Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-03-08

A Bill to be entitled an act to provide
for the Construction, Improvement
and Maintenance of the Public
Roads of Watauga County.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section l.. That the Board of Co.
Commissioners Of Watauga County,
is hereby constituted the public road
commission of Watauga county and
as such commission the said board is
authorized and empowered to con-
struct, repair, improve and maintain
and the said board is authorized, en-
powered and directed to levy, in addi-
ton to the five cents now levied and
collected for the up-keep Of bridges
and roads in said county and collect
annually at the same time and in the
same manner that the other county
taxes are levied and collected a spe-
cial tax on all real and personal prop
erty in Watauga county not to ex-
ceed ten crents on the one hundred
dollars valuation of said property
and forty-five cents on the poll tax.
The said tax so levied and collected
shall be deposited with the treasurer
of the fiscal agent of Watauga county
to be kept seperate and apart from
other county funds, to be used for
the construction repair improvement
and maintenance of said public roads
of Watauga county and in anticipa-
tion of the taxes to be collected under
this act, said board is authorized to
borrow money from time to time to
carry on the work herein provided
for: Provided, that the money so bor-
rowed shall at no time exceed seven
ty-five per cent Of the county road
tax levied in, Watauga county for the
fiscal year in which said sums are Dor
rowed. That the county commission
ers are empowered to hold special
meetings if it may deem proper in or
der to carry on the road work and its
members shall receive the same pay
as they now do for regular meetings.
Sec. 2. That the board of county
commissioners of Watauga county
at it's meeting in April one thousand
nine hundred and twenty three and
annually thereafter, shall elect com
petent person as road supervisor for
Watauga county and said supervisor
shall be paid salary not exceeding
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
per month for such nuraber of months
or fractional part thereof as the COM
mlssloners may require and for the
faithful performance of his duties
said supervisor shall give to such
board such bond as said board may
require. 1t shall be the duty Of the
road supervisor as soon as it is prac-
ticable to classify the public roads
now being kept up by free labor in
such classes as he may deem proper
and right SO as to apply road funds
where it would be the greatest bene-
fit to the greatest number of people
but he shall not discriminate against
any township or section of Watauga
county and shall put the road funds
on all sections of roads now being
kept up by free labor in as equitable
proportion as is possible for him to
do so to keep the roads of the coun-
ty in good passable condition. That
he shall have the right to amend or
improve the public roads where he
deems it wise to do so and the grade
of said roads shall be as good as is
possible to make them with the funds
available.
Sec. 3. That the said road supervi-
sor Of Watauga county shall have au-
thority and power to employ labor,
let contracts for the up-keep, const-
ruction and improvement on said
roads where the same are not being
kept up by the State, or that may be
hereafter kept up by the state. The
supervisor must have the approval of
the Board Of County Commissioners
for any contract for construction
work. Said contract or contracts shall
be let to the lowest responsible bid
der after notice Of the letting of said
contract shall have been given for ten
days by posting in two public places
such notices in the vicinity of where
said road is to be kept up, construc-
ted, or improved is located. Said sup
ervisor shall have the right to reject
any all bids for said up-keep, con-
struction or improvement if he deem
proper. Said supervisor shall require
of all contractors entering into con-
tract for such work to give bond con-
ditionedson the faithful performance
Of the contract in such amount as the
supervisor may deem proper but the
said sunerviSor shall xuitbhnId fro,,,