The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-05-14


7 required Of the workhouse Commits
/ siOners- The County Road Commits
zion shall have supervision and con
\ troll Of all the roads and special COun
7 IS Highways. and special County high
way funds in said County. and have
supervising authority over the Dis
trict Commissioners in their work,
and of such bridges as are not under
the special control of the County
Court. being those bridges heretofore.
or hereafter built by the Quarterly
Court
They shall make all necessary
rules and regulations for the work
ing OF all the roads in said Counties
including the time for working roads,
and TO work any roads or parts of
roads By contract. when they deem
it best Said County Road Commits
sion as a body, once a year. and be-
fore the time for regular road work
ing, in company with the District
Commissioner CT any district concern
ed, after said District Commissioner
shall have had three days written
notice to attend, shall go over and in
spect all the special highways of the
County, and such parts of the main
roads leading most directly from the
County seat to the County seats of
adjacent Counties, as are not charter
ed toll roads. for the purpose of intel
ligently expanding the special high
way fund on said County roads consid-
ering the Importance and necessity to
the general public together with the
condition of the various roads and
parts of rodas in apportioning said
fund, and not to apportion by fat
rate per mile. Also to give directions
to the District Commissioners as to
their working of said roads, and es-
pecially to the removing of all fences
or other Instructions from the bitches
in order that they may be opened, and
the roads graded and worked
by horses and machinery where
it is practicable, rather than |
with picks and shovels; that the /
best interest of the roads and general |
public may be advanced. Said Coun-
" Road Commissioners shall make to
he Quarterly County Court at each
'egular session an itemized report of
Ill funds coming into their hands or
lnder their control, from any source
whatever, to whom paid out, for what
services performed and on what roads
their report being subject
o the approval of the Quarterly Coun-
y Court, which report shall be
pread upon the minutes of said
)ourt, subject to inspection by the
eneral public. :,
SECTION II. BE 1T FURTHER
,NACTED, That the road Districts
f said Counties shall be coextensive :
nth the Civil Districts. The Quar-. ,
erly County Court in session, shall, !
it's first meeting in January of odd !
ears, commencing with 1911 and ev- !,
ry two years thereafter elect some !
tactical road man in each Civil Dis 4
let as District Commissioner" =
hose term of office shall be two II
ears and who shall have the general b
lpervision of the roads in his dis !
let and have the same worked under :
lie direction of the County Road Com =
ission. >. r
Should any differences arise be- n
geen any of the citizens of the Dis Ii
let and the Commissioner thereof, b
ey shall be referred to the County O
Dad Commission for adjustment. II t;
all be the duty of the District Com
issioner to attend when notified to e
SO, when the County Road Commits II
On is inspecting the roads of his Dis a.
let and to make to the Commission a
II report after the roads have been D
)rked, as to how said directions OF
We been carried out The district Sc
shall make out and file OF
tn the County Road Commission, a Ii
t of all the road hands in their re- 20
ective Districts, by names, farms or III
5idents, and road sections on or G,
fore the first Monday in June of nj
CHI year, for which they shall re- tn
I've five cents per capita. &C
The district commissioner shall APP of
int overseers for one year, for the pu
rious road sections in their dis al
cts. A road section shall be at M
st two full miles and not more than sh
2 miles of road the various road ed
,tions being numbered No over ov
# shall have more than one road til
.tion unless it is necessary, in order tn
get a suitable nan for oyerseer tn