The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-02-28
Good Roads Law Now in Force
Synopsis of Some of the Things to be Done Under the New
Roads Law, prepared by County Auditor Nixon for
Guidance of Township Officers in Regard
to the Law Now in Effect
Article |

! Article |.
| The Office of road Overseer is hereby
discontinued and the township super
visors shall perform, or require to be
performed under their direction II the
dutie- with reference to building, re-
| pa ring and keeping in order the
roads within the townships, and are
| authorized to employ such persons as
| are deemed necessary to do such
| work The price paid for said con-
struction and repairing shall he stlpu.
lated bv said board of supervisors
The township supervisors shall desig-
! nate one or more of their number who
| shall receive for their serv ceS the sum
of three dollars each per day for at
| tending to the road business of the
township.
Article =.
Every male inha bitant being over
the age of twenty-One years and under
the age of fifty years, excepting pau
pers, lunatics, and such Others as are
now exempt by law. shall be assessed
two dollars in each year for road and
poll tax purposes The township
supervisors shall proceed to ascertain,
estimate and assess such taxes upon
real and personal property as is now
authorized 10y law and in the same
manner.
Article ).
All construction work which in any
one place or continuous stretch Of road
shall require an expenditure of less
than Five Hundred Dollars shall he
done by the township in which said
road is situated under the supervisions
of the township. The supervisors
shall advertise for bids for such work
to be printed in newspaper published
in the county, for two successive week 5
once in each week: the first publication
to be made at least twenty days prior
to the day on which such bids will be
opened add passed on by the board,
and may give such other notices as the
board may deem advisable. Such
notice shall specify the work to be
done. and state where the plans and
specifications may he examined, the
time allowed for the completion of the
work and the time and place when the
bids will be opened and passed upon
by the board; but all road work cost
ing less than one hundred dollars need
not be SO advertised. All bids must
be accompanied by a certified check of
ten per cent of amount bid. The board
may for good reason reject any and
all bids.
Article l.
All assessments upon persons or
property shall be paid in cash and it
shall be the duty of the township clerk.
Immediately after the board of town
ship supervisors have made levy of
taxes for road purpo es, or within
three days after, to notify the county
auditor of the amount OF the levy. who
shall enter the same upon the county
tax lists to be collected by the county
treasurer in the same manner as other
township taxes are collected and such
taxes shall be levied by the township
supervisors on the First Tuesday of
September each year. Such tax when
collected shall constitute a road fund
belonging to the township from which
it was collected to be turned over to
the township treasurer in the same
manner as other funds are transferred
to him. Provided, that the electors at
the annual town meeting in March