The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-10

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Board of Commissioners, as soon
as possible after they are elected,
to lay off the public roads OF said
county in sections with due re-
gard to the location Of said roads
and the amount of travel and use
to which they are subject. Pike
roads will be laid off in sections
to themselves, and the dirt roads
of the county will in like manner
be laid off in sections to them
selves. After the roads have thus
been sectionized, it shall be the
duty of said Board to place upon
each section of the pike roads a
man or men and provide each sec
ton with the proper tools ard
machinery, and such teams, wag-
ons and carts which may be nee
essary for keeping said roads in
proper repair, and they shall keep
constantly upon said pike roads
laborers sufficient to keep the
same in proper repair, and shall
pay for said road labor such
amount per day as in the judg-
ment of the Board is proper and
commensurate with the character
of labor performed. The Super
intendent shall have charge of all
tie laborers employed upon the
different sections of roads
throughout the county and said
laborers shall be paid out of the
road funds of the county upon a
warrant of the County Judge or
Chairman of the County Court,
which warrant shall be issued
upon the order of the Road Com
mission, signed by the Superin-
tendent, and at least one associate
member. One of the associate
members of the Board shall do
the clerical work of the Commits
sion, showing the amount OF
money disbursed, to whom paid,
and for what purpose. The road
funds of the county shall be one
common fund, without reference
to civil districts or road districts,
and shall be used and applied by
said Road Commission to the prop
er repair, upkeep and maintenance
of the roads in any section of the
county where in the judgment OF
the Commission it is most needed |
The dirt roads of the county will
be maintained as nearly as posi-
bic by the labor of those subject
to public road duty under the law,
who may be assigned to work
upon the various dirt roads by
said Road Commission.
Sec. S. Be it further enacted,
That the County Court OF each
county under the provisions OF
this Act shall, at the January term
of the Quarterly Court of said
county, each year, or at some sub
sequent term of the Quarterly
Court of said County, levy a tax
upon all property, both real and
personal, outside of the corporate
limits of incorporated towns, for
the purpose of improving and
properly maintaining said roads,
which tax shall not be less than
twenty-five (25) cents on the one
hundred dollars ($l0O0O) of the
taxable property of said county
nor more than fifty (5o) cents
on the one hundred dollars
($lO0.OO) of the taxable properly
of said county; to be expended by
said Board of Road Commission
ers created under this Act. In
addition to said road tax levied as
herein provided, all male inhabi-
tants between the ages of twenty
one (21) and fifty (5o) years,
shall be required, unless exempt
ed by the County Court, for some
physical disability provided by
law, to pay into the county treas
ury a sum not to exceed two dol
lars and fifty ($25o) cents each.
which shall be part of the road
fund of the county, which shall be
levied by the court and collected
as other taxes are now collected
Provided that anyone subject to
this road tax may pay and dis
charge the same by the perform
ance of two days labor upon the
public roads at such time and