Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-23
COODROADS LAWN Effect JUL. |
An Act Relating to the Control and Sup.
ervision of Public Highways
. (Continued from last week)


the sum of $4,000 he shall have
the option of paving the same in
installments of $4,000 per year,
with interest at six per cent per
annum until paid. All benefits
assessed under this act shall be a
lien upon the land benefited until
paid.
Section 20. The board Of super
visors or county commissioners
may lease to the contractor any
scraper, grader or any other road
tools belonging to the townships
or county.
Section 81. The county commits
sioners in counties or parts thereof
not organized into townships may
employ men and teams to drag and
roll the public highways at such
times as they may deem expedient.
Section %. Whenever a peti-
tion signed by two-thirds of per-
sons resident in the county owning
two-thirds of the acres of land
abutting on any earth road shall
be first filed in the office of the
county auditor, setting forth the
necessity for the same, the starting
point, route and terminus, and the
lands to be included within said
route, or the purpose of macada-
miZing or oil roofing, graveling or
ballasting same, the auditor shall
thereupon place copy of the
petition in the hands of the county
surveyor or a competent engineer,
as selected by the board, who shall
make survey of the proposed
improvement and return a plat and
profile thereof to the auditor, which
1eturn shall set forth a full and
detailed description thereof, its
availability necessity and probable
cost with a description of each
tract of land owned by different
persons within said proposed im-
provement district and other lands
as in his opinion should be included,
with such other facts as he may
deem material which shall be sub
mitted to the board of commission
ers for its approval. If said re-
port is approved the board shall
direct the auditor Immediately
thereafter to cause notice in writ
ing to be served on the owner of
each tract of land within said i'm
provement district who is resident
of the county of the pendency and
prayer of said petition and of the
recommendations of the engineer
and the session of the board of
county commissioners at which
same will be heard which notice
shall be served ten days prior to
said sessession, in the same manner
as summons is required to be
served. In case any such owner
is a nonresident of the county such
notice as to him shall be published
once each week for two consecutive
weeks in newspaper published in
the county, proof thereof being
made by affidavit as in the case of
legal notices published in the news
papers, and like notice shall be
served on those in possession of
said land and mortgages of record,
which proof shall be filed with the
board and the expense of said
service shall be paid out of the
money collected by the tax herein
provided.
Section %. The board at the
session set for the hearing of said
petition shall thereupon proceed to
establish and determine the petition
and if they shall find that said pro-
posed improvement is q necessary
improvement they shall locate and
establish the same on the route
specified in the plat returned by
the county surveyor or engineer.
Section "a. Then the board
shall have established said improve
ment it shall divide the same into
suitable sections and prescribe
the time within which work upon
section shall be begun and COM
pleted.
Section Is. The auditor shall
cause notice to be given Of time
and place Of letting contracts and
the time fixed for its completion,
by I publication once each week
for two consecutive weeks 10 some