The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-03-02
GOOD ROADS LAW
TAKES EFFECT JULY
An ACT Entitled An Act Relating to the Control,
Supervision, Construction, Repairs and
Drainage OF Public Highways

SecJloH L. Inc once or The road
overseer is hereby discontinued and
the township supervisors shall per-
form, or require to be performed
under their direction all the duties
with reference to building, repair
ing and keeping in order the roads
within townships and are authorized
to employ such persons deemed
necessary to do such work. The
price paid for such construction and
repairing shall be stipulated by SAID
board of supervisors, The township
Supervisors shah designate one or
more Of their number who shall re-
ceive for their services the sum of
three dollars each per dav for at.
tending to the road business Of the
township.
Section 2. Every male inhabitant
being over the age Of tWenty-one
and under the age Of fifty years,
excepting pauperS, lunaticS, and
such other as are now exempt by
law, shall be assessed two dollars in
each year for road and poll tax pur-
poses. The township supervisors
shall proceed to ascertain, estimate,
assess such taxes upon real and per-
s0nal property, a. Is now authorized
by law and in the same manner
Sectiol >. All construction work
which in any one place or continuous
stretch of road shall require an tx
penditure of less than five hundred
dollars shall be done by the town
ship in which such road is situated
under the supervision of the super
visors Of such township. The
supervisors may advertise for bids
for such work to be printed in a
newspaper published in the county
for two successive weeks once in
each week: the first publication t.
be made at least twenty (20l days
2rlor to the day on which such bids
will be opened and passed on by the
board, and may give such other
notice as the board may deem advls-
able. Such notice shall specify the
work to be done, and state where
the plans and specifications may be
examined, the time allowed for the
completion Of the work and th2
time and place when the bids will be
opened and passed upon by the
board. But all road work costing
less than one thousand dollars need
not be so advertised. All bids
must be accompanied by a certified
check of ten per cent Of amount of
bid. The board may for good rea-
son reject any and all bids.
Section 4. All assessments upoN
persons or property shall be paid IN
cash and it shall be the duty of the
TOWNSHIP clerk. immediat ~ after
the board Of township supervis )rs
have made a levy of taxes for pur.
poses, or within three days there
after. to notify the county auditor
of the amount of the levy who shall
enter the same upon the county tax
lists to be collected by the county
treasurer in the same manner as
other township taxes are collected
spd such taxes shall be levied by
the township supervisors on the first
Tuesday of September of each year.
Such tax when collected shall con.
stitute a road fund belonging to the
township from which it was
collected to be turned over to the
township treasurer in the anne
manner as other funds are transfer
eito him. Provided, that electors at
the annual town meeting in March
may upon notice given by the town
ship clerk by a majority vote by
ballot decide to allow said taxes
to be paid at the rate of twenty (2O)
cents per hour per man or forty (lO)
cents per hour for man and team.
Section ). All contracts must be
in writing specifying the work to be
done, the time in which it is to lie
completed. and the amount TO be
paid, and the board NAV require the
contractor to furnish a bond with
approved sureties in such sum as
they shall deem sufficient, condition
ed on the faithful performance of
the said work. The price according
to the plans and specification. Said
1plans and specifications shall provide
THAT all highway grades shall be not