The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-09-17
ROAD WORKING
LAW in FORCE

| There is an impression among a very
I great many people, especially those
f, that do not want to work, that there
| is no law requiring all able bodied men
between the ages of is and 80 years TO
work the road six days in each year.
Now want to say that this is mis-
taken idea, there is law OF that kind
and so far as l am concerned or am
informed that law is going to be en-
forced in every instance and there is
, going to be no exceptions whatever.
But | can not enforce this law with
out the overseers doing their duty.
It will be the duty for each overseer
in the county to warn his hands not
less than two days before the day upon
which he is expected to work and II
shall be the duty of said hand to pro-
vide himself with the necessary tools
and implements and work upon the
road to which he has been assigned six
days in each year.
Heretofore overseers have been in
structed to make their reports to the
Justice of the Peace in the Magisterial
District in which the road was located.
but l find in a very great many in
stances this has not been done and /
find that some hands work and some
do not and 1t is not fair TO those that
work not to require other legal hands
to work. The enforcement Of this law
is going to depend upon THREE
THINGS:-IS HE A LEGAL ROAD
HAND? WAS HE LEGALLY WARN
ED? AND DID HE FAIL TO WORK?
Further, this does not apply TO road
hands only, the various overseers over
the county are going to be required to
do their duty in warning their hands
and they must file their reports, II they
have no blank reports they can be had
by calling upon or writing, the County
Clerk and they will promptly be fur
nished them. The overseer can not
force his hands to work but he can
do his duty and report them and when
he has done this that is all the law
requires OF him. and he should make
his report TO me hereafter.
The law makes 1t penalty for any
one assigned to work upon a public
road who shall. without good cause,
fail to appear with proper implements,
and do good work thereon, after haV-
INF, been notified Tor two days by the
officer having supervision of the road,
or by some one authorized in writing
by him to give said notice and shall,
upon trial and conviction before JUS
tice of the peace or the county judge.
be fined for each day he so fails to
work, two dollars and fifty cents. All
such fines, when collected. shall be
used for road purposes, and upon fall
ure to pay, a CAPIAS PRO FINE may
issue.
II has been the practice heretofore,
in great many instances, when a
warrant or summons issued against
man for not working the road to come
in and agree to put in his time IL the
case would be dismissed, which Is
equivalent to saying that i took the
chance and got caught and am now
to put in my time. This is not
going to be the future practice of this
court.
This law, good or bad as 1t may be,
is Statute law and not the product
Of Fiscal Court. as some might think,
and a strict observance OF it will GER
tainly give US better roads and the
people have right to expect it's en-
forcement, and it is the purpose Of
this notice to give the people due
of the future policy of this
court that they may be advised and
govern themselves accordingly. vi
Most respectfully,
BILLIE RIFE,
County Judge.