Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-02
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falls into the highway must remove the
same, or be liable to a fine of $40 for
every day the same remains in such
highway. Whoever maliciously cuts
down shade tree on highway is
liable to a fine of 500.
| Any ten, or majority of the free
holders of road district, taxable
therein for road purposes, may petition
in writing the boar d of county commits
sioners to alter or discontinue any
highway or to lay out new highway
therein. Upon filing such petition the
board NAV appoint three viewers. The
road viewers must be disinterested cit
liens of the county, but not petitioners.
When the view of the proposed alter
alton or new highway is completed, the
viewers must report to the commits
sioners. practically the same as I'M
der the old law.
No highway must be ordered opened
| through fields of growing crops.
When any highway is to be altered,
changed, or laid out. the county clerk
must notify the supervisor of the proper
district, provided, however, that when
the cost of altering, ETC., exceeds $500
the work may be let by contract by the
commissioners after properly advertis-
ing for bids.
Whenever highways are laid out
across railroads, canals or bitches on
public lands, the owners or corpora
tons using the same must, at their
own expense, so prepare their roads,
ETC., that the public highway may cross
the same without damage or delay.
Fences on changed or new roads
must be removed by owners.
Highways must be laid out upon
subdivision or section lines when prac-
teal.
All persons owning threshing ma
chimes, saw mills, automobiles, or
steam engines of any kind are required
on meeting any person on horses, or in
vehicles drawn by horses, to shut off
steam, come to halt at a distance of
100 yards from the place on the high
way where the said person on horses
or in vehicles are met, and to remain
with steam shut down and halted until
said person or persons shall have
passed at distance of 100 yards from
the place of hating on said highway.
A violation of foregoing provisions
renders guilty party liable to a fine
ranging from SIS to $3.50.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to dump garbage or dead
animals upon any public highway of
this state, or within 200 yards thereof
under penalty of a SIS fine, or 80
days imprisonment, or both.
Upon a petition for that purpose by
majority of the free holders or the
owners, residing upon any highway,
when it can be done without material
damage, the board of county commits
sioners may change such highways to
subdivisions or sectional lines.
No person must employ drunkard
to drive any vehicle .or the conveyance
of passengers upon any public high
way, under penalty of SIS for each day
such person is in his employ. A
drunken driver when complained of
must be discharged or the employer is
liable to a fine of SIS per day.
The driver must not leave the horses
attached to vehicle while passengers
remain in the same, without fastening
the horses, or placing the lines in the
hands of some other person, under a
penalty of $50 for each offense. The
owner of every passenger vehicle is
liable for all damage done by his
driver.
All persons owning threshing ma
chimes, or any heavy load exceeding
six tons in weight, are required to lay
planks net less than one foot wide,
three inches in thickness, and of suffi-
cient length, on the floor of all bridges
and culverts, on the public highways,
for the wheels of said threshing ma
chine, etc.