The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1911-10-20

up al culVerUS ana DrlQgeS UnaG may
now be built on anv public highway
except such bridges as are built ovel
living creeks or any permanent flow.
ing stream of water in this state; and
said board of supervisors shall have
the right to use all the road and bridge
fund of their township IL necessary
for the construction of said dams"
In addition to the benefits to the
road and the conservation of moisture
such a policy of dam building would
afford vast amount of employment
to worthy settlers, and all the remu.
neration will remain in circulation in
the municipality where the work was
done.
The provisions of law in regard tC
the immediate work of construction
are as follows:
"Section 2739, Political Code. The
work of building such dams shall be
under the immediate control and di.
rection of the road overseer in the
district where the same are to be con.
structed. The road overseer shall
have the right to warn out all resid.
ent inhabitants of his district to per.
form labor on the construction of said
dams the same as is now provided .ol
working the roads. and with like eff.
feet, and each resident for such dis.
trict shall receive the same pay as
for working roads, and the receipt for
such labor, signed by the overseer,
shall be accepted in lieu of road tax.
"Section 2740. The respective Of
ficers may begin building dams at the
source or upper end of the smaller
water course first, then at the upper
end of the next larger ravines. All
dams built on township lines shall be
under the sole supervision and direc-
ton of the supervisors of the town
ship through which such water flows
before it gets to the dam.
"Section 2741. After the construc-
ton of said dams it shall be the duty
of the township supervisors. through
the road overseers of the township. to
keep said dams in good state of re-
pair by planting native willows and
other vegetation on the sides of such
dams, and do anything which in their
Judgment seems best to effectively
peryent the water from washing the
dam away; but all such work shall be
called road work, and be paid for at
the regular rate out of the road and
bridge fund of the township in which
such dam is constructed; and any
person who shall interfere with the
construction of said dams, or shall
tear down or destroy the same in any
manner, so as to render them unfit
for the purpose intended, shall be
guilty of a misdeameanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined no more than
two hundred dollars ror less than
twenty live dollars, or be imprisoned
in the county jail not more than nine
ty days nor less that ten days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
"Section 2742, The provisions OF
this Article shall be mandatory upon
road overseers. supervisors and county
commissioners, and all others inter
ested, and they are hereby required
to begin the construction of said dams
on or before the first day of June OF
each year and the work of building
said dams shall proceed with all reas-
enable dispatch to the end that the
waters accommodating from the melt
ing SHOWS or spring rains may be
stored and preserved for the use OF
the public.
Section 2743. Any person who shall
neglect or refuse to do his duty under
the provisions OF this Article shall be
deemed guilty of misdomeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined a sum
not more than twenty dollars nor less
than five dollars, or be imprisoned in
the county Jail not more than ten days
nor less than five days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment for each
and every offense."
The ballot-the poor mans dearest
friend-should be used unheeitatingly
in this instance to promote the public
welfare of the Empire of Stanley.
Let us all as citizens see to it that
this great subject is removed from
petty politics-that it is not juggled
at the polls or manipulated by the
politicians. Let us all stand as one
man for the law that can at one and
the same time conserve our waterfall
Improve our roads, and furnish suf
flciency of local employment to the
man who wants work.
WARRANT CAII