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The County Board of Commissioners shall
divide the respective townships into suitable
road districts. They shall elect an oVerseer
whose term of Office shall be two years. and il
he tails or refuses TO serve shall be fined SlO.0O
and costs or be sentenced to the County chain
gang. That II a vacancy occurs from any
caus- :, the Board shall elect his successor.
And the overseer has the right TO appoint
man to serve who is liable to road duty, and
he shall be exempted from road duty az long
as he serves as overseer,
1t shall be the duty of every overseer TO
make out list OF all persons liable TO 10 ROAD ROAD
seer Is authorized to demand OF any person
or corporation, the names OF any and al
hands in his, her and lts employ; Ano
should any person or corporation. refuse to
furnish such list the overseer shall at once 70.
port the matter to the nearest magistrate, and
cause such persons TO be prosecuted.
Overseers are also authorized TO appoint
some suitable person, liable TO road duty on
his road, as a warner, and such person shall
be exempt from road duty for the time he acts
4s warner. And the overseer having furnish.
TO road duty, the said warner shal serve
uotice on each and every hand. either by
seeing the parties personally and giving
verbal notice, or by leaving written notice az
the residence of the party, OF the hour and
place of working on said section; and the
person } warned shall bring with him such
necessary tools and implements used on a
farm as the overseer may direct. All OF tne
.ection are 10 work under the direction ana
the supervision of the overseer. Overseers
are a. so required to take good care OF all tools
furnished them by the county, and not per-
NIT or suffer them 10 be used for any purpose
other than the working OF the public high
ways, and to account 10 the county commits.
sioners for all tools in their possession and
the manner and kind OF labor performed on
their section, and turn over all tools to their
successors.
Each overseer may erect and keep up al
the xpense OF the county at the forks and
cross roads, q post and guide board or finger
board containing an inscription In legible lei
ters directing the way and distance 10 the
town or towns or publ lc place and places
situated on each road. And the overseer Is
authorized to prosecute any one who defaces
or demolshes the same.
Each overseer will have all small brlGges
on his section put down and kept In repair by
the road hands-the county paying for lutn'
Der and nails only.
1t is unlawful for any overseer to perform,
or cause labor TO be performed, on any ROAD
not regularly laid out and established by
law.
1t Is unlawful for any railroad company 10
obstruct any public road or the drainage OF
dltches into any public road. Any any over
seer of the proper district is authorized 10
warn any railroad company by leaving
written notice with any agent, or informln s
any agent OF said railroad company personal
ly to remedy all such matters TO the accept
ance OF the ovelseer. Should such company
refuse to do SO. the overseer shall at once re-
port the matter TO the supervisor.
An overseer who neglects or refuses 10
section annually is liable 10 prosecution.