Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-09
ABSTRACT OF GOOD ROADS LAW
GIVING ALL THE IMPORT
ANT FEATURES
OPERATIVE FIRST OF JULY
Road Work Must be Done on Contract
After Advertising for Bids il
Amounting to More
Than S iCO

terest and inquiry as the go2d roads
law, which becomes ererst We jay !.
The es entail and vital fsat res of
the law ae given in the following
abstracts
Does net become a law until July
l, 1911, and consequently VII have
little effect on methods of road work
until spring Of 1912.
Alto ishes office OF road owe seer.
Townships shall have charge of all
road work which in one place or con-
tinuous stretch of road shall require
expenditure of less than $780,
Township supervisors shall des' G.
nate one or more of their nun er
to oversee road work, to be paid So
per day for such services.
Poll taxes at 50 per year shall be
paid in cash unless township votes
otherwise at annual meeting in March
Road work must be done on con-
tract after advertising for bids if work
amounts to more than SlC0.
Township supervise S shall make
annual levy on first Tvesdav in Sep
temher each year which shall be en-
tered upon tax LIST by county auditor,
collected by county treasurer and
turned over to township treasurer in
same manner as other funds are trans
ferred to him.
At annual meeting in Ma CHI cleo
tors may decide by majority vote to
allow taxes to be paid in labor at the
rate of 20 cents Fer hour for man and
30 cents Fer hour for man and team.
Plans and specifications for work
done under contract shall provide that
all h ghway grades shall be not less
than twenty feet in width with e ght
inch rise in the center sloling each
way when completed.
In case of urgent necessity the >ha1r-
| man OF the boa d OF supervisors may
! make nominal repairs 81 any time and
emp oy man for that purpose
All taves for road purposes hi.herto
| LEVIED W tn opt on to pay the same in
labor nGst be worked cut efo e Sep
TENDER /, 1911, otherwise mast be paid
! in cash
County commissioners shall meet
first T esday in September and levy
road tax in add ton to township
levies, not to exceed five mills, to be
expended by said county beard for the
benefit of the township from VIII CHI
said tax is received. Majority of cleo
tors may direct q higher road tax up
to ten mills.
Sections Ia to 81 inclusive are in
structions to county boards concern
ing letting of contracts and methods
of read work to be done under their
supervisors; that is, work amountin ,
to $500 or more 1t is provided that
III drainage work where the amount
of assessment against any one person
is more than 500, such assessment
may be pa d in annual payments OF
500 with 6 per cent int, est.
Sect on % relates to macadamizing
or oil roofing, graveling or ballast
ing roads and provides that such work
may be done on petition o. two thirds
of property owners resident in county
OWING two-thirus Of land abuttng on
road to be SO imp owed.
Others sector of the BIZ Up to 80
relate to ra lroad crossings, cattle
ways, cattle guards, state lands a ut
ting on roads to be improved, handling
tlaction engines, etc The provision
in regard to traction eng mes requires
reasonable care not to brighten no Sc
and other animals met in the road;
requires the driver of such eng me t.
stop Oh signal and allow drivers o.
horses TO pass; require the planking
of bridges, culverts and street cross
ings.
Section SO empowers the TOWNSHIP
sur sors to have the main trave &c
roads including mail routes d jagged
With any road or split-log drag al
such time as they deem most bene.
ic al and they shall contract thereto,
at their March meeting. Not to ex-
!; coed forty per cent of the road ia,
collected under the township levy sha,
be expended Tor this purpose and il
letting contracts for such wo pref
erence shall be given to occupants o
land abutting or adjacent to the road
to be improved.
The act goes into effect July l, 1911
but its operation may be SUSPENDED
in any county if before that date /
petit on is filed with the county com
n.;ssioners signed by ten per cent o
the free-holders of the county, ask
ing that the question of whether Q
not the act shall be adopted in suci
county be submitted to vote at thu
general elect on in November. 1912
Such petition will suspend the &C
in such county until that time. I
the vote at such election Is against tn,
law the question may be resubmitte,
by the county commissioners at an,
succeeding election on petition o
fifteen Pc: cent of the voters.
Rapid City-Mrs. Bessie Wood an
her son Roy F ank, widow and step
son of the late Chauncey l.. Wood
democratic leader of this state, hav
returned to their home in Sea tie, aft
I err brief stay in the H lis and befor
going, settled one point at issue will
Ben and Buell. Wood, the two sons 0
: Mr.. Wood. who are contesting tn
] widows rights to bury Mr.. Wood il
: Seattle. The sons we're induced to a.:
cede to the anDointment of George n