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


tract and until completion of the
terms of said contract.
Said supervisor shall have power
to employ foreman to work on all the
roads not worked under contract and
to pay therefor the customary wage.
Said foreman in working said roads
shall give employment to any person
or persons in the vicinity of the roads
to be worked who may be able to do
manual labor and days labor shall
be construed to be ten hours Said
foreman shall not work at any time
less than five men each unless they
shall do equal labor themselves with
the laborers each day, or unless it be
in the case of emergency after storm
or slide to remove obstruction from
the public highway. Forms and record
books for making reports to the coun-
ty commissioners by said road sup
ervisors shall be furnished by the
board of county commissioners of
Watauga county. The said road super
visor shall furnish to the board of
county commissioners of Watauga
county quarterly report, which re-
port shall show the amount of road
work performed and completed, the
amount of money expended in the per
formance of said work, the amount of
money on hand and the amount of
claims outstanding for work perform
ed under the direction or control of
said supervisor foreman or eontrac-
tor shall receive payments in Install
ments in such amount or amounts as
said road supervisor deems necessary
as the work progresses. Under the
supervision of said board of county
commissioners of Watauga county,
the said road supervisor shall expend
such bond issue money as is now or
ay become available and such money
as is provided for in this act for work
on the public roads of Watauga coun-
ty. And the taxes collected accord
ing to this act shall be expended as
the county board of commissioners
may deem proper. The said board
of county commissioners of Watau-
ga county is hereby authorized and
empowered to employ a road engi-
neer to assist or to work in conjunc-
tion with said supervisor; and said
board shall have power to discharge
or dismiss said supervisor or said en-
gineer, or bot hat it's discretion. It
shall be the duty Of the road super
visor to have all roads under his con-
troll worked or constructed by con-
tract or worked by foreman under
his supervision, and he has the right
to dismiss any foreman or contractor
when he deems it proper and wise to
do so.
Sec. 4. Where it is shown that it is
necessary for the construction of a
new road in any part of Watauga co.
the citizens in immediate neighbor-
hood where said road is to be con-
structed may ask the board of coun-
ty commissioners to pay out and con-
struct said road. Said supervisor or
the foreman or foremen in his en-
ploy may have the right to go on
said land over which said road is to
be built, and use such timbers, stone
or gravel, dirt or borrowing pits as is
necessary for the construction of the
said road, not to destroy more of the
available timber, stone or gravel as
are necessary. In case of damages
arising from the construction of said
road or roads, if an agreement can
not be arrived at with the parties
concerned and the supervisor, then
the same shall be taken up with the
county commissioners and if they
cannot agree, then the said county
commissioners shall appoint one good
business man and the aggrieved par
ty shall have the right to appoint one
man and they shall elect the third,
to go over the said road or roads and
settle the dispute, taking into consid-
Grafton the value of the road to the
said aggrieved party and report their
findings with amount of damages to
the county commissioners, they pay
ing the same out of the road funds
of the above levy. In the event any
difficulty arises as to damages the
same shall not conflict or stop the
work on said road in any way, as the
same shall be adjusted after compile
tion of said road.
Sec. 5. The said board of county
commissioners of Wataua county is
hereby authorized to furnish all tools
on roads that are not contracted and
blasting material as may be required
for the upkeep of said roads. The SUI