Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1919-02-13
JUDGE Bolts HAS
NEW GOOO ROAD BILL

NEW GOOO ROAD BILL
At the suggestion of Judge Alex
Carter. who has always been an active
good read worker and is well versed
: nmatt ers pertaining to road improve
! ment, Judge Bolts, representative CT
Audrain County, has introduced in The
b Missouri Legislature House Bill No.
511 which amends the revised statues
l of 1909 by adding eight new sections
and confers on the county court power
to make benft assessments for road
f purposes.
When satisfied that the public in
t terest of their county justify special
action for the improvement of any
/ public road in said county, whether
z ordered and designated b ythe state
highway department or any other
road in the county, the county court
: may order such road improvement and
benefit assessment. A specified por-
: ton of the cost for such improvement
must be raised by said assessment.
!; The bill follows:
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Missouri. as
follows:
That article of chapter 102 of the
Revised Statutes of 1909 be, and the
same is, hereby amended by adding
thereto to eight new sections to be
known as sections 1O485a, 104855,
10485c, 1O4S5d, 1O485e, 10485f, 1O485g,
10485h, and to read as follows.
Sec. 1G485a. County court may or
der road improvements, order benefit
assessments.-The county court of
any county in this state, when satisfied
that the public interest of their county
justify special action for the improve
ment of any public road in said county,
whether ordered and designated by the
state highway department, or any
other road in the county, they may by
order of record designate such road,
giving the beginning and termination,
| length and general course of said road,
the cost of obstruction, per mile, and
cost of bridges and culverts and CIV
ing the character of improvement and
| the total cost of construction, all OF
which shall be in conformity with |
carefully prepared maps, plats ard
surveys and estimates to be on file IN
said court, and that specified portion
of said cost must be reased by assess
ments against the real estate along |
| and near the line of said road, such |
assessments to be based on the value |
of the benefits that will accrue to such
real estate from such Improvement. !
Before proceeding with such assess
ment they shall procure an accurate
map of the territory that will be sur
veyed by such road showing the be-
ginning and ending thereof, the tracts |
of land, the names of the owners of
each, and the numbers of acres in each |
tract of land which, with estimates as
to costs, shall be on file in said court
and shall be open to public inspection.
The court shall then appoint three dis
interested householders of the county |
to view and appraise the said benefits
to each such tract of land.
| Sec 10485b. Oath and duty of ap-
praisers.-Said appraisers shall take
and subscribe an oath, that they will
faithfully and impartially perform the
duty assigned them, and shall proceed
| to view the said territory and each
tract or parcel of land and appraise,
according to their best judgment, the
benefits that will accrue to each tract, |
giving to each tract such description
as will clearly identify it and shall no
| tify the owner or owners of each such
| tract in writing of the amount of the
benefit by them to his land. Such no
tice may be delivered by any one of
said appraisers in person or mailed
to his post office address and shall in
| form him of the date of the first day
of the term when said appraisement |
will be considered by the court and |
shall be delivered or mailed at least |
ten days before such date. If any I
such tract of land is owned by miners,
held in trust, by life tenants or occu
pied by tenant for years then such
notice shall be served on or mailed to /
such trustee, life tenant, the natural
or legal guardian or curator of sucn
minor, or upon the tenant for years.
Said appraisers shall make a detailed
report of their proceedings, showing
the amounts of appraisements for
each tract of land, the owner and proof
of notice to each owner. The said re-
port shall be filed with the clerk of
the county court and shall lie on file,
in said court not less than ten days
and until the first day of the next reg
ular or adjourned term.
Sec. 104S5c. Remonstrance, effect
Off by the first day of the term at
which said report may be considered
by said court, the owners of one-half in
acres of the land appraised by said
assessment shall sign remonstrance
against making such assessment for
the purpoe of improving such road,
then the action shall be abandoned by
| the court.
Sec. 104S5d. Court shall hear evil
dence and equalize the assessment
If no such remonstrance shall be filed
and the court is satisfied that all land
| owners have had due notice of the
assessment the court shall proceed to !
the consideration of said report and
may hear without legal formality any
such land owner, whether he shall
have signed a remonstrance or not, as