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

Of said County and shall last from ter
O'Clock a. m. until noon, and from
one until two and one half O'Clock.
SECTION IL. BE 1T FURTHER
ENACTED, That all applications to
open, change, close or restore 10 the
public use any and ali public roads
snail be made by written petition to
the County Road Commission, stating
the District or Districts in which the
road is located, giving complete de
scrlpuon OF the present road and the
desired changes, and the landowners
TO be effected thereby The County
Road Commission within ten DAYS af-
ter the application has been filed with
them. shall notify the person first
named on the petition as well as all
the owners of the lands affected by
said change, of the date on which they
will be present at the beginning point
mentioned in the petition. TO act on
the application. If any landowner af-
fected by the proposed change is a
nonresident, then ten days written
notice to his Agent or Attorney, re-
siding in the County shall be legal
notice. The County Road Commits
sion shall attend at the appointed
time and place if they have given the
proper notice as required of them, and
shall act upon the application, assess
the damages against the County, and
report their action to the Judge or
Chairman of the County Court. and
with their report file the original petit
ton, notice to landowner, and a full
, report of their action on the same.
stating the new location of the road
so opened, closed, or changed, and the
damages allowed by them to the par
ties damaged. The Judge or Chair
man shall have the petition and their
report entered upon record in the Of
fee of the County Court Clerk, and
shall appropriate a sufficient amount
of County funds, to pay all damages
to the landowners affected and enter
the same upon the appropriation dock
ct, and issue his warrant for the
amount of damage allowed by the
County Road Commission, counter
signed by the Clerk of the County
Court, for the payment OF the same. |
Any interested party may appeal to |
the next term of the Circuit Court; |
Provided, he shall perfect his appeal |
within ten days from the date of the |
the County Judge or Chairman.
The County Road Commission may,
of its own motion, and by its own
initiative open, change, close, or re-
store to the public use, any and all |
roads, without petition by observing
all the essential requirements as set
out above, in the case of petitions.
When any land is condemned for road
purposes, it may be taken at once as
in case of railroads, or other common
carriers. and the owner shall have re-
course on the County for damages.
The County Road Commission may
adjourn the hearing from time to time
and summon witnesses through the
County Sheriff or deputies, and shall
have power to administer oaths to
witnesses. All findings of the Com
mission shall be spread upon the min
ties of the Commission. and certified !
o the County Judge.
SECTION II. BE 1T FURTHER
ENACTED. That nothing in this Act
hall be construed so as to affect the
light of the counties to purchase turn :
likes. and to pay for them out of spe-
ial or general funds; but when the
Dads are SO purchased, they are to
lie turned over to the County Road
to be worked and cared
or
SECTION IS. BE 1T FURTHER
,NACTED, That cts. on the $4,000. 7
nd all the funds collected by the
ounty Judge or Chairman, in any
-ay from the County Workhouse pris-
ners, shall be used by the County
Dad Commission as they may deem
est on the special County Highways,
o-wit: being the roads built, or being
uilt, by the Workhouse hands, and
lie main roads radiating from the =
ounty seat by the nearest routes to
lie County seat of adjacent counties, q
so for the purchasing or hiring or ST
'oper road working machinery and
ans NJ
The above mentioned funds collect !,
by the County Judge or Chairman, VI
TALL be turned over by him to the tn
0unty Trustee of said County for Al
)unty Road purposes; and said mon ~
shall be paid out by said Trustee
warrants signed by both the chair
an and Secretary of said County an
lad Commission, and countersigned &c
the County Judge or Chairman; ct
divided, however, that the County
ustee shall not receive any compen- ne
ton for receiving or dfsbursing sp
nds collected by the County Judge, lay
Chairman. n,
SECTION IA. BE 1T FURTHER =,
JACTED, That the County Road Ca
mmission shall elect the Superin-
ldent and necessary Guards for the
unity Work-house at their regular of
citing in January of each year The bu,
perintendent shall be elected for chr
D years, and shall receive his the
lrd and fifty dollars per MONTH the ner
ards shall be elected for one year blo
the first Guard, who shall act as Won
in the absence of the dru
ular Superintendent, shall receive
board and forty dollars per month,
all other guards shall receive their FL
I'd and thirty dollars per month;
vided, however, that the above
ned salaries shall not operate to