The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-09-07

the written orders or warrants of the
chairman of said court, drawn upon
said funds, and then only after the en-
gineer shall have made and presented
in writing, under oath, statement or
statements showing the number of
yards of dirt, stone or other materials,
giving the items, for which same is
payable, and the chairman of said
court shall keep book in which shall
be kept along full account of the or
ders or warrants drawn upon said
funds, said book to show the amount
and date of each order or warrant and
the claim upon which it is paid. Also
the names of the commissioners who
shall have audited and approved the
same, but no order or warrant shall be
drawn by the chairman of said court
on said funds, except the claim for
which such order or warrant may be
so drawn shall have at first been aud
tied and approved in writing by ma
jority of said commissioners, and ex-
cept such order or warrant shall show
upon its face the claim on account of
which it is drawn; and any disburse-
ment of any part of said funds, except
in strict compliance herewith, shall be
illegal and void, and no credid shall be
allowed therefor
Sec. 14.-Be it further enacted, That
said commissioners shall be elected for
a'period of not less than one year, and
annually thereafter until said roads
and bridges are completed, and may
hold office until their successors are
elected and qualified; and when elected
and qualified, said commissioners
shall, during their term of office, have
and exercise all the power herein given
to them for the purpose of building
said roads and bridges. But said bonds
shall not be issued, and said commits
sioners shall not be vested with the
power herein conferred unless and un-
til said county court shall first accept
the terms of this act and approve same
by authorizing the issuance of all or
such part of said bonds as, by order of
the quarterly court of said county, may
be determined; and provided, that said
county court shall have the right, after
ten days written notice to all or any
of said board of commissioners, to re-
move all or any of them for such rea-
sons as said court may deem sufficient
by two.thirds (2-3) vote of all of the
justices of said county; and, provided,
further, that the acceptance of this act
by said county court and the issuance
of bonds once hereunder shall not be
deemed to affect the courts right SUBJ
to issue other bonds hereun-
der SO long as the total issue is kept
within the Limitation as to amount set
forth in section of this act.
Sec. 15.-Be it further enacted, That
in order to meet the interest on the
bonds that may be issued hereunder or
any balance thereof after exhausting
the net income from tolls such as said
court may collect from said roads, and,
also, in-ofder to provide the necessary
sinking fund to meet and pay the prin-
cipal of said bonds, said county court
is hereby authorized to, and it shall,
levy annually and collect special road
tax sufficient to pay said
interest and provide said sinking fund,
the said tax to be levied upon and COL
lected from all the property in said
county, including that within the cor
porate limits of any municipality, all
Of which, along with property outside
the corporate limits of any town or
city, now or hereafter in said county,
is alike declared to be liable for said
special road improvement tax to meet
and pay the principal and interest of
all of the said bonds; provided, that
the road tax now authorized by law
and which would otherwise be ex xpend-
ed upon the roads that may be improv-
ed hereunder may be applied to meet
said interest or put into sinking fund.
Sec. 16-Be it further enacted, That
for all the purposes of this act, except
TO authorize the issuance of bonds
land, of course, except to
remove commissioners as provided for
in section IA hereof majority of all
the justices of the peace of said county
said quarterly county court
shall be sufficient for any action here.
under, that is, half or any number over
half of the justices assembled in court
will constitute quorum and the busi-
ness then be done by majority of
those present and voting.
Sec. 1S.--Be it further enacted, That
all laws or parts Of laws in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
! sec. 19.-Be it further enacted, That
this act take effect from and after its
the public welfare requiring it.
Passed July /, 1911.
N. BAXTER, Jr.,
Speaker of the Senate.
A, M, LEACH.