The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-10-21

board of county commissioners Tor
the levy of special property road
tax for that particular road district
of 21a mills on each dollar of the as
sessed valuation of all the taxable
property in such district, said tax to
be paid either in labor or in cash at
the option of the taxpayer;
Now, therefore, in virtue of the
premises there is hereby levied upon
all the taxable property within road
district No. Z, of the county of Gem,
State of Idaho, for the year 1915, a
special property road tax of 25 cents
on each one hundred dollars of the
assessed valuation of said property
for the year 1915, the proceeds of
such special tax to be expended only
within and for the benefit of the
district for which it is levied; and it
is hereby further ordered that such
special property road tax so levied as
aforesaid may be paid in labor by
taxpayers in said road district.
Done this 18th day of October, 1915.
Upon motion the following resolu-
ton was passed:
Whereas, the Bank of Sweet has
petitioned that said bank be made a
depositary of county funds and that
the county warrants of Boise and
Gem counties be accepted as security
for the deposit of county funds;
Be it resolved, that said petition
be granted and that the Bank of
Sweet is hereby made a depositary
of Gem county's funds in the custody
of the treasurer thereof under the
restrictions and provisions of stat
ute relative thereto; and it is further
ordered that warrants of said Boise
and Gem counties deposited with the
auditor of Gem county for such pur-
pose by any depositary heretofore
named or hereafter to be named shall
be accepted as security for county
funds in the custody of the treasurer
Of Gem county in such manner and
and under such restrictions
as in such cases are made and pro-
vided by statute.
The board took recess to October
II, 1915.
October II.
All members present.
Upon motion the following reso-
luton was adopted:
Whereas, it is deemed advisable to
fix the rate of wages for road over
seers and those employed on the pub
lie roads of Gem county;
Now, therefore, it is hereby or
dered that the rate of compensation
for overseers shall be 80 cents per
hour while actually at work and sin
gle hands 25 cents per hour while ac-
tually at work on the public roads.
The board having requested the
attorney to render an
opinion on the question of road over
seers, their powers and duties and
the limitations on the expenses to be
by their acts, the following
report was received and upon motion
IS hereby Incorporated in the min
ltes:
Opinion on Road Overseers, Their
Powers and Duties, and the Limita-
tions on the Expenses to be In
CURED by Their Acts.
Road overseers are the creatures
If the board of county commissioners.
They are appointed by the board and |
'emain in Office only during the pleas
Ire of the board. They are remov-
lble at the will of the board and are
entitled to only such compensation
Is may be fixed by the board. In per-
orming their duties, they are at all |
lines subject to the will of the board.
n short, the system of road over
eers is little more than the employing
# men to carry out the will of the
BOARD in the upkeep and maintenance
# the public highway.
A road overseer has no authority
o incur any expense in the upkeep
IT improvement of the public high
ways except by authority of the
,oard. And where one has been ap-
pointed as a road overseer and pro-
eeds without authority to make
extensive improvements within his
district, and to incur costs and
liabilities therefor, he does SO
t his own risk. 1t is his duty
irst to consult with the board and
btain authority to incur such ex-
enses. If this were not true, there
yould be no restraint upon such ex-
enses and no guaranty that the ex-
enses of highway improvement
ould be kept within the limits of the
evenues therefor levied.
The board of county commissioners
an sit only as board either in reg
lar or special session, and authority
Or road improvements must be OBJ
aimed from the board as a board in
ession. Individual members of the
GARD cannot act for the board. And
Dad overseers must obtain their au-