impli-
ments for use on on the public roads
he shall be entitled to credit of four
dollars per day for his labor with such
team and wagon, plow or other
implements when furnished with such
team: provided, that when employing
persons on the public roads in his
district under the provisions of this
section the road supervisor shall warn
not less than five men to appear on
one day.
SECTION IT. That section 10 be and
the same is hereby amended to read
as follows: Section 10. The county
auditor shall ON or before the first
Monday in April in each year deliver
to the road supervisor of each district
road poll tax receipt in blank, and
shall charge the road supervisor with
four dollars for each road poll tax
receipt so delivered to him.
All such blank receipts shall be
provided with stubs properly printed
for the easy keeping OF the record of
the issue of the same. Such blank
road poll tax receipts shall be OF two
kind or forms one of which shall be
used or given when road poll tax shall
have been paid in money. When
road poll tax shall have been paid in
labor another kind or form of road poll
tax receipt shall be issued or given.
Each kind of road poll tax receipt
shall be printed upon paper of different
color from which that Of the other
kind OF road poll tax receipt may be
printed. Each road poll tax receipt
shall state plainly in the printed
matter upon its face and upon the
stub whether the road poll tax for
which it was given was paid in money
or labor. Such road poll tax receipts
shall be numbered and shall be signed
with the official signature of the
county auditor and shall bear his
official seal. The county auditor
shall give the road supervisor for each
of said road poll tax receipt returned
to him in blank at the time of his
final settlement as hereinafter provided.
Approved March 81, 1895.