Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-06-14

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ty to perform labor, shall be subject
to road duty and shall work the pub
lie roads under the direction aud su-
pervision of the Road Commission
through its superintendent and over
seer. when warned rs hereinafter pro
vided. unless such person commutes
as hereinafter provided.
All persons owning or having in
possession team or teams, or wagon
and team, xclusive of those owned or
possessed by persons living within the
corpOrats limits of town levying a
street tax, shall be required to furn-
ish the said team or teams to the road
officials for work on the roads for the
number of days fixed by the County
Court and they shall furnish such
teams at such times as they may be
warned to do so. as hereinafter pro-
vided and, if the owner or person
having in possession the said team or
teams, should not be personally sub.
ject to road duty. it shall be the du-
ty of the road officials to furnish driv-
ers for the said teams aud like wise,
when such owner may have commut-
ted as hereinafter provided.
All persons subject to road duty
may commute by paying to the Coun
ty Trustee seventy five cents for each
day of labor fixed by the County Court
and all persons owning or having in
possession team or teams may com
mute by paying to the County Trustee
two dollars and twenty five cents for
each team for each day fixed by the
County Court. The Trustee will issue
his receipt for the same and credit all
such collections to the district from
which the same is collected to be used
by the Road Commission as hereinbe-
fore directed.
The Road Commission. through its
overseer or other employe. shall give
all persons subject to road duty or per-
SOD owning or having in possession a
team or teams, at least ten days no.
tice in writing, of the time, hour and
place where they are required to ap-
pear, or bring teams, to work the
road.
The Road Commission shall require
the overseers or other employee. to as
certain and report to the superintend
ent or commission the number of per-
sons subject to road duty, their names
and addresses, and the owners or POS
SCISSORS of teams subject to road duty, |
their names and addresses and number |
Of team, within the territory or dis
trict in which the said oversesr or
employe is required to ascertain such |
information and the said report shall |
be filed in the Office of the Road Com
mission and list of all those men |
and teams liable for road duty thus
obtained.
When the said men and teams have
worked eight hours per day. as direct
ID by the overseer or other representa-
tive of the road commission, for the
number of days fixed by the County
Court, the overseer or other per son
shall Issue his receipt showing tnat
such person or teams have been work
ID the required number of days on the
road. The authority issuing such re-
,eipts shall keep stub or other evi
1ence Of the issuance of such recent,
% whom, ETC., and. on or before the
irst day of December of each year, all
Iuch stubs or evidences shall be filed
with the Road Commission; provided
hat the authorities having charge of
he working of the roads and issuing
If receipts, shall not issue such re-
,eipts for road work unless the same
hall have been faithfully performed
lnder the direction of the road author.
ties
All per.ons owning or having in
possession teams or being personally
ubject to road duty who fail to work
II commute as herein provided shall
,e guilty of a misdemeanor and. upon
thereof, shall be fined in
um of not less than double of the
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aid labor or teams, and not more
han fifty dollars. which shall be en-
orced and collected in the manner
'lovided by law for the collection of
ines in misdemeanor cases aud all
uch fines collected shall be paid to
he County Trustee and credited to
he road fund for the district in which
he said person or persons reside.
The County Trustee shall on or be-
ore the first day of December of each
ear report to the Road Commission
he names of al! persons paying or
as above provided and it
hall then be the duty Of the road
commission to compare the receipts
or the work done and the receipts for
ayment to the Trustee with the rec
rd of persons and persons having
cams. subject to road duty, in the
lies of the Road Commission, and il
hall be the duty of the Road Com
mission to prosecute and proceed a. (
;ainst those persons thus found to
ave Deither workel NOR cop,mufad