Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-06
NEW ROAD LAW.
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lie roads 90 contracted for; and
he shall furnish a good and suff-
cient | ond in the cum of two hun.
dred dollars, payable to the com.
m%issioners of Rowan County, to
faithfully carry out his contract
and diecharge the duties imposed
upon him by law as contractor for
building roads in Rowan County,
and if he shall fail to carry out
the terms cf his contract and
shall fail to keep up said roads in
the condition as required by his
contract and by law, the said
board of commissioners shall have
a right to proceed to collect aaid
amount of two hundred dollars in
any of the courts Of Rowan Coun.
ty. No payment upon said con.
tract shall be made by the board
of commissioners of said county
until the work upon the roads 80
contracted for shall be actually
done and certified to by the super.
intendent of the roads.
Sec. 16. That for tho purpose
of carrying out the provisions of
this act the said board of commits
eioners and superintendent of
roads and supervisors, after first
consulting the owner and agent of
the land from which material for
repairing roads Is gotten, are here
by authorized to enter upon any
lands near to or adjoining any
public road to cut and carry away
timber, except trees or groves on
improved land planted or left for
ornament or shade, to dig or cause
to be dug. and carried away any
gravel, sand, clay or stone which
may be necessary to construct,
improve or repair said read; to
enter Oh said land adjoining or
lying near the road in order to
make such dram or bitches
through the same as he may deem
necessary for the betterment Ct
the road, doing as little injury to
said lands OF timber or improve.
ment thereon as the nature of the
cas- and the public good will per.
NIT and the drains and bitches
80 made shall be conducted to
nearest ditch, drain, water course,
or waste ground, and shall be
kept open by said Township Su.
pervisor, and shall not be OBJ.
%structed by the owner or occupant
of such lands or by any other per
son or persons. under the penalty
Of forfeiting q sum of not less
than five dollars nor exceeding
ten dollars, or Imprisonment or
work on the public roads of the
county for not loss than ten nor
exceeding twenty days for each
and every o~ffsnse, which said pen.
atty shall be enforced and collect.
cd by said board of commission
ers in the manner prescribed by
law for the enforcement and COL
lection of other penalties for vio-
lation of law, and said penalties
when collecbed shall be paid over
to the County Treasurer and cred.
tied TO said "Road Fund"
Sec. II. That if any owner of
any lands Of the agent CT agents
of such owner having in charge
lands for which timber, stone,
gravel, sand or clay was taken as
aforesaid, shall present an account
OF the same to the superintendent
of public roads or township u
peEvisor, to said board of commits.
sloners, it shall be the duty of
said board to pay a just and rea-
sonable price for the same; and
|'any owner. agent or agents of
such owner, shall have the right
to appeal from the action of said
board to the Superior Court.
Sec, Is. The board of county
commissioners and the superin-
tendent of roads shall have the
power and authority to locate, re.
locate, widen or otherwise change
any public road OF parts of same
of the county, Of lay out and es-
tablish any new public road,
when in their judgment such To-
cation, relocation, widening, 9TH
er change or the opening of a new
public road Is deemed necessary
and advantageous to the public
travel and they shall have the
further right to abandon and dis
continue any public road if the