The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-02-08
STAFFORD ROAD law.

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bill, (patron- Mr. GarnetD, to pro
vide for a road law for Stafford
county, and having passed the legis.
lsture is now the law for that county:
Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Virginia, That the
board of supervisors for Stafford
county shall annually levy a tax on
all real estate and personal property
in said county, not to exceed thirty
cents on the one hundred dollars
value thereof; provided. however,
that not more than twenty cents on
the one hundred dollars shall be used
to defray the expense of keeping in
repair the roads and bridges Of said
county, and where in any district the
board Of supervisors shall elect to
fix the levy, under this law, in excess
of twenty cents on the hundred dol.
lars, the income derived from such
levy over and above twenty cents
shall be used TO create a sinking
fund to liquidate any indebtedness
the said district may now owe, on
account of roads and bridges, and
for no other purpose.
This tax shall be known as the
rosd tax, and the amount collected in
each msgisterisl district shall be ex-
pended in the district from which it
is derived, and shall be collected and
accounted for as other county levies,
and paid out on the warrant Of the
board Of supervisors as hereinafter
provided.
,. 1t shall be the duty Of the board
OF supervisors, as soon Rs practi.
cable after the passage Of this act,
to nominate to the county ceurt of
said county one suitable person for
every voting precinct in said county
as overseer Of all public roads in said
precinct, and it shall be the duty Of
the judge Of said court to appoint the
person so nominated II he approves
the same. The said overseers so sp.
pointed shall enter into bond in the
penalty Of one hundred dollars each,
with good security, for the faithful
performance of their duties, aud
shall hold Office until the first general
county election, when their success.
sors shall be elected for & period OF
two years.
3. The said road ovorseers shall
reside within the voting precinct
in which their roads are located, and
il shall be the duty Of said overseers
to work and keep in repair all roads
and bridges in their respective road
districts, and where public road is
the dividing line between two road
districts the overseers OF the ad-
joining road districts shall keep it in
repair; provided that the board Of
supervisors shall have the right to
let to the lowest bidder, such bridges
of the said county as they may see 6t. |
Such overseers shall have q right to |
take from adjacent lands, such ma
terals as they would be authorized /
to use under the general laws Of the
State, for the benefit Of public high
ways, and to purchase such materials |
as may be necessary to repair roads .
and bridges, and purchase such tools .
by order of the board of supervisors
IS may be necessary to work the
same, to be paid for by warrant Of
the board Of supervisors, upon proper
evidence of said purchase. And it
shall be the duty of the board OF
supervisors, to keep record Of all
tools purchased by said overseers,
and to see that the said tools are
turned over to their (the overseer's)
successors in office, or otherwise &C
counted for. The said overseers
shall have authority at any time to
employ such teams and wagons, at
not exceeding one dollar and fifty
cents per day for two horse team,
and such hands at not exceeding sew
enty-fve cents per day, to carry on
the work, who shall work from sun to
sun, and all hands employed shall be
Of age. Said overseers shall indi.
vidually make quarterly reports to
the board OF supervisors Of all tools
and materials purchased, and for all
labor and teams employed. Said
reports shall contain an itemized ac-
count, which shall give the names of
persons employed, and the names Of
owners Of teams employed. and shall
show the time made by each person
and team 80 employed, and the said
report shall be sworn to. The board
Of supervisors shall, when satisfied
that the said reports and the accounts
are correct, issue their warrants for
the work so done and the teams so
employed, directly to the persons
entitled to compensation. Said over.
seers shall not be paid more than one
dollar per day each, for their services,
while engaged in work on said roads
and bridges.
1t shall be the duty of the super.
visor OF each msgisterial district at
the beginning Of each fiscal year to
notify in writing each overseer in
the magisterial district Of the amount
OF money to be expended in his
road district for the ensuing year,
and the overseers so informed,
shall not in said year exceed the
amount 80 indicated.
5. 1t shall be the duty Of the
county Judge Of said county as soon
after the passage of this act as prao'
ticable and annually thereafter to
appoint q suitable person in each
magisterial district, whose duty it
shall be to personally inspect the
roads in the magisterial district in
which be resides twice annually, and
to report the condition of the same to
the court. And the said inspectors
shall each be allowed one dollar per
day for their services; provided, how
ever, they shall not receive each in
any one year more than eight dollsrS.
9. The overseers may be removed
by the county court for incompetence
or neglect Of duty, and recovery
may be had in the name Of the county
for the benefit Of the road fund, in
A. &C