The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-15

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Ice Of the peace, shall, on conviction, be
fined two dollars for each days failure,
for as many days labor as he would have
been entitled to credit for in case he had
furnished the things. Sec. 4422.
Delinquent Road Hands to be Reported.
The overseer shall make list of the
names of all persons who have been sum :
moned to work on the roads, and have
failed to appear and perform the service
required, or to furnish proper substitute,
or to pay the communication money. and
stating the number Of days Of such failure,
and shall report the same to justice of
the peace of the district wherein the de-
linquent resides, under oath, and shall
state in the report that the list contains
the name Of each delinquent residing in
the district Of that justice of the peace;
and such report shall be prima facie evil
dence against such persons of their having
been duly summoned and having failed to
appear as required by law, and of the
number of days of failure. Sec. 4423.
Roads Divided Into Links; Officers Ap-
pointed and Hands Assigned. The board
of supervisors shall divide the public
roads into convenient links, and shall ap-
point and direct what persons shall work
on each road, having references to the
convenience of the inhabitants as far as
possible; and shall appoint annually one
overseer for each link. When two links
of public road meet at bridge, the over
seer of each shall perform all the duties
required by law for the entire bridge. Sec.
442s.
Penalty for Refusing to Serve as Over
seer.-lf any person shall refuse to serve
as overseer on any road, agreeeably to the
order of the board of supervisors, he shall
be fined, as for contempt, fifty dollars by
the board; and the board shall have power
to collect such fine as other fines are COL
lected by law; and if any overseer who
shall refuse to serve shall fail to notify
the board of supervisors, or the president
thereof, of such refusal, within ten days
after the receipt of his appointment, he
shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be
imposed as fine; but person shall not
be required to serve as an overseer of the
road more than one year in every three.
Sec. 4427.
List of Hands Demanded and Furnish
ed; Penalty.-Every overseer, immedi-
ately after his appointment shall demand
of every person within his district, a list
of all the hands he may have in his family
or employment liable to work on the
roads. The demand shall be made per-
ponally, or in writing left at the usual
place of abode Of the person applied to-;
and if any person shall refuse or neglect,
for the space of ten days, to deliver to the
overseers the listso required, such person
shall forfeit and pay the sum of $40 for
each hand liable to work, SC neglected or
refused to be given in, to be recovered by
an action in the name of the county, and
it is made the duty of the overseer to cause
such action to be instituted. Sec. AGO.
Roads, Bridges, and Causeways Kept
in Good Order; Notice to Hands shall
be the duty Of every overseer Of road to
keep it in good repair, and erect all such
necessary bridges and causeways on his
road as may conveniently be erected and
kept in repair by the labor of the hands
assigned to the road; and whenever the
overseer shall require any labor to be per-
formed, he shall give twelve hours notice
in person, or in writing left at their places
of abode, to all persons whose labor he
may require, to meet at such time and
place as he may appoint, and to bring
with them such tools as he may direct;
and the overseer shall superintend and
direct the labor to be performed. In case
of emergency, such shorter notice than
twelve hours, as the overseer may think
proper, may be given. Sec 443I.
Overseer to Promptly Repair Damages
to Road. -Overseers shall keep advised
of the condition Of their roads, and shall,
from timeto time, as occasion may require,
call out such number of hands as may be
necessary to repair bridges, stop washes.
/ fill up mud holes, to causeWay boys,
marshes, or swampy places or to repair
any damages occasioned by rain, cuts, or
otherwise, without waiting for the regu-
lar road working; such labor shall be
Justly apportioned, if practicable; and any
overseer failing in this shall be liable to
indictment, fine, and Imprisonment, OF
either. Sec. 4432.
/ Bridge or Causeway Damaged to be
Repaired-lf road, bridge, or causeway
be at any time so damaged as to render
the same dangerous or unfit for travel,
the overscer shall order out hands assign
ed to the road to repair the same, though
they may have already worked ten days
on road; and if any overseer shall fail to
do so, after notice, any member of the