Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-09
GOODROADSL IN Effect Jul. |
An Act Relating to the Control and Sup
ervision of Public Highways

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highway grades shall be not less
than twenty feet in width with
eight inch rise in the center sloop-
ing each way when completed.
Section 6. All work done Under
any contract let by supervisors Of
any township shall be paid by the
township treasurer out of the road
fund in his hands belonging to the
township in which such work is
done, on order of the board OF
supervisors of such township certi-
flying the amount of work done
and the amount to be paid for the
same, but in no case shall moro
than seventy-fve per cent of the
contract price be paid until the
work is completed and accepted by
the board and so certified by them.
Section 7. In case Of urgent
necessity the chairman of the board
of supervisors may make nominal
repairs at any time, and employ .
man for that purpose who shall
drag the highways after rains whom
in proper condition to do so to OBJ
tain the best results bis pay to be
stipulated by said board of SUPER
visors.
Section 8. In case of transients,
or those not assessed for personal
taxes, the township board of super
visors, or some person authorized
by them in their respective town
ships shall collect poll tax in cash
under the provisions of the law in
force for the collection of such tax.
Section 9. All taxes for road
purposes including road poll taxes,
hitherto levied, with the option to
pay the same in labor, must be paid
in labor before the first day in
September, 1911, otherwise the
same shall be paid into the county
treasury in cash.
Section 10. All road construc-
tion work which in one place or
continued stretch of road including
bridge approaches and grading
same, which will in the option of
the county commissioners require
an expenditure of five hundred
dollars or over, including survey
ing fees, shall be done by the
county under the supervision of
the board of county commissioners.
In counties of a considerable area
which are mountainous, said coun-
ty commissioners shall have author
ity to employ a practical engineer
to superintend the road work Of
the county to establish all grades
under supervision of the county
commissioners. His pay shall be
fixed by said board.
Section IL. 1t shall be the duty
of each county commissioner to
examine the roads requiring the
expenditure of Eve hundred dollars
(e5OO.OO) or more in his district,
when requested by the township
board of supervisors or ten electors
of said township and report his
conclusions to the board of county
commissioners at the next meeting
and for such work and looking
after said construction each COM
missioner shall receive the COM
pensation fixed by law.
Section IL. The board of coun-
ty commissioners shall be the sole
Judge of what roads shall be built
by the county at . cost of ave
hundred dollars or over but shall
give preference to the roads to
markets over which there is the
most travel.
Section Ii. On the first Tues
day in September the board Of
county commissioners shall meet
at the county seat and levy q road
tax in addition to the road taxes
levied by the several townships in
their county and for said object
the board shall have power to levy
for county roads not to exceed five
mills OIL the dollar of the assessed
valuation and they shall have en-
tire supervision of the expenditure
of said taxes and as far as equit-
able they shall expend said fund
for the benefit of the people Of the
township from which said tax Is
received; provided, they may levy
= higher rate, not to exceed ten
mills on the dollar. IL they haya