The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-04-12
SHELTON. COUNTY, WASHINGTON FRIDAY APRIL p 1896

county treasurer in payment on the
property road tax charged on the tax
rolls OF the county for the previous
year, against the property of the per
son to whom it was issued.
SECTION l3. Section of can act
relating to the construction, repair
improvement of public roads; provid
ing revenue for such purpose, defining
the powers and duties of certain Off
GERS IN relation thereto, and fixing
Their compensation and to repeal an
act entitled, can act to provide for
keeping highways in repair and for
the levy and collection OF road poll
| and road property taxes and declaring
an emergency" approved March 7,
1S9O, and declaring an emergency,
be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows: Sec. 2. There
shall be elected in the several counties
! in this state at the hour of two o'clock
+. NJ. on the first Saturday in Septem
! her, III the year eighteen hundred and
! ninety five. and on the first Saturday
In September annually thereafter, y
road supervisor in each road district,
who shall hold Office for one year from
and after the first Monday of January
next succeeding his election and until
his successor is elected and qualifi d
At least ten days prior to the election
herein provided for, the road supervisor
shall post and caused to be posted
notices of the time and place when
and where such election will he held.
At such election the road supervisor
shall if present act as chairman and
Judge; but if the the supervisor is not
present, the voters shall elect one of
their number who shall be taxpayer
IN the district as chairman and Judge
rnd they also select clerk of election
who shall act as judge also, and shall
be a taxpayer in the district. The
voters present shah select third per-
son to act as judge who shall likewise
be a taxpayer in the district. All
qualified electors in the district may
vote at such election and the person
receiving the highest number of votes
at such election shall be declared road
supervisor. The clerk of election shall
keep a record of the proceeding at
such election. The chairman and
clerk of such meeting shall, within
three days thereafter, certify the re-
suit of said election to the board of
county commissioners, who shall can
vass the returns in the same manner
that the returns of any general or
special election are canvassed. The
ballots cast at such election shall be
returned to the county commissioners
with the returns of such election and
if the county commissioners have rea-
son to believe that the return of such
election has not beon properly made
and the result correctly returned to
them they may recount the ballots
and declare the result of such election.
If any road district shall fail to elect
road road supervisor as hereinbefore
provided it shall be the duty of the
county auditor to report to the board
of county commissioners at their next
regular December meeting, all district
which have failed to elect road super
visors at the time hereinbefore proyid-
ed and the board of county commits
sioners shall at such meeting appoint
supervisors to fill all such vacancies;
provided, that any supervisor that has
failed to post or cuased to be posted
the notice of election for road super
visor as hereinbefore provided shall
not be eligible to appointment by the
board of county commissioners. All
road supervisors elected or appointed
under the provisions of this act shall
give their official bonds in such sum
as the board of county commissioners
may fix, conditioned that they will
perform all duties required by law, of
the orders of the board of county
commissioners, and that they will ac-
county for all money received by them
in official capacity and they shall take
the usual oath of Office. The bond
and oath of Office required to be fled
by road supervisors shall be filed within
twenty days after they receive notice
of their election appointment from
the couty auditor and when such bond
and oath of Office is filled and the bond
approved by the county auditor as
clerk of the board of the county COM
missloners, the county auditor shall
furnish to each road supervisor GER
tifcate that such bond and oath of
Office has been filed and the bond ap-
proved, and such certificate shall au-
thorize the person to whom it is issued
to perform duties and exercise the
powers of road supervisor for the dis
trict in and for which he has been
elected or appointed.
SECTION Ia. Section 5 of the above
entitled act be and is hereby amended
to read as follows: Sec. 5. The board
of county commissioners shall annu-
ally at the time of making the tax
levy for county purposes levy a tax of
not more than three mills on e dol
lar of all of the taxable property in
the county for q general road and
bridge fund, from which fund they
shall order paid such sums as may be
found necessary for the construction,
repair and improvement of bridges
and such roads as all of the inhabi-
tants of the county are interested in,
or t. assist weak and impoverished
districts in keeping their roads in re-
pair.
SECTION Is. Section shall be and
the same is hereby amended to read
as follows: Section I. Between the
first day of March and the first day of