West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-02-08

heretofore established or that MAY
hereafter be established as count,
roads are put and kept in as good re.
pair as may be within the means al
his command as herein provided, anc
for. this purpose he shall employ, pro-
cure all necessary hands, horses and
material for the proper discharge OF
his duties, at such compensation as
the county court may determine. He
shall superintend all work TO be done
on such roads; and he shall at all
times be subject to the orders and di-
rection of the court in the discharge
of his duties and in the working and
repairing of such roads.
TX. The county court shall provide
all necessary tools and implements for
the working of the roads of each pre-
clnct, and pay for them out OF the road
fund of the district in which such road
precincts may be, and make such or
der as to the use and custody thereof,
rs the court may deem proper, PRO-
VlDED, HOWEVER, that when the
nd system herein provided for
is adopted by county as n
county system, such implements and
tools shall be paid for out of the fund
Tor county purposes, and any road su-
perinendent in whose custody or pos
session such tools or implements or
any money herein provided may be,
shall either during his term or after
its close, deliver the same to such per-
son as the county court may direct,
whenever so directed; and said court
may sue in any court or before any
justice Of the peace having jurisdiction
thereof, for the recovery of the pos
session of such tools or implements, or
the value thereof, and for any such
money; such superintendent and his
securities on his official bond shall be
liable for such value and such money
and shall report TO the court all tools
and implements in his hands at each
fiscal term, which report shall be filed
in the Office of the clerk of the county
court.
X. The sheriff of the county, shall
out Of such road fund in his hands.
pay over TO the several road superin-
tendents such sums and at such times
as the county court may direct, to be
used by them in the payment Of labor
ers employed by them in working Of,
said road and other necessary expense
about such work.
XI. II shall be the duty Of each
superintendent to lay out and divide,
or cause to be laid out and divided, all
OF the county roads in his precinct or
precincts and all roads that may here
after be laid out, altered or established,
into sections not exceeding two miles
in lentgh, which he shall number and
designate in book TO be kept for thPt
purpose by him. He shall also dis
tinctly specify therein what he may
deem necessary for the improvement
and keeping in repair each section of
said county road for a period not ex-
ceeding one year, and may recommend
such new public roads as he may deem
to be for the benefit of the public.
XII. 1t shall be the duty Of the
road superintendent Of each precinct
In the county as soon as practicable,
to ascertain and report Immediately af-
ter such ascertainment TO the county
court of the county, the amount
of money necessary TO open,
make and keep in repair the
county roads Of his precinct, pay
able during the next ensuing fiscal
year; and it shall be the duty of said
court to carefully examine such re-
ports and the estimates therein con-
tanned and to such alienation and
corrections therein, as the court may
think proper. The court shall at the
term at which il makes the levy Gov
ering the county debts and liabilities,
provided for the amount of money the
court may deem necessary for the lay
ing out, altering, establishing, or
working and repairing the roads Of
the several road precincts in each dis
trict and for the purchasing of neces-
sary tools and implements, and any
other expenses pertaining TO said road
as herein provided, by levying a tax
OF one dollar on every male inhabitant
Of said district, who has attained the
age Of twenty-one years and not over
the age of fifty; PROVIDED, that
persons afflicted with bodily infrmities
may be exempt by said court from this
eapitation tax. The balance after
deducting said capitation tax and es-
timated delinquencies shall be levied
upon property of said district, taxable
for state and county purposes, and it
shall be collected and disbursed iu the
same manner. But any person asses
sed with capitation tax under this
section may pay the same with one
days labor by himself or substitute,
on the public roads under the direction
Of the superintendent.
XIII. Delinquent lists of uncol-
lected road taxes levied under the
provisions Of this act, shall be made
out and returned separately from the
other delinquent lists, and shall be dis
posed Of by the auditor as provided in
section twenty-three Of Chapter thirty
Of the Code Of West Virginia and the
same shall be proceeded on, collected
and accounted for as provided in said
section, said taxes when collected shall
be a part Of the road fund herein pro-
yided for.
XIV The road superintendent shall
each keep a regular account Of the
amount and kind Of services.pcrformcc
and the number Of persons employed
by them severely, with the dates
thereof, and render an account thereof