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

supervision of the board of county
commissioners of said county, except
such roads and bridges as may be
situated in the limits of incorporated
towns and cities.
Sec. 2. The board of county COM,
missioners of said county shall at
their regular meeting in the month
of September in each and every year
appoint a superintendent of roads and
bridges. who shall have experience
in building hard-surface or macadam
roads and who shall have a knowl-
edge of engineering so as to make
grades, fills and drains in building
and repairing the public roads of the
county. Said superintendent shall be
paid a salary not to exceed three
thousand dollars $4,000 per an
mum in the discretion of the board of
county commissioners.
Sec. 3. The board of county COM
missiOners shall prescribe rules and
regulations for the guidance of said
superintendent as to the work to be
done and the performance thereof
and shall have the right at any time
to remove such superintendent for
misconduct or unsatisfactory service
or for any other good or sufficient
reasons. Such superintendent shall
be under the general supervision of
the board of county commissioners
and before entering upon his duty
shall execute a good and sufficient
bond payable to the chairman of the
board of county commissioners and
to his successors in office in the sum
Of not less than two thousand dol
lars $4,000 conditioned on the faith
full performance of all duties devolv-
ing upon him as road superintendent
of said county and the faithful ac-
counting for all property which shall
be placed in his care, custody, man
agement or control, by reason of his
employment as road superintendent
of said county, such bond to be ap-
proved and accepted by the board of
county commissioners.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
road superintendent Immediately
after entering into contract with the
board of county commissioners afere-
said, to select two or more cempe-
tent men as road overseers from each
road district in the county, the name
of the men selected by him as such
OVerseers shall be submitted to the
board Of county commissioners in
the month of December of every
year; it shall be the duty of the
county commissioners te appoint
from the pqmes selected by the road
superintendent as many road over
seers as may be deemed necessary in
each commissioners district Of the
county. said Feaa everseers shall at
!all times be subject to the direction,
control and supervision of the road
Superintendent and fQE the faithful
performance of the work intrusted
| to said road overseer as we'll as for
| the faithful accounting for all taols,
materials, supplies, implements or
other property which may come into
the hands of such road overseer by
reason of his employment. Such road
overseer shall have actual charge Of
all work to be done in their respect
i've districts subject to the control
and direction of the road superin-
tendent; they shall receive as COM
lpensation for their several services a
lper diem not to exceed three dollars
and fifty cents ($3.50) peF day for
man, one horse and wagon. The
board of county commissioners shall
require each oyerseer to give a bond
in favor of and payable to the coun-
Ity commissioners for faithful per-
formance of duty with approved Sc
lcurity, and such work shall be under
the immediate supervision of the
iroad superintendent. The county
commissioners shall instruct the road
superintendent to authorize the over
seers under him to employ the nee
essary labor to work his respective
roads and shall not pay fer such Ia
bor more than fifteen cents (15e,
per hour, the laborers thus employed
shall be able~bodied men and com