Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-04-10
ROAD LAW
MARION COUNTY
SENATE BILL NO. SO.

SENATE BILL NO. SO.
AN Act to provide laying building construction work
Counties population not Is, 6sa. IS 500
and not than Is goo to n e Fe0e create Road
Commission in such counties defining its powers dnee euG
and other vehicles therein and provide Tor the
evying of taxes for road purposes in such counties
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the General assembly
oe State of Tennessee That there be- and is hereby
created Road Commission in all counties OF this State
having population of not less than 800 or more than
l8900 according the Federal Census of 1870 or any
subsequent Federal Census and which shall have the
exclusive charge and control of the laying out building
construction. working, improvement and maintenance
of all the public roads in all such counties, herein pro-
vided The said Road Commission shall consist of three
members who shall for period of four years from
the dates herein named and the following three citizens
of Marion County, Tennessee hereby named as Road
Commissioners for said County, S. I. Haskew, of So
Ptsburg who shall four years from the date of
July l. 1915 G. Sherman, of Sequatchie who shall serve
for period of four years from July /, 1919 and j. j.
Dykes of Whitwe who shall for period of four
years from July l. 1919 The present Road Commission
ers shall until July First Nineteen Hundred and
Nineteen At the expiration of the term OF each OF the
above named commissioners, the County Court shall
elect his to for period OF four years.
and each four years thereafter the county court shall
name elect successor.
No shall be eligible for appointment as member
of said Road Commission unless ne be resident ct
zen of the County to the payment of poll tax
and also the payment of road tax defined in this Act
The said Commission shall keep its office in the Court
House of the County for which proper Office space shall
be set apart.
The Road Commission shall organize by the election of
Chairman, year. and the County Judge, or
Chairman of the County Court is hereby named to be
secretary clerk of the commission. The commission
shall hold meeting monthly at its offices in the Court
House to receive reports and transact business.
The members of the commission shall receive salary
of per annum and the secretary clerk of the
commission as such, shall receive salary of $4,000
per annum payable quarterly out of the road funds up
on order of the commission
1t shall be the duty of the Road Commission to keep
record in ebound book of all its transactions, and
the commission shall annually. on the first Monday in
July submit report to the County Court showing re-
cepts for road purposes and all disbursements for such
purposes together with the number of and teams
working the road for the county
The Road Commission shall have authority to employ
a supervisor of roads at salary of not more than
81 per day and travelling expenses. who shall have
charge of all the road work in the county under the
direction of the road commission. The supervis
or shall with approval of the commission, have the
power to employ such local or district overseers as
may be necessary and superntend the work of
men and teams the public roads, who shall be under
control and direction of the supervisor of roads and the
road commission and who shall not be paid than
$500 per day actual time.
The supervisor of roads shall receive pay except
for the actual time that he is engaged in road work.
clerical or office work incident thereto.
The county court is hereby vested with authority to
remove any commissioner who fails to do his duty
out in this act.
The commission shall have authority to call on any
civil officer of the county enforce the provisions of
this act.
No person liable for road duty shall employ sub
sttute for his services any who not of road age
liable for road duty under the provisions of this Act
and the superintendent Of roads and his shall
not issue receipt for road work any substitute who
not liable for road duty under the provisions of this
Act.
The county Judge is hereby empowered and directed
remove any superintendent other employee
who fails to faithfully perform their respective duties
provided for in this act and the Road Commission shall
fill any vacancy caused by such removal
In the event of vacancy in the commission such va
cancy shall be filled by the remaining members of the
commission.
The Road Commission shall have the power to acquire
by purchase condemnation, in the provided
by law all lands and rights-of-way and all rock gravel
ebert pits quarres necessary for the location
struction and improvement of the public roads. The
Road Commission shall have the power to open, close