Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-03-01
full TEXT OF THE
new ROAD LAW
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road superintendent appointed under
this act shall qualify as other district
officers are required by law to qualify
and upon his qualification shall exc
cute good and sufficient bond before
the clerk of the circuit court of Taze-
well county in the penalty to be pre-
scribed by the board of supervisors,
and the bond shall be payable TO the
board of supervisors of Tazewell
county. The superintendent of roads
shall be under the control and subject
to the orders of the board of road
commissioners of his district. He
shall see that all roads in his district
are of proper width and clear of OBJ.
structions, and in places where they
are not of proper width or where obs
tructions have been placed thereon, or
where the bitches draining said roads
have been INSTRUCTED by filling in
stone, timber or other material, he
shall give notice in writing to the
person or persons constructing said
roads or bitches, requiring him or
them /. to remove the distractions, and
if the distractions are not removed
within ten days of the giving of said
notice, he shall cause the same to be
removed and report such fact TO the
board of road commissioners of his
district, who may recover the expen-
SEES incident thereto with the costs,
from the person or persons obstruct-
ing he said roads or bitches by judg-
ment of a justice of the peace, and
any money so recovered shall be turn
ed into the district road fund, a nd any
person who may by threat, force or
otherwise hinder, delay or prevent, or
attempt to hinder, delay or prevent
road superintendent from performing
his duties under this act. shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and fined not
less that twenty dollars ($20. O0) nor
more than one hundred dollars ($1O0.
00), or be confined in the cou nty Jail
not exceeding six months or both
The road superintendent shall exam
inc all roads in his district at least
twice each year, in the months of
April and September, and oftener ii
the board of road commissioners re-
quire it. Immediately after goirg
over the roads in April and Scptem
Der. he snail report fully in writing
to the board of road commissioners
the condition of all roads and bridges
in his district. These reports shall be
made not later than the first day of
May and the first day of October of
each year, and the board of road com
missioners shall designate to the road
superintendent such roads and bridges
as shall be repaired by him.
In performing the services required
of the district road superintendent, he
shall have the work done by force ac-
count under his own personal super
vision, or by employing competent
foreman to supervise such work. Such
foremawshall not be paid exceeding
three dollars per day. Said district
road superintendent nor any foreman
employed by him either on repair
work or on the construction of new
roads being done by force account,
shall be allowed full wages for work
ing less than six men per day, and
any road foreman employed by said
road superintendent may be removed
by the road commissioners if they see
cause for go doing.
NINTH: The board of road COM
missioners shall furnish the district
superintendent of roads all tools and
materials necessary to succ essfully
carry on all work which may be done
by force account. Said superintendent
to be responsible under his bond for
all machinery, tools, etc., which may
be placed in his hands.
TENTH: Sections of road may be
repaired by contract made by the sup
erintendent of roads, but such cont
ract must be ratified in advance by
the board of road commissioners.
ELEVENTH: In opening new roads
or in making changes of location in
old roads, the board of road commiss-
toner's shall let the same to contract
to the lowest responsible bidder after
duly advertising the asme, or the
board of road commissioners may, if
they see fit. require the district sup
erintendent of roads to take personal
charge of such work and have the
same done by force account, or it may
be done by convict labor, as provided
by law. The wages to be paid to lab
orers and foreman on all such work
to be fixed by the board of road COM