The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-14
STAFFORD ROAD LAW
Passed By last Legislature and Now in Effect

for the Information % our many sinh
scrlters iu Stafford county we nnhiisb
below the full text a she new Sfaff,ra
road law as iollow-.
- IL enacted by the general Assembly
/ oi Virginia, That on and after the Grst
day oi February, nineteen hundred am
elHht, IL shall be lawful for tho c.un-, 90
STAFFORD 20 work and keep in r,nai-
niSh Shway =, roads and bridges. asf.li1v.,. p.
Inc board ut supervisors of -aid
county snail tase charge of aud have
"orNed anu kept In repair an roads nua
pubnc bridges, heretofore and hereafter
established. and for this purpo.e tls,
are authorized and empowered u lew, q
road tax. not exceeding in any one vea-
u!ty cents upon the one hundred dollar
Oh taxable values In said county. unless "a
petition shall be presented to said board
signed by a majority OF the f7eeholders
OF any district IN said county. reouegfinc
an increase IN said tax in said disfric,
which said petition shall show the rates
oi tax asked for IN said district.
it shall be the duty of the supervisor
oil each magisterial district to give ne-.
sopal supervision 10 all roads aud
bridges in his district. and 20 see that
'he roads worked by contract or other.
Wise are properly worked. and where
theIe Is violation of any contract by a
CONTRACTOR, he shall at once institute n-o-
ceedings TO the attorney for the Com
monwealth, in the name of the board M
supervisors. for the recovery OF damages
Tor any breach Of contract. The said
supervisors shall each receive a. com
pensation Tor such services the sum Of
twenty dollars per annum, to be mid
out OF the county levy.
The board OF supervisors shall provide
ior all cost OF roads and bridges now in
existence, and for opening and altering
new roads. and building new bridges an
rebuilding old ones, 10 be levied. collect
ed and paid out according to provision
OF law, which work shall be donein such
way and manner as the said beard shall
| prescribe: provided, that all expenses
Tor bridges that cost over twenty.fve
dollars Tor building or repairing. the
same shall be paid out OF the county
levy, but the said board shall not *
pend IN any one year more than the
amount Tor the levy ~ said fiscal wear
unless they shall accumulate money out
oil the previous levies. in which case thev
are authorized to spend said moneys so
accumulated
No member OF the board ofsupervlsors
shau, directly OF indirectly, be interested
In any contract made under this act
All levies made under this act shall be
extended by the commissioners of rev
enue upon their books separate and
apart from other levies and only be ex.
pended In the district IN " hich they ar.
assessed.
Ii shall be left TO the discretion OF the
board oi supervisors whether the road
shall be worked by overseers. hy con
tract or otherwise, aud for such roads a.
the board shall deem advisable. Ii
may appoint overseers who shall serve
tor term OF two years The overseers
appointed hereunder shall receive twelve
aud one-half cents per hour for the time
tbey are actually engaged upon the
work on the roads. not including the
time of going 10 and returning from the
work. Each overseer shall submit TO
the board an itemized statement. under
oaths, showing the amount OF time n.
has worked upon the road. she time each
man employed by him has worked. the
number OF poles used and the value Of
other timber and material used and
from whose lands taken.
Schedule.-For work on the road IN
der an overseer, the time OF going To
and returning from work not to be com
puted, the compensation for a two
horse team and driver shall be twenty
i've cents per nOur actual work; one
horse team and driver fifteen cents Der
hour actual work; iOur-horse team and
driver forty cents per hour actual work:
bands ten cents per hour actual work.
The board of supervisors of said coun-
ty IL hereby authorized to purchased
such tools, implements and ma
chinery, as well as teams, that may be
needed for work on the public roads, and
TO hire men for any special work at u
compensation to be agreed upon by the
board; all money raised by road tax
levied under this act shall be expended In
the district where collected. and IN the
case an overseer is appointed TO work
any road, the supervisor Of the district,
or the supervisors of the district In
which the road lies, shall on January
first OF each year notify the said over
seers OF the amount of money to be
spent in work for his roads that year,
and he shall not receive pay or bind the
board OF supervisors of his district for
any amount in excess of the amount a.
lotted by the board Of supervisors for
the said road.
Owing to the low rate OF wages au-
thorized by the act approved April
second, nineteen hundred and two. and
the impossibility of securing labor and
teams at the said low rate. there Is an
emergency, and this act shall be in force
from its baesaQe