Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-04-10
MARION ROAD LAW.
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poy all labor wagons and teams etc. necessary to Sc
cure the doing of road work in the county and to
purchase all materials and equipment necessary do the
work the roads of the county, except that the event
OF the purchase of machinery the commission shall adj
verse for bids and purchase such machinery of the low
est and best bidder. The Road Commission shall also
have the authority to let any particular road work part
OF the same, by contract when in its judgement such
should be DONE but all cases such contract shall be let
to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement for
bids In all such contracts acontract bond penalty of
so per cent OF the of the contract the labor and
materials bond required by law shall be taken and not
less than per cent of contractors earnings or est
mates shall be retained guarantee construction OF the
work according contract The Road Commission shall
have the power to employ engineer to lay OFF any
particular road or to do any particular work which the
Commission deems to require such service. All road
funds shall be dsbursed district special and general on
y on the order of the Road Commission, signed by its
Chairman and Secretary, end each warrant shall ndi-
cate to what district other fund it to be charged
The road districts of such counties shall be coexensive
with the civil districts of such counties but the Road
Commission may for convenience in the warning OF road
hands and teams any district appoint more dis
trct overseers above provided in said road districts
and assign them each of them certain territory OF
such districts within which to report, and work
the road hands and teams
SECTION Be it further enacted That it shall De the
ing in January any to levy tax
of not less than ten cents 0c) the hundred dollars
and not more than twenty cents 20c the hundred dol
lars to be known pike road fund.- and another tax of
not less than ten cents Q0c) nor more than twenty
cents 2Oc) the hundred dollars to be known as the
general road fund.- both of which shall be levied on all
taxable property the county, except that the general
road tax shall not be levied property situated within
any municipal corporation evying street fax.
The said taxes shall be collected by the county trustee
and expended by the Road Commission for the building
improving and maintaining of the roads in the various
districts in which the property is situated from which
the said taxes are collected, including taxes collected
from railroads. telephone and telegraph lines and other
public service corporations, both localized and dstribu
table, The pike road fund shall be expended in the said
several districts upon the roads therein heretofore known
and designated pike roads in the Enabling Acts
thorizng said counties to issue pike road bonds The
general road fund shall be expended upon the roads in
the said several respective districts which the road COM
mission may designate for construction improvement
and the surplus remaining if any, of the general road
fund after such other roads improved directed by
the commission, may be by the commission applied to
further improvement of the pike roads in said respec
tive districts where such surplus remains, 1t shall be
the duty of the county trustee to distribute the funds to
the several districts and report, before the first
day of May of each year. to the road commission the
amount of each fund so distributed and the Trustee will
place such amounts the credit of such districts to be
disbursed on the order of the road commission.
All taxes collected from any property. whether real,
personal or mixed, including fixed and dstributable
properties of railroads. telegraph, telephone other
public service corporations and all moneys received by
committing for road duty, wagons, teams motor We
hcies shall be credited to the road district in which such
property is situated from which the tax collected
figured and distributed according to the assessment of
property situated in such district in which the per-
son committing or paying such teams and vehc
les reside and shall be by the road commission expended
upon the roads of such districts otherwise provided
in this Act.
SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That all maleres-
dens in said counties subject to road duty herenaf
ter defined shall work four days in each year upon the
public roads when and warned to do by the
seers road supervisor upon ten days notice in writing
or may commute by the payment Of Three Dollars ($3)
cash as hereinafter provided And the of teams
subject road duty under the provisions of this Act
shall work such teams two days for each team owned
and possessed may commute hereinafter provided
team subject to such road tax shall consist of two
horses and one twohorse wagon. The owner of any
part of team more less than team, shall be SUBJ
ect to road duty and communication proportonatey; that
u.s. the of workhorse shall be subject to
fourth and the of horse and onehorse wagon
shall be subject to half the road duty and commute
ton herein levied upon team.
male residants of counties between aces of