Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-09
INSTRUCTIONS TO
ROAD OVERSEERS

the following Instructions given 10
the road overseers of La Plata count y
Will be of interest to all taxpayers:
The following instructions govern
a portion of your duties and author
ity as Road Overseers in your res
pective districts, are given you with
expectations by the board of county
commissioners that same will be fol-
lowed and carried out as faithfully
as the conditions and circumstances in
your districts will permit. To these
other instructions will be given from
time to time.
First: AS soon as the roads in you,
districts are in condition to permit OF
a general examination of the main
travelled roads and bridges therein
you are instructed to make such ex,
animation and report to the board OF
county commissioners in writing tht
conditions Of such roads and bridges
what repairs and improvements are
| needed to keep such in good condition
together with the places and locations
where such repairs and improvements
are needed.
Second: You are instructed to
ascertain and report at the earliest
opportunity, all tools, machinery and
supplies on hand and available in your
respective districts for road and
bridge work.
Third: You are also instructed to
to proceed to repair all culverts
and bridges in your respective dis
tricts as soon as you receive the in
formation of same being out of re-
pair, and 10 keep such culverts and
bridges in repair and clear and open
for the passage of waters wont to
pass therethro1gh.
Fourth: You are also Instructed
that all bitches and laterals crossing
the public roads must be covered or
bridged to conform with the general
surface of the roads crossed, and if
any Of the new bitches or laterals
are not so covered or bridged, you
will notify the owner or manager of
such ditch or lateral, or other proper
person to do so forthwith, and il no
attention Is given to such notice you
are to notify the county attorney.
Fifth: fou are also instructed TO
prevent the flowing of ditch or waste
waters from bitches in the travel
led portions of the roads in your dis
tricts, and to notify the owner or
manager Of such water or other prop
er person to stop such flowing forth
with; and II no attention is paid to
your notice, you will notify the county
attorney at once.
Sixth: You are also instructed to
ascertain the low places on the roads
in your districts, where pools Of water
are accustomed to gather and stand,
and to drain such places and repair
same in the most practical way as
to prevent such holes.
Seventh; You are also instructed
to familiarize yourselves with the
road drag and to use same as much
as possible and at the times same
should be used to accomplish practi.
cal results, for smoothing down the
main travelled roads in your districts
after rains and storms; also to keer
your roads free from loose rocks
slides and rubbish, as much as pos.
sible.
Eighth: You are also instructed te
employ only such labor, assistants ant
teams on the roads in your districts
as are abolutely necessary to per,
form the work Of repairs or improve
ments outlined by the board Of count,
commissioners, except in cases of EN-
ergency, when repairs shall be mad,
as quickly as possible to place tn,
roads or bridges in condition for i'm
mediate use.
| Ninth: You are also instructe,
that where any loss or damages I,
the roads or bridges in your district,