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obey the direction of the overseer, or shall
spend the time in idleness or any inattention
to the duties assigned him, shall pc guilty OF
a misdemeanor. and on conviction thereof,
shall be fined not more than ten dollars nor
less than five dollars and costs, or be SEN
fenced to county chain gang not more than
nor less than five days.
Sec. G. That In case any person shall remove
from one county to another, or from one
township In the same county, or one district
to another In the same 6 townsni9, w VINO ma, mas
or any part of the labor aforesaid, or In any
other way has paid the whole or any part OF
the amount aforesaid In lieu OF such labor,
and shall produce certificate Of the same
from the overseer OF the proper district, such
certificate shall be complete discharge for
the amount therein specified.
any labor upon the public roads and high
ways under the provisions OF this Act shall,
by himself or a suitable substitute who shall
not be under the age Of sixteen years, appear
seer at the hour of seven o'clock In the fore.
noon, and shall bring with him such necessa.
nv tools and implements used on farm as
| the overseer may direct.
Sec. S. That for the purpose provided for In
the preceding section of this Act, the resi-.
dence of any person who has a family shall
be held to be where his family resides. and
the residence Of any other person shall be
held to be where he boards or may be found.
All tramps or persons not having any visible
means OF obtaining livelihood shall be sub
| 1eCL 10 IOdu uuLy.
Sec. 8. And every overseer is hereby re-
quired to account TO the Board of Township
Com m issioners at their annual settlement for
all tools received, material used or funds ex-
pended, under oath. under this Act, and they
shall also return full and true list and state.
ment OF the names OF all persons within their
| respective districts who have been ordered
out to perform the labor as required by this
Act, and after each working to note the hours
actually worked, work each hand does. and
he shall make and furnish list to the Board
have refused or neglected to perform the same,
and shall by oath attest the correctness OF
each list so kept; and all fines and forfeitures
used for and recovered under the provisions
OF this Act shall be paid over on demand by
| the magistrate or constable collecting the
same to the County Treasurer wherein such
| fines or forfeitures accrued {; and the several
overseers shall also render an account to the
| Township Board of Commissioners at the an
nual settlement of all moneys expended and
all property remaining In their hands at the
remain unpaid, and the name OF the judgment
debtor, and magistrate before whom such
| judgments we're obtained, and the amounts
thereof; and the Township Board Of Com
missioners shall make such order as to the
prosecution OF the suits by the overseer OF the
proper district against such delinquents as In
| the Judgment of the Township Board Of Com
missioners the Interest OF the township may
require.
Sec 10. That all property that may remain
in the hands OF the overseer at the time OF
the annual settlement with the Township
Board OF Commissioners shall be turned over
| 10 his successor in office as soon as such sue
cessor shall be elected and qualified, taking a
receipt therefor, and deposit said receipt with
the Township Board OF Commissioners. It
shall be lawful for any overseer to sue out ex-
ecutions on any judgment that remains un-
paid within his proper district at any time
when, in his opinion, the same can be collect.
shall be paid over TO County Treasurer as pro-
vided In the foregoing section by the magis-
trate so collecting.
| Sec. IL. That the County Supervisor of
aud is hereby, authorized to have the over
seer to construct footpaths or bridges over
streams, swamps, marshes, and along the
high ways Of his county.
Sec y. That each overseer within his dis
trict may erect and keep up, at the expense
Of the county, at the forks and crossroads q
post and guide board, or finger. board, con-
taining an inscription In legible letters d.
recting the way and distance to the town or
towns, or public place or places, situated on
each road, respectively.
Sec 13. That II any person shall willfully
demolish, throw down alter, or deface any
guide.board, every person 80 offending shall
upon conviction thereof before any magis-
trate OF the proper county, be fined In any
sum not exceeding ten dollars and the cost OF
suit, or be sentenced TO labor on the public
works of The county for a term of not more
than thirty days, and the money, when col
lected, shall be by the magistrate collecting
Sec. II. That the County Board Of Comm Is
soners be, and they are hereby, authorized 10
furnish sign-boards, ploughs, scrapers, or
other tools for the use OF the several districts,
at their discretion, 10 be paid for out OF any
moneys in the county treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and turn the same over to
Chairman Of the Township Board OF Com
missioners and take his receipt therefor: The
Township Board OF Commissioners shall take
q receipt from each overseer for such imple-
ments as they may deliver 10 him. showing
the number, kind, and condition thereof, and
such overseer shall be liable for any Injury or
damage that may result 10 such implements,
or to any of them, by improper use thereof or
by unnecessary exposure 10 the weather, dur
ing the time the same may be IN his possession;
and he shall, on the first Tuesday OF February
annually, return the same 10 said Township
Board Of Commissioners. The amount for
which overseers may be liable for such Inn
proper use or neglect may be recovered by
action In the name OF the Township Board. OF
Commissioners, and any person using the
plows, scrapers, or other tools furnished by
the County Board OF mmlssioners for other
purposes than the purpose for which the same
were furnished, shall he fined not more than
fifty dollars nor less than five dollars or i'm
prisoned not less than ten nor more than
thirty days.
soners in the several counties may, in their
discretion authorize and require the County
Supervisors to hire and employ overseers and
laborers upon the public highways under con-
board may determine. Communication taxes
and such other funds as may be applicable to
highways may be used In payment for such
work.
Sec. 16. That each and every overseer who
shall neglect or refuse TO perform the several
duties enIOned on him by this Act, or who
shall, under any pretense whatever, give or
sign any receipt or certificate purporting to
be a receipt or certificate for labor In work
performed or money paid, unless the labor
shall have been performed or money paid
prior to the giving or signing OF such receipt
or certifi cate, shall forfeit for every such of.
fence not less than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars, TO be recovered by an action be.
fore any magistrate OF the county; and II Is
hereby made the duty OF the Township Board
or Com mmissioners 10 prosecute az onences
against the provisions of this section: Pro-
yided, That II any overseer conceives himself
aggrleved by the judgment Of such magis-
trate, be may, on giving sufficient security,
In double the nary to- sad mass
trate for the payment of the cost, appeal TO
the Court of Common Pleas, which shall
make such order therein as 1t may appear
Sec. II. That it shall he unlawful for any
overseer TO perform or cause labor to be per.
formed on any road not regularly laid out and
Sec. IS. That any time during the year.
when any public highway shall be obstructed,
IT. shall be the duty OF the overseer OF the dis
trict in which the same may be, forthWlth 10
cause such obstruction 10 be removed, for
which purpose he shall immed lately order
out such persons liable to do work upon the
public highways Of his road district, as nc
may deem necessary to remove said obstruc:,
tIons. If the person or persons thus called
out have performed their four days labor
upon the public highways, the overseer Shall
give 10 such person or persons q certificate for
the amount OF labor performed, aud said Ger.
tiflcnte shall apply on the labor that may be
due for such person or persons, for the ensu-
ing year. - -
Sec. 10. That If any person or persons cor.
porations, or any conductor Of any train OF
railroad cars. or any other agent or servant OF
any railroad company shall obsLruct unnec-