Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
IoWA'S new ROAD LAW
Full Text of Measure Destined to
Improve Highways.
ROAD DRAGGING COMPULSORY.
One of the New Good Roads Laws
b Passed by the Recent
Legislature.

We have had so many inquiries
concerning the new road dragging
law passed by the recent legislature,
that we print it below in full, so
that our readers may know it's pro-
visions, and the proper officers may
nave no excuse for not obeying it:
AN ACT to repeal Chapter one hun
dred one GOD of the laws of the
thirty-third General Assembly, and
to enact substitute therefor re-
lating to the dragging of public
highways and providing penalty
Tor failure to perform such duties.
Be it Enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Iowa:
Section l.. That the law as it an
pears in Chapter One Hundred One
GOD of the Acts of the Thirty
third General Assembly of Iowa be
and the same is hereby repealed and
the following enacted in lieu there
or: 1t shall be the duty of the
township trustees at their regular
meeting in April, 1911, or at a spe-
cial meeting called for that purpose,
to divide the public roads of the
township into permanent road-drag-
ging districts. The districts shall
be numbered and designated as
follows: Beginning at the north
east corner of Section One "a,
the public roads running through
the township east and west shall
be known as one-north (1n), two
four-north (4-n), five-north (5-n)
six-north (6-n), seven-north (7-n)
eight-north (S-nD, nine-north (9-n)
ten-north (10-n), eleven-north
(11-n), twelve-north 12-n), thir-
teen-north G9-n). fourteen-north
(14-n), fifteen-north Q5-n), six
teen-north (16-n), seventeen-north
17-n), eighteen-north (1S-n)
nineteen-north (19-n), twenty
north (20-n), twenty-one-north
(21-n, twenty-two-north (22-n)
twenty-three-north cam, twenty
four-north CAM, twenty-five-north
(25-n), twenty-siX-north (26-n)
twenty-seven-north (27-n), twenty
eigal-north (2S--n), twenty-nine-
north l29-n), thirty-north (30-n)
ehii ~ oHO-hoi III NoI-HJ, lHiTly-lWO-
north (32-n), thirty-three-north
(33-n), thirty-four-north GAM
thirty-five-north (35-n), thirty-six-
north (36-n); the public road run
ming along the south side of the
township shall be numbered and
designated as district thirty-six-
south (36-s), thirty-five-south (36-s)
thirty-four-south (34-s), thirty
three-south (33-s), thirty-two-south
(32-s), thirty-one-south (31-s); be-
ginning at the northeast corner Of
section One 0), the public roads
running north and south through
the township shall be numbered and
designated as dragging districts one
east (1-e), twelve-east 12-e),
thirteen-east 13-e), twenty-four-
east (24-e), twenty-five-east (2o-e),
thirty-six-east (36-e), thirty-fve-
east (35-e), twenty-siX-east (26-e),
twenty-three-east (23-e), fourteen
east G4-e), eleven-east 11-e), two
east (2-e), three-east (3-e), ten-east
(10-e), fifteen-east, 15-e) twenty
two-east (22-e), twenty-seven-east
(27-e), thirty-four-east (34-e),
thirty-three-east (33-e), twenty
eight-east (2S-e), twenty-one-east
(21-e), sixteen-east (16-e). nine
east (9-e), four-east (4-e), five-east
(5-e), eight-east (S-e), seventeen
u7-e), twenty-east (20-e), twenty
nine-east (29-e), thirty-two-east
(32-e), thirty-one-east (31-e), thir-
ty-east (30-e), nineteen-east (l9-e),
eighteen-east GS-e), seven-east
(7-e), six-east (6-e); the public road
running along the west side OF the
township shall be numbered and des-
ignated as dragging districts SIN
west (6-w), seven-west (7-w),
eighteen west (1S-w), nineteen
west (19-w), thirty-west cow,
thirty-one-west (31-w); in town
ships having meandered pubic
highway, or highways, not laid out
on section lines the district shall be
numbered to correspond with the
number of the government section
through which they are laid out and
such highway, or highways, shall
constitute one district.
Section 2. The township trustees
shall from time to time designate
what districts shall be dragged
which must include all mail routes
and all the main travelled roads WIN
in the township; they shall, at their
regular meeting called for that pur.
pose, appoint superintendent OF
dragging, who shall be resident oil
the township, or any city OF town
within said township, who shal,
serve for one year unless removed
by the board; they shall fix the
amount of his compensation whlch
shall not exceed $3.50 per day and
actual expenses for each day OF eight
hours while engaged in necessary
work for the township, and for CIV
ing notice to contractors who shall
be required to drag, he shall receive
such additional compensation as the
board may direct; they shall furnish
suitable road drags for the town
ship and pay for same out OF the
township road fund; they shall
adopt suitable form of notice to