Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-03

EVERY RGE-
son so offending against the provisions
OF this section shall be guilty of q mis-
demeanor, and on conviction shall be
LINED not more than fifty dollars or Inn
prisoned not more than thirty days.
and shall be liable for all damage sus-
tanned by reason of such ofense.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of each
and every supervisor TO warn put every
person liable for road duty in his dis
trict, and to see that every such person
either performs five, days labor annual
ly or shall pay the sum Of two dollars
and a half as h~ereinbefore provided
for. The district supervisors shall be
responsible for the roads and bridges
in their respective districts, and shall
keep ia repair at all times said roads
and bridges. Should any district SUI
p~eryisor, having a large bridge, or a
part of a large bridge, in his district
needing repairing, find that said bridge
would require more work to be repair
ed than he could do without assistance,
then it shall be his duty to-report. the
condition of said bridge to the general
lroad supervisor. and thereafter do such
work as may be necessary under the
direction of the general road supervi-
sors
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of
every district supervisor to warn out
his men to, work on any new road or
change in any old road which has been
rlade a public road in his district, when
ordered by the chairman of his town
ship or by the general road supervisor.
Each district supervisor shall keep an
accurate account of all work done in
his district, giving the names of the
persons, and the~ number of days of
work done by each person, the amount
OF money collected, and the name of
the party from whom the money was
collected, as well as an account of all
money expended. and shall make out
his account on blanks furnished by the
swear to and file sand account with
the township trustees at their meeting
on the first Monday in April.
Sec. 20. Every district supervisor
having less than fifteen men in his road
district shall receive annually for his
services the sum of five dollars, and
any district supervisor having more
than fifteen men in his road district
shall receive ten dollars per year for
his services-no district supervisor to
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made out and accepted by the town
ship trustees at their meeting on the
first Monday in April.
Sec. 81. Every district supervisor
who shall neglect or fail to do his duty,
or shall refuse to serve as district SUI
pervisor after having been appointed
by thestownship trustees, shall be gull
ty of a misdemeanor. and shall forfeit
and pay the sum of twenty dollars or
be imprisoned for the term of thirty
days.. or both, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. %. To make this law effectual,
there shall be a boardNof county road
trustees, which is to be composed of
the chairman of each of the board of
township trustees and the g~eneralroad
supervisor. who shall be their chair
man. This board is to be known as the
Board of County Road Trustees for
Henderson county, n under this
name are hereby constituted a corpoF-
ate body, with all of the rights OF a cor
poration, to u and be sued, and to
act in general for the best interest of
the public roads of Henderson county.
This board shall meet at the court
house in Hendersonville on the first
Monday in May of leach year, which
shall be their annual meeting, and at
such other times and places as they
may agree upon o ras they may be
called together by the general road SUI
pervisor.
Sec. %. The board of county road
trustees shall have the power to make
rules aV1 regulations, for the govern
ment of all of the road officers, town
- 5ic4wI0k e,,nanuic0rc /
and any other such rules as they may
deem advisable for the best interest of
the public roads of Henderson county,
not inconsistent with this act. And it
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by
a fine of twenty-five dollars or thirty
days Imprisonment, for any n to vio-
late any rule so made by this board.
Sec. "a. The board of county trus-
tees shall annually at their May meet
elect one man to be known as gem
eral road supervisor of all of the pub
lie roads of Henderson county; they
shall have the right to fix the salary Of
the general road supervisor, or to re-
move him from Office at any time for
good cause, by a two-thirds vote of the
after due notice and trial.
Sec. 25. The board of county road
trustees shall have full management
and control of the Henderson county
.chain-gang, as now organized, and It'll
shall be lawful for any of the courts of
the State to send convicts to said
chain-gang, to be received bya said |
board, and governed, managed,an q
upon, the public roads of Hem i
derson county under such rules and |
regulations as may be adopted by said
board. I
Sec. 26. The board of county road {
trustees shall have directly under their t
the following roads: Haywood
Road, from the corporate limits of the a
town of He~ndersonville to the iron
bridge across Mills River; the Ashe-
Road. from che corporate ltmitsj
the town of H-endersonville to the {
Buncombe county line; the ~edneyville
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