The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-04

be paid to trustees for not more
than IL days in one year. Under
section 22 road supervisors may
be paid not exceeding 81 per day
for each day ACTUALLY engaged
in road work.
Section 81 provides that the
supervisors shall work public
roads that lead to different towns
of the county on through the
towns, this not applying of course
to the side streets of the towns.
All petitions for the establish
ment of new roads that lie
wholly within one township
shall be addressed to the trustees
of that township, but if the
proposed road shall lie in two or
more townships the petition shall
be to the board Of county COM
missioners. Where public road
is the dividing line between two
townships and where a bridge
is on the dividing line the cost
of maintaining shall be borne
jointly by the townships. Bridges
on all public roads across Lum-
ber river, Big Swamp and Shoe
. Heel creek shall remain in the
hands of the commissioners and
at the expense of the general
county fund.
, The commissioners shall have
charge of the chain gang and
shall have the right to hire out
either to the road trustees of the
several townships or to any per.
son, firm or corporation.
Section 80 gives the county
commissioners, on and after the
: 1st Monday in June next, and
annually thereafter, power to
j levy a special tax on all property
and polls for road purposes, the
tax not to exceed Is cents on
: the $100 valuation of property
: and rs cents on the poll. For
collecting and paying to the
e treasurer all sums levied for
e road purposes the sheriff shall
f be allowed a commission of 4
t per cent, and the treasurer
a shall be allowed the commission
Of two per cent. on all moneys
t disbursed on account of the
q road funds.
f The road trustees Of the sever.
2 al townships, together with the
county commissioners, shall
d have complete control of the
O road funds of their respective
= townships. and the trustees shall
n designate what bank or banks
l. shall be used as repositories.
e The above covers the salien
It features of the act. It shall b.
l. in force after April 1st next
e After it was passed in the Sen
Is ate Monday Senator Shaw Sc
e cured reconsideration of the bill
# in order to give him time t
le examine same, as he had beer
" sick for a few days and did no
r have time to examine before it
r. passage.
,e AUDIT AND FINANCE BILL.
ID AS mentioned in Monday
e. Robesonian, an act providin
n. for a board of audit and fnanc
Of for Robson county and fixin
the duties of the same passe
Of the House last week. The thre
On members of the board shall b
or appointed by the General Assem-
de bly, for a period of two years
to and if a vacancy occurs the res
1g ident judge of the Superior Coul
ey for the seventh district shall az
a point. No member of the boar
be shall be in any way interested
Is; any other public office, be tt
ot agent or employe Of any publ
or officer or be interested in any col
er. tract in which any other depar
OF ment Of the county governmel
VI is interested.
We The members of the boal
all shall take oath to inquire in
to all matters relating to receip
US and disbursements Of publ
OF funds Of the county and make
IL true report thereof. The charm;
OF of the board shall give bond
es. the sum of SIS, 600, subject to t
ve- approval of the board of COZ
OF missioners.
ION 1t shall be the duty of t
ion board to investigate and file
ex- detailed and itemized account
zes the condition of all county fina
M ces; the accounts of all officers
ans the county, including the boar
the Of education and road supervise
,s' or their successors; and it sh;
inc publish at least once a iiyear, a
I'M oftener, if necessary, a stateme
30 of the financial condition of t
county, showing by itemiz
Dad statement the permanent a
om- floating debt Of the county, VIII
[.5O contracted, what for and wh
to due;and shall also publish a sta
- ment of the receipts and disbu
ments Of the county of all pub
Onot funds of the county, showing
ear. totalamount receivedand the to
less, amount disbursed for each par
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