The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-24

settlement or neigh borhood road shall
be fined not exceeding fifty dollars
($5o.00) or thirty days in jail on fail
ure or refusal TO remove such obstruc-
ton.
Sec. Is. It shall be unlawful for any
two-wheel log cart. commonly used
for hauling saw logs and heavy tim
bers to be driven or pulled over the
public roads and bridges or the pub
lie neighbOrhood roads and bridges of
said Marion county. Any person or
persons violating or causing to be vio-
lated the provisions of this section
shall upon conviction in any compe-
tent court of jurisdiction. be fined not
exceeding one hundred dollars t$IOO)
or six months in jail; provided, how
ever that when such log carts are want
TO be conveyed from one locality to
another they may be coupled together.
without load, and driven or pulled over
the public roads and bridges of said
county.
Sec, 16, The board OF county com
missioners of Marion county may put
to work all persons in the Jail of said
county under sentence upon conviction
Of crime, at labor upon the public
Y.
the said board of county commission
ers IN their discretion may hire out a
part or all Of such prisoners to be
worked on the public roads and bridges
of said county or TO be worked at any
other industry in or out of said coun-
ty in the state of Florida, such con-
victs shall be worked in the county or
out of the county under the direction
OF the rules and regulations adopted
by the board of commissioners of state
institutions of the state of Florida. In
the event the county convicts are leas-
ed under the provisions hereof, the
proceeds arising therefrom shall be
paid into the county road fund to be
expended under the directions of the
county commissioner, solely for the
purpose of maintaining, working
building and repairing the public roads,
bridges and river crossings Of the
county and purchasing suitable tools,
implements and materials therefor.
Sec. II. In working the county
convicts on the public roads and
bridges of Marion county the board of
county commissioners under the rec
ommendation of the road superintend-
ent shall designate one man to enforce
discipline and keep the prisoners under
subsection, such man shall be desig-
mated captain of the convicts, and he
shall have authority to hire guards
and discharge them whenever they
fail to discharge the duties of con-
Wet guard. Such guards shall not re-
ceive over one dollar and fifty cents
($1.50) per day for every day they are
actually engaged in guarding the con-
victs, the same to be paid by the
county commissioners out of the road
fund of the county and not more than
one guard to every six prisoners or
more. shall be employed to work the
prisoners by day, and one guard to
keep watch over them by night.
Sec. IS. The board of county COM
missioners of Marion county whenever
they deem il advisable for the public
good shall levy a special tax as is now
provided by section $50 of the general
statutes of the state of Florida, at the
time for levying county taxes, for
county purposes, levy a special tax
for public roads, bridges and river
crossings not to exceed five mills on
the dollar on all real and personal
property in the county subject to tax
alton, which tax shall be assessed and
collected a sother taxes of the county,
and the money arising therefrom shall
be paid into the county treasury as a
special fund to be expended under the
direction of the county commissioners
solely for the purpose of maintaining,
working, repairing and keeping in
good condition the public roads,
bridges and river crossings of the
county and purchasing suitable tools,
implements, materials, teams, wagons,
camp outfits and stockades for the use
as may be found necessary, in the
proper carrying out of the work and
for the salary of the road superintend-
| ent and for the employment of such
additional labor as may be deemed nee
| esasry Provided however that one
/ half the amount realized from said
special taxes on property situated in
| the incorporated cities and towns, shall
| be turned over to the municipal au-
thorities of said cities or towns.
| Sec. 19. The board of county COM
missioners for the purpose of levying
taxes for the building, repairing and
keeping up of public roads, bridges
and river crossings of this county
shall be governed solely by the gen
eral laws of the state in the levying
of taxes, except as provided in section
eighteen of this act.
| Sec. 20. That any part of the gen.
eraI statutes of the state of Florida
pertaining to the building, repairing
! and keeping up Of the public roads
bridges and river crossings of thi,
state that does not conflict with the