Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-11

Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly
of Missouri as tolloacs:
SECTION 1. That territory not ex-
ceeding six miles square wherein Is
located a town or city of the third or
fourth class, except cities OF the third
class organized under special charter,
may be organized as hereinafter set
forth into a special road district.
SECTION 2. The Mayor and mem
bers of the City Council of any city or
town within any special road district
thus organized, together with the
members of the County Court Of the
county In which said district is located,
at meeting to be held in the county
court room, at which meeting the
Presiding Judge Of the County Court
shall preside and the County Clerk
shall act as clerk, within two weeks
after the voters within the territory
of such proposed district shall adopt
the provisions of this act, shall, by
order of record to be kept by the
County Clerk, appoint q Board of
Commissioners composed of three
persons, designating one to serve for
three years, one for two years, one
for one year, and in February every
year thereafter one commissioner
shall be appointed as above specified,
to serve for three years.
SECTION 8. The County Court shall,
upon the organization of the Board
of Commissioners of such special road
district, deliver to such board all the
tools and machinery used for working
roads belonging to the districts for
merly existing within the territory
embraced in such special district,
taking a receipt from the board for
the same, and such board shall keep
and use such tools and machinery for
constructing and improving pubic
roads.
SECTION 9. Said board shall have
sole, exclusive and entire control and
jurisdiction over all public highways
within it's district outside the corpo-
rate limits of any city or village
therein, to construct, improve and
repair such highways, and shall re-
move all distractions from such high
ways, and for the discharge of these
duties shall have all the power, rights
and authority conferred by general
statutes upon road overseers, and said
board shall at all times keep the pub
lie roads under its charge in a. good
repair as the means at its command
will permit, and for this purpose may
employ hands at fired compensations;
rent, lease or buy teams, implements,
tools and machinery, all kinds Of
motor power, and all things needful
to carry on such work: Provided, that
the board may have such road work
or any part of such work done by
contract, under such regulations as
the board may prescribe.
SECTION IS. One-fourth of all the
dramshop, pool or billiard table licens-
es collected by any city within any
such special road district shall be set
apart as collected by the City Council
for the Improvement of the roads by
the Board of Commissioners, draw
warrants upon the City Treasurer,
payable to tho treasurer of said board,
for the full amount Of one-fourth Of
such licenses, or the board may issue
it's orders on the Council from time to
time, which shall be honored by the
Council drawing warrants upon the
City Treasurer for such amounts "a
may be required, to the full amount
of one-fourth of sIl such licenses col
iected.
SECTION IS. The County Courts Of
the counties wherein all or part Of
such road district may be situated, at
the term when other taxes are levied,
shall levy upon every male inhabitant
in said district and without the imits
Of an Incorporated town or city, ovel
twenty one and under sixty years ol
age, q poll tax of two dollars and
fifty cents, and upon ali real and per.
sonai property III said district, taxable
for state purposes, . taa: OF not lesl
than ten nor more than twenty centa
on the one hundred dollars valuation
which shall be part of the tax which
which may be levied for county pur'
poses which levy of taxes shall bs
collected as state and other county
taxes are collected.
SECTION. 25. Said board may plant
protect and cultivate ornamental and
shade trees along the sides Of road
within its district, and erect and keel
erected and repaired such sign boardl
| In its district ct places u may deem
proper therefor.
| SECTION 26. Said board shsIl max,
and keep on fil0 with the clerk of tn,
board and the clerk OF the County
tCourt correct plata OF all the roads Il
it's district, and duly secsionalizet
mapa Of such district, and such sec
tions duly subdlvided.
/ SRcrToN n. Said board may grave
or macadamisl, any road In its dis
trict, II an rolsds and bridges thsrsil
are In good cozldision and repair.