The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-05

ing Out OF Public Roads IN Coun
ties Having Population of No
Less THAI %, 286 Nor More Thar
28, 200, According to the Fedora
Census Of 1900, or any Subse
quent Federal Census.
WHEN TO ELECT COMMISSIONERS.
Section /. Be it enacted by tn,
General Assembly of the State of Ter
nessee, That it shall be the duty d
the Quarterly County Court at iii
April term. 1907, TO elect two RoaC
Commissioners who shall be freehold
ers in said County, who shall hold theil
offices for two years from the first day
Of January, 1907, and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
WHEN COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO QUAIL
IFY.
Sec. 2. Be it futher enacted, Thai
should any Commissioner so elected
fail to qualify within ten days aftel
his election, it shall be the duty oil
the County Judge to appoint Com.
missioner for such County, and said
Commissioner SO elected shall each en-.
ter into bond before the County Court
Clerk in penal sum of three thousand
t$3, 000.00) dollars, payable to the State
of Tennessee, and conditioned for
faithful performance of their duties
and for accounting for all money that
may come into their hands by virture
of their Office, and shall also take an
oath for the faithful performance of
their duties.
COMMISSION TO CLASSIFY ROADS.
Sec. 3, Be it further enacted, That
the Road Commissioners Of the County
shall have entire supervision of all
bridges and culverts in the County
of the length Of twenty
five feet and under, which they
shall have built and kept in repair,
to be paid for with the road fund Of
the District in which said bridge is
located. They shall also have super
vision of all the public roads in the
and shall lay them out and
them as first. second and third
class roads. Roads Of the first class
shall be forty feet wide between the
second class, thirty feet wide
between the bitches; third class, twen-
ty feet wide between the bitches. The
Road Commissioner shall keep well
bound book, in which they shall keep
a record of each road in the County
and the classification of the same, to-
gether with the description of each
bridge in the County; they shall also
assign the hands.
HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE ROADS AND
CONDEMN LANDS.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
Ill applications to open, close or
change road shall be made to the
Road Commissioners of the County,
and they shall give at least ten days
notice to all interested parties at the
time they will inspect said road, and
they may employ surveyor TO locate
5he same, IL necessary. Said Commits
,ioners shall have the power to con-
iemn land for the purpose of laying
tut new roads, or to widen old roads,
Ind to assess the value of the same.
Any person aggrieved by the action OF |
,he Commissioners may appeal to the
lext term Of the County Court, which !
appeal may be heard and determined |
~ the Judge Of said Court, and If the
application is granted, al costs and
damages shall be paid by the appli-
ant or applicants, unless for good rea-
on they shall assess the same to the
in which case the same shall
,e paid by order of the County Court
tut Of the moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, in which
vent they shall report their action to
he next term Of the Quarterly Court
or approval. And If the Quarterly
court disapproves the same, parties
Iggrieved may appeal to the Circuit
Court.
low TO LET CoNTRACTs--BoND RE-
QUIRED.
Sec. 81 Be it further enacted, That
he Commissioners shall let out to the
owest responsible bidder the working
i the public roads in each Civil Dis
riot to one or more contractors for
he term Of two years which contrac-
or shall enter into bond with two or
more good and sufficient securities in
he penal sum Of double the amount
I his contract, payable to the State
I Tennessee, conditioned for the
aithful compliance of his contract.
HOW TO GRADE ROADS.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
II roads shall be graded with one and
ne-half inch to the foot fall from the
enter to each side, and that they shall
e ditched Tn each side with good and i
bitches, SO as to properly {
rain them, and that such bitches
hall be kept open by the contractors {
the entire wear. TX