Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-03-06
WORK FOR THE TOWN MEETING.

The road law brings up several matters to be
considered the meetings next week. The law
explained and the following advise given by Bob Dunn
the author of the law. in his Princeton Union =
All road taxes hereafter levied must be paid in cash
and highway labor be assessed In other words,
supervisors cannot hereafter levy and any road
taxes payable in labor money at the option of the
payer as heretofore and poll tax is abolished ~
''The maximum road tax that can be voted at town
meeting is Is mills Road taxes must be levied in
specific amounts For instance if the assessabe valuation
of town is $780, OOO and it is desired to levy the
maximum amount of Is mills for road purposes So. $50
should be voted ~ V
The road voted this spring will not be available
until year, but the supervisors empowered in
case of emergency to levy five mill tax and the town
board may thereafter pledge the credit of the town
issuing orders not exceeding however, the amount
of the additional levied in payment for work done
or material used the roads within the town.
''No district road overseers be elected the
Office of district road has been abolished The
supervisors required appoint competent road
for each and he shall have charge under the
supervision of the board of the construction of all
roads and the maintenance of all and country
roads in the town. Such may appoint one or
competent assistants subject to the approval of the
town board The compensation of the road and
assistants is fixed by the town board at sum not
exceed So 90 per day for the time actually employed
the performance of their duties road as
sstant required to give bond with suretes in the
sum of $3.50. Great shuold be exercised by the
supervisors in appointing road overseer. The law
expressly provides that he must be competent road
builder The town has the right to remove road over
seer at any time. !
1.-The matter of dragging the roads should also be
discussed at town meetings. The roads to be dragged
should be determined upon. The law provides that 'the
town board in each town recommendation of the town
road shall enter into contracts for the dragging
of the roads of the town giving preference the main
travelled roads and roads constituting mail routes The
maximum cost of dragging a road must exceed one
dollar per mile for each mile of road dragged. Some
roads may require only and Is per mile
each way would be fair compensation; other roads may
require three turns but in the
cost exceed dollar per mile. There will be money
available in each town for dragging the roads this year
the county auditor was obliged to extend the one mill
drag last fall This mill tax is paid back to ht
and cannot be used for other than pro
curing suitable drags and dragging the roads of the
Gall roads designated as state roads must be main
tanned by the county hereafter But any 0may sp
prOpriate money aid in the construction or improve
ment of any read within the town which has been De-
sgnated state road and the money so appropriaec
beused only for the purpose desgnated by the to1
boards
''Whe poll tax has been abolished there is nothing
to prevent patriotic and publicsprited citizens from do
mating work on the roads. -
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