Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-04-10

for the said teams All persons having teams within the
provisions of this Act shall furnish the herein
provided whether personally subject to road duty not
All subject to road duty may commute by paying
to the county trustee three dollars 49, and all persons
owning or having in possession team teams and
wagon and team or wagons aud teams may commute by
paying to the county trustee five dollars ($5 for each
team owned. The trustee will issue his receipt for the
and credit all such collections to the general road
fund of the district from which the is collected to
be used by the road commission herenbefore directed
The road commission through its other en-
poye shall give all persons subject to road duty per-
owning or having in possession team or teams at
least ten days notice of the time hour and place where
they required to appear bring teams to work the
road and such notice may be given by leaving copy in
writing at the usual residence of such person and copy
kept by supervisor and filed with the secretary within
twenty days thereafter.
The road commission shall require to be taken and filed
in its office on or before its July meeting of each year.
showing the number and and addresses OF
all persons in each district subject to road duty and
also the and addresses of all persons owning or
having possession teams, together with the
number of teams owned or possessed, and the Road
Commission may allow its secretary or other persons
commissioned to take such census not exceeding DC
CAPITA and shall require the taking such census
to certify the with his oath to the effect that dill
gent search has been made and the same is full and
list of such persons The Clerk of the Commits
sion shall certify such list to the Trustee.
When the said men and teams have workedeight hours
per day in compliance with and directed by the sup
ervsor overseer other representative of the road
commission the supervisor shall as directed by the road
commission issue his receipt showing that such
or have worked the required number of days
the road The authority issuing such receipts shall keep
copy of such receipt to whom, etc. and or before
the first day of December of each year. all such copies
shall be filed with the road commission provided that
the authorities having in charge the working of the roads
and the issuance of such receipts shall not issue such
receipts for road work unless the shall have been
faithfully performed under direction directed by
the road authorities and provided further that all reports
of receipts written herein provided by road officials
the road commission shall be accompanied by the af
davit OF the person issuing the that the
and teams covered by such receipts have worked the
roads therein indicated
The county trustee SHALL before the first day of
July OF each year report to the road commission the
names of all persons paying or committing above pro-
vded and it shall then be the duty of the clerk of the
commission to compare the receipts for work done and
the receipts for payment to the county trustee with the
record of and persons having teams subject to
road duty in the files of the road commission.
In case any person liable for road duty or having
teams subject as herein provided whether certified to
the Trustee not, shall fail to work commute
herein provided before the first Monday in July of
each year, then such persons shall be reported by the
clerk delinquent and the right to work out commute
ported shall be filed in his office and penalty of fifteen
per cent of the amount due be paid for Communication
shall attach to each such delinquent additional pen
atty of three per for each month such delinquency
continues shall be added. On the filing of such report
copy of the delinquent list shall be by the clerk pub
lshed in newspaper of general circulation in the
ty week for two weeks and advertising fee of
five cents for each published shall be added.
Unless such delinquents shall pay the amount of their
delinquent combinations, together with the penalties
and costs before the first Monday in August of
each year. the clerk of the Commission shall issue dis
tress warrant against property of each such delinquent
which may be levied by any officer authorized by law
levy distress warrants issued by the clerk of the county
court and be levied upon any property wages in
come, other thing owned by such delinquent as de-
straint for taxes which may be levied by general
law and subject to other exemptions than now or
may hereafter be provided by general law with re-
spect to distraint for taxes.
For the issuance of such distress warrant and the levy
and collection of the same the clerk of the commission
and the officer evying and collecting the same shall
be entitled to charge and collect costs in addition
to the amount of such taxes and penalties the fees
allowed by law for like services for the issuance levy
and collection of taxes by dstran by the clerk of the
county court.
The secretary clerk of the road commission shall
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