The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-20
new ROAD DRAG Law
New Law Now in Force for Dragging
Roads---An important Road In
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AN ACT to repeal chapter one
hundred one (10D of the laws Of
the Thirty-third general assembly
and to enact substitute therefor re-
lating to the dragging of public high
ways and providing penalty for fail
ure to perform such duties.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE GEN.
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
OF IOWA:
Section l. That the law as it ap-
pears in chapter one hundred one
101) of the acts of the thirty-third
General Assembly of Iowa be and the
same is hereby repealed and the fol-
lowing enacted in lieu thereof: 1t
shall be the duty of the township
trustees at their regular meeting in
April, 1911, or at a special meeting
called for that purpose, to divide the
public roads of the township into per-
manent road-dragging districts. The
districts shall be numbered and desig-
mated as follows: Beginning at the
northeast corner of section one a.,
the public roads running through the
township east and west shall be
known as one-north %, two-north
(2-n), three-north (3-n), four-north
(4-n), five-north (5-n), six-north
(6-n), seven-north (7-n), eight-north
(8-n), nine-north (9-n), ten-north
GO-n), eleven-north (11-n), twelve
north (12-n), thirteen-north (13-n)
fourteen-north Q4-n), fifteen-north
G5-n), sixteen-north (16-n), seven
teen-north 17-n), eighteen-north
GS-n), nineteen-north (19-n), twen-
ty-north (20-n), twenty-ona-north
(21-n), twenty-two-north (22-n),
twenty-three-north (23-n), twenty
four-north CAM, twenty-fve-ncrth
(25-n), twenty-six-north (26-n),
tWenty-seven-north (27-n), twenty
eight-north (2S-n), twenty-nine-
north (29-n), thirty-north (30-n),
thirty-one-north (31-n), thirty-two o.
north (32-n), thirty-three- north
(33-n), thirty-four-north GAM,
thirty-five-north (35-n), thirty-six-
north (36-n); the pubic road run
ming along the south side of the
township shall be numbered and
designated as district thirty-six-
south 1853, thirty-fye-south (35-s)
thirty-four-south (34-s), thirty
three-south (33-s), thirty-two-south
(32-s), thirty-one-south (31-s); be-
ginning at the northeast ~corr1er1 Of
section one %, the public roads run
ming north and south through the
township shall be numbered and
designated as dragging districts one
east (l-e}, twelve-eaSt (12-e), thir-
teen-east (I3-e), twenty-four-east
(24-e), twenty-five-east (25-e), thir-
ty-six-east (36-e), thirty-fve-east
(35-e), twenty-six-east t26-e),
twenty-three east (23-e), fourteen
east l4-e), eleven-east (11-e), two
east (2-e), three-east (3-e), ten-east
(l0-e), fifteen-east (15-e), twenty
two-east t22-e), twenty-seven-east
(27-e), thirty-four-east (34-e), thir-
(33-e), twenty-eight
east (2S-e), twenty-one-east
1-e)sixteen-east (iG-e), nine.
east (9-e), four esst (4-e), five
east (5-e), eight-east (8-e), seven
teen-east 1O, twenty-east (2O-e),
twenty-nine-east (29-e), thirty-two-
east (32-e), thirty-one-east (31-e),
thirty-east (3O-e), nineteen-east
19-e), eighteen-east (18-e), seven
east (7-e), six-east (6-e); the public
road running along the west side of
the township shall be numbered and
designated as dragging districts six
west (6-w), seven-west (7-w),
1S-w), nineteen-west
l9-w), thirty-west cow, thirty
one-west (31-w); in townships hay
ing a meandering highway, or high
ways, not laid out on section lines
the district shall be numbered to cor
respond with the number of the gov
ernment section through which they
are laid out and such highway. or
highways, shall constitute one dis
trict.
Section 2. The township trustees
shall from time to time designate
what districts shall be dragged, which
must include all mail routes and all
the main Travelled roads within the
township; they shall at their regu-
lar meeting in April or at a special
meeting called for that purpose, ap-
point superintendent of dragging.
VINO shall be a resident of the town
snip, or any city or town within said
township, who shall serve for one
year unless sooner removed by the
ooard; they shall fix the amount of
his compensation which shall not ex-
ceed $3.50 per day and actual ex-
penses for each day of eight hours
wnlle engaged in necessary work for
the township, and for giving notice
TO contractors who shall be required
TO drag he shall receive such addi-
tlonal compensation as the board
may direct; they shall furnish suit
able drags for the township and pay
Tor same out of the township road
!und; they shall adopt a suitable
form of notice to be given by the
of dragging when or
1er1ng Tue roads dragged, stipulating
ne manner OF serving same, and
snail furnish each person contracted
With to drag roads return cards
which shall be suhsta ntia1lv in +bo