The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-02-27
SYNOPSIS OF COUNTY
IMPROVED ROAD LAW
BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMITS
SI0NERS CREATED
Whole County Road System to Be
Under Road superintendent of
Contract Prices to Be Withheld
from Contractors-0ther Featured.

from C0ntfactOrS-Other FeatureO-
The Leader hat received a copy of
the new road law for Upton county
passed by the general assembly, but
on account of its length, we are Civ
ing synopsis Of the act instead of
publishing it in full
The act creates a board Of high
way commissioners for Upton coun-
ty to be elected by the people at
the next regular election. For the
purpose of electing these commits
sioners the county is divided into five
road divisions, and each road divislOH
elects its own member of the board
The board is required to hold month
ly meetings, and Messrs. E. w. Brin-
gle, s. r. Terry Knox Baird, w, H.
Starnes and w. G. Howard are named
in the act to serve until the next
regular election. The quarterly
county court is authorized to fill
any vacancies on said board that
occur after the first Monday in April,
1919, which viii be the first meet
ing of the court after the passage
of the act. The members Of the
board qualify by taking an oath be-
fore the county court and by execut-
ing bond for the faithful perform
ance Of their duties. The board is
required to hold regular monthly
meetings and all expenditures for
road purposes are required to be APP
proved in open meeting of the board,
and full and accurate records are re-
CURED to be kept of all road trans
actions, and these are to be opeh
at all times to the inspection Of the
public.
Superintendent of Roads
The board of highway commission
ers is authorized to appoint SUI
perintendent Of roads, who shall be
man of skill and experience in road
building and a man of sufficient cler-
ical skill to keep an accurate and
legible record Of all proceedings be-
fore said board and to prepare such
reports as may be required Of said
board under the provisions Of the
act.
The salary Of the superintendent
of roads is fixed at $3.50 per month,
and he is to be employed for pc
Rod Of two years, but the board,
upon its own motion or upon charg-
es filed against him by any citizen Of
the county, may remove said super
for incompetency, neglect
Of duty or misconduct of any char
acter. This superintendent has US
pervision of all road work in the
county, and is required to devote
his entire time to such work. The
superintendent subscribes to an oath
before the county court clerk and
executes bond in the sum Of $1,000
FOR the faithful performance Of his
luties. He Is required to inspect all
road work and to see that culverts,
Trains and side bitches are kept freq
rom distractions and to protect the
drainage Of the roads, adequate pro
Vision for which is made in the act.
Powers Of the Commission
The board of highway commission
RS has power to purchase equipment
md have any road or roads work
ID under the superintendent; to have
'oads worked under contract, as pro-
rived by the present law, or to APP
point overseers and to have any
Dad or roads worked in that man
Ter, and it may have roads worked
" either of these three modes, or
t may use all of them in having
he roads worked and kept in re-
lair.
Provision is made for the condemn
ltion Of land for road purposes and
he payment of damages to the land
'wner for land so taken.
The classification of roads is the
anne as that provided by the present
Dad law of the county
The proceedings for changing or
losing roads is substantially the
anne as those provided for in the
present road law Of the county.
Road Contracts
The act requires that all road
contracts shall be in writing ard
hat twenty-five per cent Of the con-
ract price shall be retained until
he end Of the year. 1t also provides
hat in case Of the failure Of any
Dad contractor to work and keep the
roads in repair according to the
erms Of his contract, the. county
,oard of highway commissioners shall
lave the right to have the same so
worked or repaired and charge the
Expense thereof to the contractor, and
hat both the CONTRACTOR and his
,ondsmen shall be liable for the cost
# such work or repair.
All general road work is required
0 be done prior to June 30 Of each
ear, such work to begin as near
he first Of March as practicable;
nut. repairs shall be made at any
eason of the year when necessary,
0 That the roads shall be kent in
passable condition throughout the
ear.
Road Work and Communication
The act requires EIGHT days wcrk
n the public roads by all male in
Iabitants between the ages Of p
nd so years. as provided by the
resent road law of the county: but
ny person when warned to work the
DAD may commute by paying one
ollar a day for each day he Is warn
d to work. Such warning may be
iven by the road contractor, over
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