Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-05-01

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bred dollars of all taxable property
in the county, which shall be collect
led by the County Trustee and held
lby him as a seperate fund, to be dis
bursed upon the warrant Of the Judge
OF Chairman of the County Court,
and on which the Trustee shall re
ceive the same compensation he now
receives on other county taxes. The
taxes arising from this levy shall be
expended upon the improved roads
Of thu County for the purpose Of re-
pairing ADD maintaining said roads
under The supervision and direction
OF the Judge or Chairman of the
County Court. Said roads shall be
divided into sections Of reasonable
length and a competent and eXper-
fenced patrolman placed in charge of
each section. The County shall fur
nish the necessary tools and material
with which to repair and maintain
said roads The Judge or Chairman
of the County Court is also author
lied and empowered to employ an
experienced foreman or superintend-
ent to supervise the work of repair
ing said roads, especially the macad-
am roads of the County. The patrol
man and foreman shall receive such
compensation for their work and SER
vices as may be ag eed upon between
them and the Judge or Chairman of
the County Court, and said fund shall
be used in conjunction with any funds
received from the State or Federal
Government, or from or through the
State Highway Commission for main
tenance purposes. ".The tax raised
under this section Of the Act shall
be expended in the various road dis
tricts of the County in the proper
ton in which such districts pay such
tax, And any Federal or State Aid
funds shall be SO pended, provided
such expenditures is not inconsistent
with the source from which it comes. !"
Section IA. Be it further enact
ed, That immediately after the cleo
ton Of the district road Commits
sf0hefs as heretofore provided, it
shall be their duty and it is hereby
required of thena, to familiarize them
selves with all the public roads of
their respective districts and to di-
vide the same into sections of rea-
sonable length, prescribe the bounds
of each, to make out a list of all
hands subject to road duty residing
upon each section and to make rec
ord thereof in a suitable book fur
nlshed him by the county which shall
be preserved as a record of his office,
and to appoint an overseer for each
section who shall serve for one year.
Said overseer shall be a person sub
ject to road duty residing in the dis
trlct and on the section of road
where appointed, and he shall serve
as many days as are assessed to road
hands by the County Court, without
compensation, shall be exempt from
actual road labor, and for each addi-
tional day of actual service in super
intending the working of roads and
warning road hands he shall receive
One Dollar and Fifty cents per day,
not to exceed four days or Six Dol
lars in any one year. He shall have
charge of all tools belonging to his
section of road, shall be charged with
the safe keeping of the same and
turn them over to his successor tax
ing his receipt therefor. Before en-
terlng upon the discharge of his du-
ties he shall take an oath before
some Justice of the Peace in his diA
trlct to faithfully, honestly. and inn
partially discharge his duties as such
overseer. The overseer shall work
and have worked the roads of their
'espective districts and under tn.
supervision during the months from
April to September, inclusive, of each
year, provided, that in cases of en-
Urgency necessary repairs shall be
made at any time during the year.
1t shall be a misdemeanor for any
overseer having received notice of his
appointment in writing, to fail or
refuse to serve or to fail or refuse
to fully and faithfully perform his
duties as road overseer and to keep
his section Of the road in reasonable
repair at all times throughout his
term of Office, and the Grand Jury of
the county shall have irquisitorial
power to investigate the conduct Of
lroa1 overseers and road Commission
ers under this Act. But the Commits
sionar of any district shall in the
exercise Of his judgment and discrc-
ton have authority to take the road
| hands from one section Of his dis
trict to another for the purpose of
keeping up the roads in that section