The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-25
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4 Sec. 157O-b1.% Roads within corpora
ate limits. 1t shall be the duty of the
city council of cities and incorporat-
ed towns to cause the main travelled
roads within the corporate limits lead
ing into the city or town to be dragged
and, so far as practicable and possible,
the provision "of this act shall be ap-
|plicable.
Sec. 1570-b2. Contracts cancelled
when. The trustees may at any time
when their contract with the parties
for dragging the road has not been
properly complied with, or when the
work is not done in satisfactory man
ner, cancel said contract with the
party or parties.
Sec. 1570-b3. Loose earth, weeds or
sod 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to leave after grading,
loose earth, weeds or sods in the high
way in such manner as to interfere
with safe travel.
A uniform method of contracting
with individual farmers for the use of
the drag should be followed by the
trustees. Businesslike methods OF
making such agreements rarely pre-
vail and the following form of agree
ment is presented as one of the best
that may be used for this purpose.
|This form was prepared by Judge w.
!'R. Lewis, of Montezuma.
Contract for Road Maintenance.
hereby agrees:
First-That from March /, 49,, to
March l, 10. :, he will thoroughly drag
that -. mile. of public highway
which is located ..................
l. .............. of Section. ...... in
W., always, in all
the seasons of the year when drag
cling will do good, and after every rain
sufficiently heavy to make the surface
track" every time when the soil is
in best condition for pudding and for
yielding best results, always in such
manner as to finish and leave smooth
track for the traffic on the crown of
the road.
Second-That for this period he viii;
look after said part of the highway
and SO far as can be done by slight
labor he will keep it clear from OBJ
structions and dangerous deposits,
fill the mudholes and approaches to
culverts and bridges and keep them
smooth and keep the side drains and
those through culverts and under
bridges, open. and when any such con-
ditions occur which cannot be reme-
died by slight labor he agrees to re-
port same, promptly, by telephone or
otherwise, to one of the trustees.
Third-That he will do all said work
in the manner and at the times direct
ed by the trustees of ...........
township, ................. county,
Iowa, Tor ............. .0ollarS
mile of road worked, for the whole
twelve months.
Fourth-Said ............... town.
ship shall furnish the road drag. and
he will properly care for it whilst it
is in his possession.
Fifth-Payments shall be made for
work done according to contract when
ever there is road money in the treas
ury from which they can be made.
Subject to be cancelled by the trus-
tees for failure to perform under the
provisions of Chapter 1O1 OF the Acts
of the Thirty-third General Assembly.
4 ........ LIS.
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Contractor.
The road drag law which is now in
force in this state is probably as good
la law as can be devised under our
present system of township organiza-
ton. So far this law has been far
from successful. Before the road drag
will ever be put into constant and eff
fective use, we must introduce into
our system of management some office,
La county highway superintendent
whose supply of bread and butter as
we'll as the other comforts and neces.
sites depends upon the thoroughness
, with which he keeps the drag in use
I on the highways of the whole county