Middletown transcript., 1907-04-13
THE NEW ROAD LAW
A system for the Repair and Improve.
ment of the Public Highways

,
ment of the Public Highways
Be It enacted 6y the Senate and House Of
Representatires of the State Of Deldudre in
| IN General assembly met:
! Section /. That from and after the fret
day Of April A. d. 1907 the office Of Road
Commissioner, and Of Commissioner of
Roads, and Road Oyerseer shall be abol-
| ished in all the Hundreds in New Castle
4 County, and from and after the last men
toned date the persons who now by law
are filling the said Offices shall, until the
first day Of April A. ID. 1911, fill the office
4 and perform all the duties of Road Sup
eryisors in their respective Hundreds
as the said office is in this Act herein
after provided for.
Section 2. That from and after the said
first day of April A. d. Nineteen hum
dred and Seven, the pubic roads, bridges
and causeways in New Castle County
shall be under the control Of the Levy
Court OF the said County as hereinafter
prescribed, provided, however, that Doth-
| ing contained in this Act shall effect III
any way the care and control over any
public road, bridge or causeWay which is
now, or hereafter may be law reposed III
the Levy Court of the said County.
Section 8. The said Levy Court shall,
at its first meeting in April, in the year
A. D. 1907, appoint competent and
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
| (S2O0Oo) per annum payable monthly.
The said County Road Engineer shall
hold Office for the term of four years
next succeeding his appointment, unless
sooner remos ed by the said Levy Court.
The said Levy Court shall have the
power 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 ap-
point his successor. 1t shall be no ohlec-
tion to said County Road Engineer that
he shall also hold the Office of New
Castle County State Highway Commits
sioner under the provisions of Chapter
l39, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware, pro-
vided that if one person shall fill both of
said offices, the salary paid to him by the
said Levy Court shall be fifteen hundred
dollars (Sl5O0O0) per anuum. payable
monthly.
Section 4. The said Levy Court, COM
mencing with the year 1911 shall, at its
first meeting in April of every year, ap-
point some suitable person to be Road
Supervisor for each of the Hundreds in
in New Castle County who shall reside in
the Hundred for which he is appointed;
the said Hundred Road Supervisor shall
be paid per diem wages to be fixed by the |
Levy Court, for the time he is actually |
engaged in work, the same to be paid |
monthly, as hereinafter provided. The
said Hundred Road Supervisors shall
hold Office until the first day of the
month of April succeeding his appoint
ment, unless sooner removed by the Levy |
Court. The said Levy Court shall have
the right at any time, to remove any
Hundred Road Supervisor for ineapacity,
neglect OF his duties, or other suitable
cause, and to appoint his successor. 1t
shall be the duty OF each Hundred Road
Supervisor, upon the expiration of his
term, or his personal representatives im-
mediately after his death to deliver to his
successor all of the property belonging to
the Hundred or County, in his or their
possession.
Section 5. The said County Road En-
gineer, under the direction of and sub
ject to the approval of the said Levy
Court, shall have charge of making and
repairing the public roads, bridges and
causeways i'll New Castle County; lie shall
personally direct what changes, repairs,
or improvements shall be made i'll the
public roads. bridges and causeways in
said County and shall direct the same to
be made by the Hundred Road Superyi
sor in their respective Hundreds, and ex-
cept in case Of repairs Oh road, bridge |
or causeway made necessary by accident,
and where immediate repairs are neces-
sary, the Hundred Road Supervisor shall |
not make any alteration, repair or inn
provement in any OF the public roads, |
bridges or causeways in New Castle |
County, except by and under the direc-
ton of the said County Road Engineer. |
1t shall be the duty Of the said County
Road Engineer to determine what
| changes or improvements are necessary to
any Of the said public roads, bridges or
| causeways, and to report the same
promptly to the said Levy Court, and ii
such changes or improvements shall meet
with the approval Of the said Levy Court,
to forthwith proceed to cause the same to
be made by the said Hundred Road Sn-
peryisors respectively. He shall report
to the said Levy Court at its first meeting
in April Of each year what Improvements
and changes have been made by him dur
ing the preceding year. together with
| detailed statement of the cost thereof, and
with such recommendations in relation
thereto as lie may think necessary or de-
sirable, including The amount which in
his judgment will be required to be ex-
pended in the several Hundreds OF New
Castle County for the coming year.
Section 6. Tie Hundred Road Super
visors shall have charge, under the direc-
tion Of the said County Road Engineer,
Of the roads, bridges and causeways in i
their respective Hun ireds, and shall in
all things carry out the directions Of the
said County Road Engineer in relation
thereto. They shall have power, under
the dir rectiOn Of tue said County Road !
Engineer, to employ such workmen and |,
teams and to purchase such materials as !
may be necessary for the purposes afore-
said but they shall incur no obligation /