The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-05-29
MISSISSIPPrS ROAD LAW.
tuIl Text Of t as Passed by The Called Ses.
sion Of The Legislature.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, APRIL %.
An Act to Create the OGlce of Road
commissioners and for the Better and
More Effective Working of the Pub.
lie Roads.

SECTION !. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Nississippi
That the boards Of supervisors of the
various counties of the State of Mis-.
slsslppi shall, at the regular May term,
after the passage of this act, classify
the public roads in their respective
counties as roads of The first and sec
ond class. The main thoroughfares
leading to the principal markets to be
roads OF the first class, all other public
roads as roads of the second class, and
they shall appoint a suitable and com
petent person to be known as road
commissioner, and to fix his compensa-
ton at sum not to exceed seventy-fye
dollars per month, whose duty shall be
as herein provided.
SEC. 2. The road commissioner shall
have general supervision and manage
ment of all public roads in his county,
and shall make plans and specifications
OF all bridges and superintend the cree
ton Of the same. He shall, Immediately
after his appointment, examine the list
of hands assigned to all the overseers
in his county and the links of road
they are required to work, and see that
all laborers subject to rond duty are
listed, and report to the next term of
the supervisors court, such changes or
re-listing of hands as he may deem Just
and equitable in view of the work to
be done on their links of road He
shall examine and report the quantity
and character of tools in posses
sion of the road hands available for
effective work on the roads and make
rcquisition upon the boards of super
visors for such additional tools, road
scrapers, plows or grading machines as
he may deem necessary to the most
economical and effective working of
the public roads, and to supply the
overseers with such additional tools as
may be necessary, taking their receipt
for the same, but they shall be subject
at all times to the order of the road
commissioner.
SEC. 3. All the overseers with the
labor assigned them shall be under the
direction and supervision of the road
commissioner, and shall work their
respective links of road at such time
and place and with such teams and tools
as he may direct, provided that not
more work shall be required during the
cultivation and gathering of the crops
than may be necessary to keep tie
roads in passable condition.
SEC 4. The road commissioner
shall, during the month of July and
August, next, after the passage of this
Act, and thereafter during the months
of January and February, or July and
August require all the overseers in
their respective counties, with the la
Dor. tools and teams assigned them, to
do the full number of days work re-
uuired of them by law on their re-
spective links of road, regulating the
time of work so as to secure the great
est use of such tools, scrapers or road
machines as may be furnished by the
county.
SEC. 5. Overseers of second class
roads shall work their respective links
Of road as thoroughly as can be done
with the labor assigned them, working
the entire time required by law, save
one day for each lahorer, which shaIi
be held in reserve for such incidental
repairs as may become necessary dur
ing the remainder of the year.
SEC. 6. Overseers of frst-class roads
shalI assemble with their laborers up
on their respective links of road at
such time and place, and with such
teams and tools as the road commits
sioner may direct, and proceed to
yrade. ditch and level their roads, and
TO erect bridges or culverts, according
TO plans and specifications furnished
nv the road commissioner, until they
have worked the entire time required
by law in one year, provided that the
road commissioner may require s'ich
temporary repairs as may be necessary
hetween the unfinished links OF ROAD.
SEC. 7. When all the labor required
bv law TO be done on the public roads
in one year shall have been done IT,
road commissioner shall make written
ronort TO the board of supervisors
Of all the work done, and the conoi,
tion of the roads and bridges ana
make an estimate of the amount Oh
money necessary to complete tie I'M
finished links of all first, class roads,
# there be more than one, estimating
each separately.
Sec. 8. On hearing the report Oh 'ne
rood commissioner the board OF super
visors NAV determine whether tney
will complete the unfinished ilnhs u
VI f,st-c'ass roads by contract, as
~ in section 1929 of the Ammo
tated Code, or by the labor OF conVicIs
as provided in section 3932 OF lne a. u
rotated Code, or by hired LABOR unUe 5
.ha direction and control OF the roau
snn missioner, who shall make an
;tor,izcd statement of all expenses IN
onrred which shall be paid by warrant i.
mon the county treasury payaoie ou gu
u orv county funds not otherwise APP
MATED But should there DC ~
inob finds available, payment 10 NC
pro1;ded bv taxation as Provlute.u III
spection 393i of the Annotated : o'o g,
Tooms necessary to the prosecution "a
80 work may be purchased OF 9 iI
W .nV ,ba hoard of supervisors may deem
best. II H. roods of the
6rst-olass shall have been complt'y ,ta ~
provided in section p of this . Act ,s shey
iSoIl be kept in repair by the - labor