Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-06-10
New Highway Law.

New Highway Law.
Following is the text of the new
highway law passed by the general
assembly which goes into immediate
effect by publication. The measure
was introduced by Senator Nichols:
THE township trustees shall have
all the main travelled roads, includ-
Ing mail routes, in their townships,
dragged at such time as in their
Judgment is most beneficial, and they
shall contract at their April meeting
to have a given piece of road dragged
at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per
mile for each mile travelled in drag
ging. In choice of persons to do the
work or in making contracts to do
such work, preference shall be given,
other things being equal, to the occu-
pants of the land abutting the road
or adjacent thereto at the point where
the work is to be done, but If more
tnan n occupant, the trustees may
decide to which preference shall be
given. So far as possible such drag
glng shall be done following rain
storm when the earth on the road
surface is in the consistency Of NOR
tar or in condition to accomplish the
best results. Nothing herein contain,
ed shall prohibit township trustees
from causing other than main travel
ed roads in their township to be drag
ged. No compensation shall be paid
to any persons for dragging roads
unless the same be authorized by the
township trustees and in the manner
directed by them and other work than
dragging may be done when it can
accomplish better results. Not less
than forty per cent of the road tax,
collected under the road levy made
by the township trustees, on land
AUDITING the road or adjacent thereto,
shall be worked on said road, if need
ed on the same.
1t shall be the duty of the city
council of cities and incorporated
towns to cause the main travelled
roads within the corporate limits lead
ing into the city or town to be drag
ged and so far as practicable and pos
sible, the provisions of this act shall
be applicable.
The trustees may at any time,
when their contract with the parties
for dragging the road has not been
properly complied with, or when the
work is not done in a satisfactory
manner, cancel said contract with the
party or parties.
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to leave after grad
ing, loose earth, weeds or sod in the
highways in such a manner as to in
terfere with safe travel.
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to drive, ride, or cause
to be driven a vehicle of any descrip-
ton in or upon the south half of an
east and west highway, or east half
of a north and south highway after
the same has been dragged and be-
fore such portion of the highway shall
have dried sufficiently to pack under
a horses feet, or frozen hard enough
to carry, provided that nothing in this
section shall apply in those instances
where it is impossible to drive with
safety on the west or north side of
the road.
ANY person violating any of the
provisions of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall on convic.
ton thereof be fined not less than one
dollar for the first offense and for
each offense thereafter shall be fined
a sum not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars and all
ines collected by prosecutions under
this act shall be paid into the road
fund of the township where the of.
tense was committed or damage done
to the road"