The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-25
until his successor has been elected and


qualified.
Section 3 That, subject to the ap,
prevail of the Board of County Commits
sioners. the County Road Superintend-
ent shall appoint, with power at any
time to remove or discontinue such
guards as may be needed to take charge
of the convict force, and also one or
more persons in each township of the
county to be known as township super
visor of roads. who, acting under the
County Road Superintendent. shall sup
ervise the road work in the township
for which they are appointed or such
parts thereof as said superintendent
may direct. The said guards and town
ship supervisors shall be paid for such
time as they may be required to give to
this work much compensation, per day
during such time as they are actually
employed in working on the public roads
as may be agreed upon by said Road
Superintendent and approved by the
Board of County commissioners out of
the public road fund provided for in
section / of this act
Section T. That all able bodied male
persons OF the county, between the
ages of eighteen and fOrty-fve years.
except residents of incorporate cities and
towns, shall work on the public roads Of
said county for four days (of 10 hours
EACH in each and every year at such
time and place. and in such manner as
may be designated by the Road Superin-
dent or Township Supervisors: Provid-
ed, that the said superintendent or the
supervisor in each township shall give to
each person of his township who is sub
jcct to road duty at least three days no.
tice by personal warning or by leaving
a written notice at the home or residence
of such person, specifying in such notice
the time and place when and where such
work is to be performed. and also desig-
mating in such notice the tool or imple-
ment with which such person shall be
required to work Provided, further,
that in case of washout or other unex-
pected obstruction to travel. the three
days notice shall not be necessary, and
any person liable to road duty in the
township in which such obstruction to
travel may occur, shall, upon being
properly summoned by said superintend-
ent or supervisor of roads, respond TO
such summons with reasonable prompt
ness: Provided, further, that any per-
on the public road pay on or before tie
first day Of July. 1899. and on or before
the first day of April of each year there
after to the County Treasurer or Coun-
ty Road Superintendent the sum of two
dollars. and it shall be the duty of said
Treasurer or County Road Superintend-
cnt. upon receipt of said money, to issue
to such person a receipt for the same,
stating in such receipt the amount aud
the year for which the same is paid.
All moneys paid to the said Road Sap
erintendent, as provided for in this act,
shall within fifteen days after being re-
ceived by him be turned over to the
county treasurer and credited to the
road fund of the county Tor of the town
ship when the road fund of each town
ship is kept separated from which the1
same was paid.
Section ). That any person who shall
after being duly notified as provided in
section of this act, fail to appear and
work as required to do, or who shall
fail to pay the sum of two dollars, or
any person who shall appear as notified,
and fail or refuse to perform good and
reasonable labor as required by the said
superintendent or supervisor, shall De
guilty of misdemeanor. and upon con-
viction shall be fined not less than two
nor more than five dollars or sentenced
to work on the public roads of the coun
ty for not less than ten nor more than
twenty days.
Section g. That proper implements
and tools for use in working the public
roads of the county as provided in sec
ton 4 of this act, shall be supplied by
the County Road Superintendent, and
shall be paid for out of the road fund of
the county. or out Of the road fund of
each of the respective townships: Pro
vided, that until the County Road Sup
erintendent shall be able to supply the
necessary implements and tools, he may.
and he is hereby empowered to compel
any and all persons working on the pub
lie roads of the county to provide them
selves with such implements while work
ing on said road as the superintendent
or supervisor may designate in his notice
or summons as being necessary.
Section Z. That on the first day of
June, 1899. and each succeeding year or
oftener. if required to do so by said
Superintendent OF Roads, the Township
Supervisor of Roads in each township
County Road Superintendent to the
treasurer Of the county a complete list
of the names Of all persons liable for
road duty in the township in which he
resides. Said Treasurer of the County,
after receiving the above list of persons
liable for road duty, shall check off the
names of such persons as have paid the
sum of two dollars as provided in sec
ton of this act. and shall, within fif-
teen days, and as often thereafter as
may be necessary, furnish to the County
Road Superintendent correct revised
list of all persons liable for road duty in
each said township for that year. A list
of such persons liable to road duty in
each township. who have during any
year failed to work on the public roads
after having been duly notified, or to
pay as provided for in section of this
act, shall Immediately be submitted by
the County Road superintendent or
Supervisor to a magistrate in the town
ship in which such persons reside, and it
shall be the duty of said magistrate TO