The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-03
NEW ROAD DRAGGING LAW.
Last LEGISLATURE Passes Drastic Road
Dragging Measure-To wnship d.
vided Into Districts.

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If the recent road law enacted by
the last general assembly is enforced,
Iowa will not be lacking in good roads.
The new law has been in force since
the 9th inst. and is known as road
dragging law.
After designating the manner OF ap-
portioning road dragging districts, the
law in part is as follows:
The township trustees shall from
time to time designate what roads
shall be dragged which shall include
all mail routes and the main Travelled
roads within the township; they shall
at their regular meeting in April, at
a special meeting called for that pur-
pose, appoint superintendent OF
dragging, who shall be resident of
the township, or any city or town
within said township, who shall serve
for one year unless sooner removed
by the board; they shall fix the
amount of his compensation which
shall not exceed $3.50 per day and &C.
tual expenses for each day OF eight
hours while engaged in necessary
work for the township, and for giving
notice to contractors who shall be re-
quired to drag he shall receive such
additional compensation as the board
may direct; they shall furnish suit
able drags for the township and shall
pay for same out of the township road
fund; they shall adopt suitable form
of notice to be given by the superin-
tendent of dragging when ordering the
roads dragged.
They shall allow all claims for drag
ging recorded therein, that are in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
act and have the approval of the SUI
perintendent of dragging. The town
ship trustees shall at their regular
meetings in November and April of
each year, settle with the superin-
tendent of dragging and pay all claims
for dragging in each district that have
the approval of the superintendent of
dragging, and that are not inconsistent
with this act, out of dragging fund of
the township, the amount to be paid
for such dragging not to exceed the
sum of fifty (50) cents per mile for
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while dragging the roads; they shall
not allow any claim for dragging I'M
less return card has been duly re-
turned to the superintendent, showing
said work to have been done by his
orders and within twenty-four (24)
hours after receipt Of notice to per-
form such service. The township
trustees at the time of making the an
nual levy of the township for road pur
thousand five hundred twenty-eight
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1907, shall each year levy one mill on
the dollar on the amount of the town
ship assessment for that year, which
shall be designated as the dragging
fund and shall be expended only for
the purpose of dragging the roads
within township.
1t shall be the duty OF the super
intendent of dragging to keep the
dragging records of the township, re-
cOrding therein the names of all per-
sons entitled to compensation for drag
ging, the date of such service, the date
of giving notice of such service, date
of return card, the amount allowed
for such service, but no persons
name shall be recorded therein as
being entitled to compensation for
dragging unless his return card has
dragging. showing said service as hay
ing been performed by order of the
superintendent of dragging and with
in the time limit required for such
service. 1t shall be the duty of the
superintendent of dragging to cause
all roads to be dragged that the town
ship trustees may from time to time
direct at such times as is in his judg
ment is most beneficial He shall
cause the work to be done by giving
the parties contracted with the per-
Torrance of such service such notice