The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-02-02

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survey and measurement Of all pnblic
roads I'm Henderson County 30 fhat
the boundary lines between said roads
and ahHtting property may be easfIv
ascertained when occasion reuuires
Hesshan lay or said roads into sec
TONS OF three miles to I'VE miles
the township lines to be marked on
the pat and observed In laying on
SAID sections so that no section shall
be part in two townships. Each seq
ton OF road shall be named and num-
bered on said plat or map which shall
De He'd in the Supervisors Office and
proper books shall be kept by him so
that exact data can be hadsfor the use
Of the public, All public roads and
bridges shall be made, worked and
kept up under the supervision and di-.
rection OF the Supervisor. The SUI
pervisor shall, for the D of
letting roads out. to contract, make
and file in his Office detailed apecih-
cations as to each section, showing
how b roads shall be made and how
worked and maintained. The SUPER
visor shall in May of each year. after
due notice to the public let the work
on q sections out on contract to
the lowest responsible bidders, and
for that purpose shall attend on diff
ferent days at some public place to be
named by him in each township. Pro-
v1ded' the Supervisor may, when in
his Judgment the bids on any section
or sections are too high, or when
there are no bids. employ labor upon
the best terms he can secure to keep
up said section or sections. All con-
tracts under this act for keeping up
sections of road shall be in writing
and in duplicate and shall contain in
definite terms the plans and speci-
fcations for keeping up said sections,
OF road. The Supervisors. shall keep
on file, open to public inspection,
copies of all such contracts. All con-
tractors for sections of road under
this act shall be paid one-third con-
tract price at the end of each four
months, but never until the superb
visor shall have inspected said sec
tfOns of road andsapproved the, same.
and for this purpose the said Sup
ervisor shall go over and inspect
all public roads in the County each
four months. No person shall CON
tract to keep more than the roads
in one Township. The work upon all
bridges In the County, shall be done
by. the contractor, when the public
roads shall be let by sections to con-
tract. the lumber and hardware mat
erial to be used in said bridges shall
be furnished by the Supervisor and
delivered by him to the points where
needed. Provided, that the bridges
across French Broad River, Mills
River, Green River, Broad River at
Bat Cave, Mud Creek. Hooper's Creek,
below Bud Maxwellis farm and Clear
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Big Willow Greek below Dock Pat
~terson's fran, shall not be built or
kept up by said contractors, but shall
be built, repaired and maintained
by the Supervisor.
When any contractor shall fail to
keep in proper repair any section of
public road according to plans and
specifications and refuses to put same
In proper condition after notice from
the Supervisor, the Supervisor may
emploX labor and have same put in
fpf0per repair and deduct the cost Of
said work from the contract price
agreed to be paid to the contractor
flor keeping said section or sections
Of road in repair.
SECTION 6. That it shall be the
duty of the Supervisor to purchase and
keep on hand a sufficient supply Of
bridge material to answer emer-
gency demands, and he shall, for the
purpose of getting the benefit of COM
petition, advertise his requirements
before purchasing said material.
SECTION z. For the purpose Of
this act all the public roads leading
into the town OF Hendersonville shall
be until they strike the streets In
| the town which are, or may here
after be macadamized or paved. re-
garded as public roads: Provided the
Supervisor and town Commissioners
may agree upon a sum not TO exceed
Forty Dollars per mile for each mile
'1of public road within the corporate
limits Of said town to be paid to the
town in lieu of letting said roads
or streets in sections by contract as
hereinbefore provided to be used by
the town underApro rata milage
basis, in keeping said road or streets
repair. r
SECTION. s. The uniform width
Of all roads In the county shall be
sixteen feet except roads leading into
Hendersonville for distance. OF five
miles from said town, which may in
the discretion of the Supervisor, as
far as ~practionable, at all places, from
twenty-five feet wide to thirty feet
wide in the direction of the Supervi-
sor: Provided the streets. in Hender-
sonville herein made public roads for
the purposes Of this act. shall be and
remain as laid out and established by
the town authorities.
SECTION 8. All road machinery
and tools now belonging to the coun-
ty shall be turned over to the Super
visor by the parties having them in
charge. =
SECTION 10. All moneys belong
ing t o the public road and bridge
fund in hands of other parties shall be
Immediately turned over to the lCoun-
ty Treasurer of Henderson County to
be held and paid out by him upon
proper vounches approved by the
Supervisor.
SECTION IL. ALI moneys expend-