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

and then he shall not be appointed
70 more than two sections.
Any District Commissioner appoint
ing a VIGOROUSLY Incompetent over
seer or enc related to him by affinity
or consequently within the fourth
degree by the civil law. shall be
guilty OF a misdemeanOr in office and
upon conviction be fined not less
than $500 and forfeit his Office.
The County Road Commission may.
for cause, remove from office any in
competent District Commissioner or
overseer which vacancy shall be filed
as provided by law Ii shall be the
duty of the District Commissioner
when he appoints an overseer, to
give the number of his road section
or sections. clearly defining the be-
ginnings and endings of the sections
together with the hands assigned
thereon, by name. and designating
the bounds Of roads. by streets, farms
and residences; making the division
of hands to the various roads as con-
yenient as possible, and having re-
gard to a proper division of the
hands upon the various roads but no
allotment of hands shall be made to
any other than public road. 1t shall
be the duty of the overseer to make
a supplementary list of all the hands
in his road bounds who escaped the
report of the Commissioner, or who
have moved into his road bounds, I'M
less they prove satisfactorily that
they have already performed road
service in the State. The overseers
receiving the same compensation per
capita as the Commissioner.
Before entering upon the discharge |
of his duties, the District Commission |
er shall take an oath for the faithful
performance of the duties of his !
office, and shall enter into bond be-
fore the County Court Clerk in the
sum of Five Hundred ($50000) Dol
lars for the faithful accounting for
all the money and property coming in
to his hands, and for the faithful per-
for Communication or other purposes,
shall be paid to the Trustee. The
district Commissioner shall make
written report to the County Road
on or before the first Mon
lay in each year, showing what work
las been done in his District and
what tools are on hand.
The district Commissioners shall {
eceive a salary of $500 per annum {
tut of the road fund. They shall |
lave the care and custody of all road '
ools and machinery in their districts q
hat belong to their respective Dis '
rlcts and shall be responsible for a
he same, and should any District C
be called upon by the I
county Road Commission to perform Z
xtra services, he shall receive pay
Or the same, not to exceed $3.50 per a
ay An overseer shah be paid $3.50 II
er day for his services, but. if with o
l road age, he shall perform as many t
avs service as overseer without COM n
ensation upon the first road section o
e works, as are assessed to the road b
ands He shall be allowed $1.00 for c.
arning in the road hands on each p
ection of road he has in charge. Any 81
oney allowed the overseer by the 81
istrict Commissioner, or otherwise 81
ust be expended while he is working =
lie said section with the road hands; .
1t he may contract for broken stone u
other material before hand to be U
ken at that time. 81
The District Commissioner may tn
nploy him to oversee any other work tn
)on the road at the wages stated IN
,ove. be
No County Road Commissioner, ID
strict Commissioner, overseer or eS
her road official shall hire to him.
If any wagon team, or implement, 10
sell to himself any material for le'
e road, except in cases of emer- op
ncy, and ain all such cases the cost no
ereof shall be determined by the ce
unty Road Commission Provided, LEI
thing in this Section shall preclude ty
e County Road Commission from
with any of the aforesaid En-
icials for service or material on thu
bile highways. Violation of the tee
owe provision shall be misde- to
amor, and, upon conviction the fine inc
all be equal to the amount involv- ex'
and when collected, shall be paid Co
er to the Trustee to be applied to tai
road fund of the District in which ais
offense was committed. 1t shall be pol
duty of the OVerSeer to have the Sa1