Evening journal., 1907-04-03
MANY REFORMS IN.
new ROAD Law
Creates Office Of County En-
gineeF. and Road Commits
SiOnerS Become Supervisors
CHANGES THAT ARE MADE


acted by the Legislature and signed
by Governor Lea that the entire texl
cf it is printed herewith for Informal
ton of residents of the county Tho
law creates the Office Of county engi-
neer. to which James Wilson has been
elected. and the road commissioners
now become road supervisors. These
officials are responsible to the Levy
Court. The entire law is as follows;
An act to provide p system for the
repair and Improvement Of the public
reads, bridges and causeways I'm New
Castle county. FOR the collection OF hum
dred road taxes heretofore assessed
and levied, and to repeal all acts in-
consistent therswith.
Be It enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representative Of the State
Of Delaware in General Assembly met.
Section /: That from ard after the
first day of April, A. ID. 1907, the Office
of road commissioner. ana commits
sioner Of roads. and road overseer shall
be abolished in an the hundreds in New
Castle county, and from and after the
last mentioned date the persons who
now by law are filling the said offices
shall. untN the first day Of April a, d.
1911. iii the offices and perform all the
duties of road supervisors i'm their re-
spective hundreds as the seid office is
IN this act hereinafter provided for
Section 2: That frcm and after the
said first day of April, A. d. Nineteen
Hundred and Seven, the public roads
bridges ana causeways in New Castle
county shall be under the control Of
the Levy Court of the said county as
hereinafter prescribed, provided. how
ever, that nothing contained in this
act shall affect in any way the care
ard control over any public road, bridge
or causeway which is now, or here
after may be by law rcposed in the
Levy Court cf the said county.
Section 8: The said Levy Court shall
at its first meeting in April in the
year A. d. 1907. appoint a competent
ana skilled person who shall be known
as the county road engineer. and
there shall be paid to him by the said
Levy Court salary of twenty five
hundred dollars S250OoW per annum
/ payable monthly. Tho said county
road engineer shall hold Office for the
term of four years next succeed ding his
appointment, unless sooner removed
by the said Levy Court. The said Levy
Court shall have the pawer at any
/ time to remove any person occupying
the position of county road engineer
/ for incapacity. neglect Of his duties,
or other Suitable cause, and to appoint
his successor. It shall be no objection
to said county road engineer that he
shall also hold the office cfrNeW Castle
county state highway commissioner
under the provisions OF Chapter lS9
Volume 23 Laws OF Delaware. provided
that IL one person shall hll both Of s'ii'
offices. the salary paid to him by th'
i said Levy Court shall De ffteen hun
\ dred dollars (S15OOO0) per annum, pay
able monthly.
section 4: The said Levy Court
commencing with the year 1911 shall
4 at us first meeting in April of ever!
T. ye1r. appoint SOME suitable person z
be "a read supervisor for each OF tn
hundreds in New Castle county VIII
shall reside in the hundred for which
he s. appointed: the said hundred roa'
supervisor shall be paid per 'iiemWage'
to be fixed by the Levy Court for th'
time he is actually engaged In work
the same to he paid monthly, as here
matter provided. The said hundre,
road supervisors shall hold office unit
the first day cf the month,pi April su2'
cesding his appointment, Unless soone'
removed by the Levy Court. The SAID
I.ovy Court shall have the right at am.
tin-e to remove any hundred road sup
ervisor for incapacity, neglect Of hii
duties. or other suitable cause. and t'
appoint his successor. 1t shall be IN
duty of each hundred road supervisor
rpon the expiration of his term. or hi
personal representatives immediatel
after his death to deliver 70 his sue
cessor all Of the property belonging t
the hundred or county, in his or thei
possession.
Section o. The said county road en-
gineer. under the direction Of and sub
ject to the approval Of the said Lev
Court. shall have charge OF maxim
and repairing the public roads, bridge
and causeways in New Castle county
/ nc shall personally direct wha
, changes, repairs or Improvements sha
. be made in the public roads, bridge
and causeways in said county and sha
direct the same TO be made by tn
{ hundred road. Supervisors in their re
. spective hundreds, and except In cas-
2 Of repairs on a soad, bridge or cause
way made necessary by accident, an
where immediate repairs are necessar.
the hundred road supervisor shall no
make any alteration. repair or i'm
t provement in any OF the public road
bridges or causeways in New Cast
q county. except by and under the di
e rection Of the said county road engi
D neer. II shall be the duty Of the sal
Q county road engineer TO determine wha
changes or improvements are neces
: sary to any Of the said public road
bridges or causeways and to repol
the same promptly to the said Lev
Court and If such changes or i'm
provements shall meet With the az
proval of the said Levy Court to forth
with proceed to cause the same to b
made by the said hundred road super
visors respectively. He shall report
the said Levy Court at its first meet
ing in April of each year what inn
provements and changes have be
made by him during the precedin
year. together with a detailed state
ment Of the cost thereof. and wit
e such recommendations an relatio
thereto as he may think Necessary Z
desirable. including the amount whic
in his Judgment win be required 70 h
expended in the several hundreds {
New Castle county for the comm
year.