The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-04-26
require.

DtdIN Oh COMMISSIONERS as 500
a.. possible after they are elected
} to lay off the public roads of sal
county in sections with due re
gard to the location Of said road
and the amount Of travel and us
to which they are subject. Pix
roads will be laid off in section
to themselves, and the dirt road
OF the county will in like name
be laid off in sections to them
selves. After the roads have thu
been sectionized, it shall be tn,
duty of said Board to place upor
each section of the pike roads ;
man or men and provide each sec.
lion with the proper tools al
machinery. and such teams, wag-
ons and carts which may be nee
cssary for keeping said roads i'll
proper repair, aud they shall keep
constantly upon said pike roads
aborers sufficient to keep the
,ame in proper repair, and Shall
pay for sad road labor such
amount per day as in the judg-
mcnt of the Board Is proper and
commensurate with the character,
Of labori5Mrformed. The Super
;ntendentfshal] have charge of all
laborers employed upon the
different sections Of roads,
throughout the county and said
laborers stall be paid out of the
road funds Of th.e' county upon a
warrant Of the County Judge or
Chairman OF the County Court,
which warrant shall be" issued
pom the order of the Road Com
!ission, signed by the Superin-
'ndent, and at least one associate
emil err. One of the associate
cmbers of the Board shall do
clerical. work of the Commits
n, showing the amount of
oney disbursed, to whom paid,
I'd for wl,af purpose. The road
ads of the~county shall be one
mmon fufrd without reference
} civil districts or road districts,
nd shahbe used and applied by
aid Road Commission to the prop
/ repair, upkeep and maintenance
+ the roads iii any section of the
ounty where in the judgment OF
he Commission it is most needed
he dirt roads of the county will
c maintained as nearly as posi-
lie by the labor of those subject
, public road duty under the law
Tho may be assigned TO work
pom the various dirt roads by
aid Road Commission.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted.
hat the County Court o! each .
,unty under the provisions of
lis Act shall, at the January term. {
+ the Quarterly Court of said {
each year, or at some sub
oquent term of the Quarterly
curt of said County, levy a tax I
pom all property, botttareal and
crsonal, outside Of rife corporate
mits OF incorporated towns. for :
lie purpose OF improving and |
roperly maintaining said roads,
'hich tax shall not be less than {
twenty-five (25) cents on the one {
undred dollars ($lOO.O0) of the 1
Ixable property If sa;d corr+" Z
or more than fifty (S0) cents /
l the one hundred dollars G
100000 OF the taxable properly L
sa d county; to be expended by ?
id Board of Road Commission ,
S created under this Act. In !
EDITION to said road tax levied as I
,rein provided, all male inhabi- o
nts between the ages of twenty .
lie (2l) and fifty (50) years. q
all be required, unless exempt c
by the County Court, for some c
lysical disability provided by a
W, to pay into the county treas II
y a sum not to exceed two dol e
RS and fifty $3.50 cents each, y
hich shall be a part of the road o
nd of the county, which shall be a. a.
wed by the court and collected Il
other taxes are now collected; o
divided that anyone subject to y
is road tax may pay and dis 81
arge the same by the perform IN
ce of two days labor upon the s.
bic roads at such time and az
ice as the Superintendent may Sc Sc