Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-06

ed from office at any time by said
board of commissioners when in
the opinion of the board there OK
lists good and sufficient cause fol
such action, and for malfeassnce
or misconduct in Office, and may
be removed by them without fur
ther notice than may be necessary
to give him q hearing, and said
board of commissioners shall have
power to fill any vacancy in said
office of superintendent of roads
that may occur, by removal orloth.
erwise. The said superintendent OF
roads, compensation to be paid
out of the fund derived from the
road tax levied under section one
of this act.
Sec 4. That it shall be the
duty of said superintendent of
roads to give 80 much of his time
as may be required by the board
of commissioners to building, di.
recting, maintaining and repair.
ing the highways and publ, roads
Of Rowan County; he shall have
charge of the supervision, MAIN
tanning and building of all
public roads and highways in
said county, including the So
pervision, of the convict force,
which shall be committed to
! his custody by the board of
county commissioners and the
said superintendent shall have di-
rect charge, control and manage
ment of maintaining and keeping
in good order all macadam roads
j of said county, either with work
I by convict forces or by the en-.
ploy yment of some one under his
direction, to repair and maintain
the same. subject to the approval
of the board of county commits.
sioners.
SEQ. 5 That said boa1d of com.
missloners or superintendent, sub.
iect to the approval OF said board,
shall appoint, with power to re-
move at any time, such guards or
other employees as may be needed
to take charge Of the convict
force, said guards and employees
to be paid such compensation for
services rendered as may be fixed
by the board of county commits
sioners.
Sec. 6. No superintendent,
guard, or other employee of said
commissioners shall be held either
criminally or civilly liable for any
injury inflicted upon any convict
in his custody or under his super.
| vision while in good faith and
with due cara enforcing such dis
cipline as may be necessary to
carry out such rules and regula-
tions 10 the working of convicts
upon the highways or public
roads as said commissioners NAV
from time to time enact and pro.
mulgase. If any superin ten dent,
guard or other employee who may
have such persons in his charge
shall willful]y or negligently p or.
NIT any prls oner to escape from
his custody, such superintendent It,
guard or employee shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and unpon con.
viction shall be fined or lmpris
oned in the discretion of the
court; provided, that no superin.
tendent. guard or other employet
shall be held oriminally or civilly
liable for inflloting any wound Of
other injury upon any prisoner
who may atsempt to escape from
his custody or control, if such So
perintendent, guard or employe,
shall have reasonable ground Il
believe 1t necessary to 80 wount
or otherwise injure such prisone
in order to prevent his actual es
cape from custody; any superin
} sendent, guard or other employees
from whose custody any conyic
: shall have escaped, or any othe
officer or private citizen, shal
have the right 1t any time there
, after to re arrest such escape.
: convict and to use such means &C
| tually necessary to that end; an,
no person. in srresting or 1t
> tempting to arrest an escaped con