The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-19
COMMISSION FORM GOVERNMENT
BILL FOR OBION COUNTY
Draft Made by A. J. Harpole and W. E. Hudgins.

!, flaw, and be payable in monthly IL
stallments by warrants drawn b
the Secretary by order of the Boar
of Commissioners on the Count
Trustee. to-wit:
1. A Jail physician and Healt
officer.
i 2. A Superintendent of tn
County Poorhouse.
4 5. A Superintendent of Publ
INSTRUCTION.
4. A County Surveyor.
5. A Coroner.
6. A Ranger.
Z. Three Revenue Commissioner
or Auditors.
s. A board of equalization of fiv'
members.
9. A County Attorney, whenever
necessary.
10. A Janitor for the Courthouse
and Yard.
And said Board of Commissioners
shall have the power to employ such
subordinate help as may be neces-
sary in order to properly conduct
the affairs of the county which are
under this Act committed to their
supervision and charge.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted !;
That no Commissioner, nor any Of
ficer or employee herein named or
authorized to be employed, shall de-
mand or receive in any manner or
form, any other or greater compen-
sation than that provided herein, or
fixed by said Board of Commission
ers, and it shall be felony for any
one of said Commissioners, or the
officers or employees of
said Board to accept either directly
or indirectly, any money or thing
other than that stipulated for, for
performing the duties and doing the
work of their respective offices; and
for violation of the above provis-
ions or any of them, and on convic-
ton thereof, he shall be imprisoned
in the State penetentiary for
period of not less than one year nor
more than five years.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted;
That no contract shall be awarded
by the Board of Commissioners to
any person who is related within the
fourth degree, either by consan-
guinity or affinity to any one of said
Commissioners; and no Commission
er or officer herein named, nor any
subordinate officer or employee,sh
be connected with or interested di-
rectly or indirectly in any contract
with the county or with the COM
and if any such Commits
sioner, officer or employee shall be-
come interested in any such con-
tract, he shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction
w.
90 nor more than 100000 and i'm
prisoned in the county Jail not less
than 80 days nor more than 80 days
at the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted;
That said Board of Commissioners
shall designate one of their number
to purchase supplies for the various
departments under the commission,
but before closing any contract
where the consideration is more
than $4,000 he shall have the con-
currence of at least one other of
said Commissioners.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted:
That the Public Health Officer shall
have charge of the Health Depart
ment of the County Poorhouse and
the County Jail, and also of such
cases as may be charges upon the
county, and he shall perform all of
the duties as Health Officer as now
required by law.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted
That the office of Road Commission
er for such counties as fall within
the provision of this Act is hereby
abolished, and the said Board of
commissioners are hereby author
lied to elect or appoint Superin-
tendent of Public Roads, Turnpikes,
levies and bridges, and he shall
make and let all contracts for the
laying out and working of the pub
lie roads and turnpikes, and for the
building of all levies and bridges,
except such bridges as are to be
built by the Road Contractors, and
where necessary he may employ
surveyor or civil engineer to assist
in laying the work, and in examin-
ing the same when completed to as
certain if it has been done according
to the specifications and terms of
the contract, and he shall have SUI
pervision of all convicts that may
be worked upon the public roads.
levies and turnpikes of the county.