The Springdale news., 1907-03-29
The New Good Roads Law
 Enacted by the Legislature

ity n value of the land owners ot any county or part of q county
 such majority in value to be de- termined by the assessment for purposes of general taxation n force at the time, shall present petition to the county court of any county in this State, praying for the formation of d Road lm- provement District, the said county court shall, after having given public notice for twenty days by printed copies posted in ten places III said county or part thereof, ole of which shall be posted on the principal door of the court house of said county. determine the fact that such pc tition Is so signed by such maj jor- ity in value of said land owners. The said petition shall be accom- panied by d map or plat of the particular part of said county to be included within the boundar- ies of said district, If the said boundaries be less than the en- tire area of said county; and the said designated boundaries shall be plainly indicated so that 10 controversy may arise as to the limits of the same.
 Sec. ,. At the meeting of the county court at which the matter of the sufheiercy of the majority in value of said land owners k to be determined by the county court, any person whose name k signed to said petition, or any other person who. for any good andvalid reason. shall have ob- jection thereto may appear and present the same in writing. Any such person so signing said petition may upon request have his name removed from the said petition, If the request be made before the said county court de- termines the matter in favor Of the existence of the required ma iority in value; thereafter, no signer shall be permitted to cause his name to be removed from said petition nor his consent to the formation of said district with drawn. After such hearing, or opportunity to be heard, the said county court shall determine, and so enter upon the records. the fact of the existence or non-exist- ence of the assent of the said ma iority in value to the prayer of said.petition. If the said county court shall make an order declar- ing that the said petition con- tains majority in value of the land owners within the territory described in said petition and ae- compauying map. then the said finding shall be entered of record and shall not thereafter be ques- toned except for fraud in the mak- ing thereof. Upon ascertaiuing, as aforesaid, that the necessary majority i'll value of the land own CTS have requested the formation of said district the said county court shall make all order declar- ing the same to be and exist un- der the name and style of Road Improvement District No. of the county of. That the said district shall be and become d body polite and corporate by said name and may sue and be sued, implead and be inpleaded and have perpetual succession for the purpose of building. con- structing. repairing and main taining, within the territory de- scribed in said petition and or der, such public roads as may from time to time be designated by the board of directors thereof, to be chosen as hereinafter stated.
 Sec }. In the order declaring said road improvement district to exist, the court shall direct the clerk thereof to give notice by posters put up in ten places with in said district, that on d day To be named therein, not less than ten days nor more than twenty days after the making of said order, that there will be 4 meet ing of the land owners embraced within said district. if the same contain an area less than the whole county. and al a point to be designated, for the purpose of selecting three directors, for the management of the affairs of said district. In cases where an entire county is embraced within said district. the county court shall order an election to be held at the several voting precincts in sad county. and shall designate three judges and two clerks to hold the same. At any election to be held, either in district composed of an entire county, or