The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-05-29

appoint a suitable man to take his place.
ahu reuring commissioner shall turn
over 10 his successor all money, tools.
or other property belonging to the
county. o
SEQ. II, The road commissioner
snail be custodian of all teams, tools or
other like property OF the county, and
provide for the safe-keeping Of the
same; he shall receipt for labor com
mutations, and prosecute delinquents
ana report to the grand jury at every
term OF the circuit court the condition
OF the public roads and any dereliction
snail OF duty ofany road oyerseer; and
report to the board of supervisors ON
the first day OF each month the amount
thus collected; his failure to do SO
shall be cause for immediate removal,
and Tor prosecution for failure of duty
SEC. II, All roads of the first.class
shall be opened and worked not less
than l6 feet wide or over 40 feet
between bitches. All branches or creek
bottoms crossed by the road shall be
raised by earth taken from the sides of
the road so as to form drain bitches.
The crown of the levee shall not be less
than Is feet wide, raised in the center,
The slope of the leyee shall be l IL
feet to one foot in height, with suitable
openings to admit the free passage Of
water. The entire roadway shall be
raised in the center, with drain bitches
on each side, The grade shall be as
low as practicable, not more than foot
in 10 feet lineal unless on unusual ele-
yations, when the board of supervisors
shall fix the grade.
Sec. 10. The road commissioner
shall indicate by suitable stakes the
general outline of the roadway, depth
of cuts and height and width of levees,
and all such designations as may be
needed to enable the work to be done
in systematic manner, and the board
of supervisors may allow such skilled
assistant in this work as they may deem
necessary to the public interest.
Sec. IA. If the board of supervis-
ors of any county shall determine to
work the public roads or any part
thereof by contract, all the road hands
subject to such duty upon such roads
shall report to the contractor before
the first of September of any year and
perform the full amount of labor re-
CURED of them by law in one year I'M
der the direction of the contractor on
such roads; should any road hand fail
to report himself, and perform such
labor to the satisfaction of the con-
tractor, he shall be proceeded against
by the board of commissioners as pro.
vided in section 1913, Of the Ammo
tated Code of Mississippi, provided
that any such road baud may commute
his time upon the public road for any
one year by paying to the road COM
missioner three dollars in lieu of work,
and the road commissioner shall make
report to board of supervisors all
combinations, fines or forfeitures
collected by him and also the number
of days work performed by any road
hand on any contract, and the contractor
shall be charged with such labor at an
amount agreed upon at the time of let.
ting the contract and all moneys
reported shall be paid into the county
road fund.
SEC. Is. The provisions of this Act
shall not apply to or be in force in any
county which now has special road
law or laws, unless approved by the
board of supervisors of such county,
and the board of supervisors of any
county in which there is a special law
or laws may approve the whole Act, OF
any section of the Act, by on order
duly passed and entered upon the min
utes of the board, provided, that the
provisions of this Act shall not apply
to any county in the State except by
an order of the board of supervisors to
the effect, being entered on the min
utes of the supervisors court Of such
county desiring the operation of the
same.
SEC IS. The board of supervisors oil
any county which has heretofore
worked, or may hereafter work the
public roads by contract, may, for the
purpose of paying off any Indebtedness
on account of the road fund, levy tax
of one mill for the year 1896 and 1897,
in addition to that now authorized by
law. Taxes collected in any incorpor
ated city or town shall be divided as
provided in section 3, 93l of the Ammo
tated Code.
SEC. II. All laws and parts of laws
in conflict with the provisions of thi:
Act be and the same are hereby de-
clared imperative.
Approved April %, 1897.
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