Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-04-06


Upon receipt of such application tn
State highway commissioner shall
send to such local road authorities ,
blank form, furnished by him fol
the purpose. eliciting from said loca
road authorities such information
touching the proposed road improve
ment as he may desire, which blanl
form said local road authorities shal
bill out to the best of their ability and
return to the commissioner. If the
commissioner be satisfied that the
proposed improvement will be per-
manent and upon main travelled
road, and that the plans proposed by
the local road authorities for such
improvement are in his judgmen.
adequate and practicable, he, or one
of his assistants, shall view said road
or part thereof proposed to be i'm
proved, and shall carefully prepare
plans, specifications aud estimates of
cost for its construction with the
materials agreed upon between the
local road authorities and the COM
missioner, copy of said plans, speci-
hcations and estimates of cost shall
be submitted to the loca! road au-
thorities and copy flied in the office
OF the commissioner. lie the local
road authorities shall then decide 10
Improve or construct said road or
part thereof in accordance with the
plans AID spec,fics'iousrecommepded
and submitted by the commissioner.
they may then apply to the State
highway commissioner for such State
aid for the Improvement or coustruc-
tion of said road as may ne obtained
under the provisions of this act.
10. Whenever any county, through
Its local road authorities, shall make
such last mentioned application to
the State highway com missioner, and
shall agree to supply all necessary
materials, tools, aud teams, required
by the plans and specifications of the
State highway commissioner, as afo-e
said, and shall agree also to have the
work performed, according to the
plans and specifications of the State
highway commissioner and under
the supervision of civil engineer to
be supplied by the State highway
commissioners, whose salary is not to
exceed the rate of twelve hundred
dollars year, to be paid by the
county having the benefit of his
service, which consent and agreement
shall be in writing and forwarded to
and filed by the commissioner IN his
office, then the commissioner shall
make requisition upon the superin-
tendent of the penitentiary for such
number of the State convict road
force as he may deem necessary under
the plans and specifications agreed
upon as aforesaid, for the proper and
economic work on said road. And
thereupon the superintendent of the
penitentiary shall send to such county
for such purpose the number of the
State convict road force so required.
and all of the provisions of an act,
entitled Gan act to create the State
convict road force" etc., approved on
the sixth day of March, nineteen
hundred and six, shall apply to the
working of said State convict road
force upon said road.
IL. The State highway commits
sioner, as far as practica bic, shalt
give equal service to each county of
the State desiring to accept the hene-
fits of this act.
10. The State highway commits
sioner shall have general supervi-
sion of the construction and repair
of the main travelled roads of the
State; the. commissioner may recon-
mend to the local road aut thorities of
any county. and to the governor.
needed improvements in the public
roads; he shall supply technical in
formation en- road building to any
citizen or officer in the State, and
from time to time publish for public
use such information as will be gen.
orally usefu! for road improvement.
The Convict Road Force.
CHAP. 74.-1. All prisoners con-
victed of crime and sentenced either
to hard labor on the public roads or
to imprisonment in Jail, and all per-
sons imprisoned in Jail for the non-
payment of foe or costs. shall.
when delivered upon the order of
the superintendent of the peniten-
tiary for such purpose, constitute
the State convict road force.
3. Upon the written request of
the superintendent of the peniten-
tIary, the judge of the circuit court
of any county, or the Judge of the