The Green Forest tribune., 1897-06-24
The New Road Law.

sioner of roads and bridges. who shall
be citizen and al elector in the coun-
it shall be to district the county into
road districts in each county, and shall
report the same to the county court,
and court will approve, modify or dis
approve of the same. The districts
shall be numbered one to twelve con-
elusive.
Sec. 2. The commissioner under
order of the county court shall desg-
nate all public roads and highways
running most centrally through the
county and districts as first class roads
and all other.public roads and high
ways as second class. All the first
second class to be worked as the court
may order.
Sec. 3, This commissioner shall be
, appointed and ontracted with for one
year and shall give bond with good
security to the state of A rkansas in the
sum Of five hundred dollars for the
use and benefit of the county, obligat-
ing himself to discharge his duty as
road and bridge commissioner and take
an oath to support the constitution of
the United States and the constitution
of the State of Arkansas and to faith
fully discharge his duty as such COM
missioner, and the bond to be apprev-
ed by the county court.
Sec. 4. He shall under the direction
of the county court III AXE an estimate of
all work to be done on first and sec
ond class roads and highways in each
year. and under tile direction of the
county shall view and report as to the
work done on the roads and highways
at the end of the year, making his re-
port in writing and swearing to the
same.
Sec.'5. The commissioner shall ex-
anime and report as to the condition
Of all public roads and highways in
the county under the direction of the
county court, giving the estimate Of
needed repairs, and also estimates as
to building Of new bridges, and he
shall swear to all estimates and reports
made to the county court.
| Sec. 6. The commissioner shall re-
ceive for all services by him a sum not
to exceed two dollars for each full
days work by him, and for each part
of q day engaged in the discharge Of
his duty as commissioner he shall re-
ceive pay in proportion to the time en-
gagged; and he shall make out an item
ICED statement of the service rendered
by him. giving the number of days and
parts of days engaged by him for the
county, and shall sign and swear to
| the same.
Sec. z. The county court is authorized
TO appoint and contract with one elec-
tor in each road district in the county
after twenty days notice through some
newspaper, if one be published in the
county, if not, then by posting ten
written or printed notices Of the time
and place for making and entering into
contract with such parties; and the
party contracted with shall be desig-
mated and known as road oyereer of
road district No. -; and the road
overseer shall be paid out Of the county
treasury not exceeding one dollar and
fifty cents for each full day be shall be
engaged at work on the roads and
bridges in his districts and for a part of
day he shall be paid in proportion.
Sec 8. Before entering upon his
duties as such overseer he shall give
bond with security to the State Of Ar
kansas in the sum of two hundr ed dol
lars for the use and benefit of the coun-
ty, binding himself to take charge of
all teams and tools furnished him by
the county and take care Of the same,
and work the road and do such wo.k on
bridges as required by this act or as
directed under the orders of the county
court, and return at the end Of one
year or sooner, if ordered by the coun-
ty court, al such teams and tools, less
wear and tear Of the ame, and he will
alse take an oath that he will support
the constitution Of the United States
aud the constitution Of the State Of
Arkansas ard that he will faithfully
discharge his duty as such roa3over-