Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1911-08-24

borers shall be paid out of the road funds OF the
county upon a warrant of the County Judge or
Chairman of the Court which warrant shall be
issued upon an order of the Road Commission,
signed by the Chairman and at lesst one associate
member. The Superintendent shall do the clerical
work of the Commission, and shall keep the books.
showing the amount of money disbursed, to whom
paid. and for what purpose. The road funds of
the county shall be one common fund, without
reference to civil districts or road districts and
shall be used and applied by said Public Road
Commission to the roads in any section of the
county, where. in the Judgment of the Superlnten-
dent and associate members. it is most needed.
SECTION S. Be it further enacted, That the
County Court of each county under the provisions
of this Act shall at the January term of each year.
levy tax upan all property, both real and per-
sonal, outside of the corporate limits of incorpor
ated towns, for the purposs Of establishing, i'm
proving, and maintaining the roads, which tax
shall not be less than ten cents nor more than
twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars, to
be expended by the Board of Public Road Com
missioners created nnder this Act. In addition
to the road tax levied as herein provided all male
inhabitants between the ages Of twenty-on years
and fifty years shall be required. unless exempted
by the County Court for some physical disability,
same being recommended by the Commissioners,
to pay into the county treasury a sum not less
than $500. or more than $4.s0 per annum. which
shall be part of the road funds of the county,
which amount shall be levied by the Court and
collected other taxes now collected; provid-
ed. that anyone subject to this road tax may pay
and discharge the same by the performance of six
days labor upon the public roads in the district
in which he resides at such time and place as the
Superintendent may designate
SECTION 6. Be 1T further enacted, That the
Board of Commissioners shall classify the roads
throughout the county, and that there shall be
four grades of roads in this classification, the
width Of each character of road to be as follows
First Gloss shall have right of way from thirty
two to forty feet wide, this class to be known az
pikes second, third. and fourth class roads to be
as now prescribed by law. The number of miles
in each section shall be determined by the classif-
cation of the road and the amount of travel to
which the section Of road is subject by the gener-
al public. It shall be the duty of Commissioners
in laying out and establishing said roads to avoid
heavy grades and to reduce the same where prac-
ticable. and when possible to do so, the roadbed
shall be graded with fall Of one inch to the foot
from the center Of the road to the bitches, which
shall be maintained on each side Of the road of
sufficient depth to drain The roadbed. and they
shall construct and maintain open culverts so as
to allow the water to escape and properly drain
the road
SECTION T. Be it further enacted, That said
Board Of Road Commissioners shall procure all
stone, t!mbers. culverts, and material necessary
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and have the same in readiness distributed along
the roads at such points as will be convenient and
accessible for the men at work upon the various
sections of the road. The Board of Road Commits
'ioners shall have the right to condemn, or by en-
nent domain acquire for the public use, rights of
way, stations for rock quarries, roads thereto |
tone gravel, water and all material necessary for
he building and maintenance of public roads as |
vet out in the Code of Tennessee; and any damage |
assessed hereunder. or agreed upon by the Com
nissioners and the party aggrieved, shall be paid |
lpon warrant of the Judge or Chairman of the
Court out Of the road funds not otherwise apprc-
,riated, upon order of the Board of Commissions
rs signed by the Chairman and at least one other
# the members.
SECTION 8. Be it further enacted, That all ap-
'lications to open, change, close any highway
n any county coming within the provision of this
Act shall be made by written petition to the Com
missioner Of the section Of the county in which
aid highway is loo ated 1t shall then be the duty
f said Commissioner to instruct the Superintend-
mt to go on the premises, carefully view the sti,-
tion, make a full and complete report in writing
o the Commissioners, whose duty it will be to try
0 settle all differences without resorting to law;
mt if not agreeably settled then sama shall Lo
aiken up and jury of view appointed as prescrib-
d by law. Any expense incurred by the Commits
toner's in adjusting the matter is to be paid upon