1911 Proviso. Provisions for laborers, pensation their com and service. the contract for the overseering of the roads and bridges of the county to the lowest responsible bidder; Provided, That no bid shall be accepted for more than two dollars per day for each day of actual service on the roads and shall be required to give bond with good and sufficient se- Bond of curity, made payable to the Board of County Commission- overseer. ers for the faithful performance of his duties; and each County Commissioner shall have supervision of all roads and bridges in his district and may employ or authorize the overseer to employ the necessary labor to work his respective roads, and shall not pay exceeding fifteen cents an hour to any laborer and shall keep an itemized account of the name of each laborer, the length of time worked, and the price to be paid to each one, and shall file with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners by the first Monday of each month a certified copy of his account; and the overseer shall give to each laborer, if required by him, a certificate of his time, stating the number of hours worked each day and the price allowed; at the end of each week, and such certificate shall be construed as an order on the Board of County Commissioners and shall be paid upon the report of same by the County Commissioner in whose district the labor was performed; Provided, That the overseer shall at no time Proviso. be allowed to work with less than six hands, unless in case of accident, the falling of a tree, the breaking of a bridge, he may be allowed to work with a less number. Sec. 7. Each and every ablebodied male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years who do not pay any tax on either real or personal property and who has resided in any road district in Liberty County, Florida, thirty days, shall be required to work four days in each year on the public roads in the district in which he resides, or in lieu thereof, he may pay a road tax of two dollars for each year when demand is made upon him to the Tax Collector of the county, or to the County Commissioner of the district in which he resides; either of whom shall give to him a receipt for the same, over his official signature, and all moneys so collected shall be paid into the treasury to be used as a special road fund, and any person refusing to comply with the provisions of Section 7 of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Persons sub duty or road ject to road tax. 1911 Residence of Overseer. Establishment of two good roads. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to have their respective districts worked as nearly in rotation as practicable, and in no case shall the overseer be allowed to move from any district in which he is working until all the public roads within such district have been made passable; unless in case of disaster, such as windstorms to blockade the roads with trees or freshets in the streams to break bridges in another district, he shall then be allowed to move to the district having such disaster. Sec. 9. The Board of County Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to establish two good roads across the county, one leading from the County Seat straight and as nearly east as practicable to the county line and the other from a point on north line of the county to a point on the south line of the county as nearly on a straight line as practicable, that will, in their Surfacing of opinion, benefit the greatest number of people. The said roads shall be surfaced in the sandy places with either clay, sawdust, shells or any other hard material that will improve them, and the Board of County Commissioners may at any time after all other roads have been worked and put in good condition and there is sufficient funds in the treasury to warrant it, to have the overseer working and surfacing the said two roads in compliance with this Act. roads. Majority of Mile-post. Sec. 10. Whenever the Board of County Commissioners are mentioned in this Act, it shall be construed to mean or imply a majority of said board. Sec. 11. The Road Overseer shall be required to erect and keep up mile posts and sign posts of good material, stating the number of miles from place to place, and at all crossroads and branch roads giving proper instruc tions as to the terminus of said roads. Sec. 12. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby re pealed. Sec. 13. This Act shall go into effect on June 1st, A. D. 1911. Approved May 3, 1911. CHAPTER 6287-(No. 168). AN ACT to Prohibit the Catching of Food Fish in Any of the Fresh Water Lakes and Streams of Liberty County, Florida, Other Than With Hook and Line or Bob; to Prohibit the Selling of Any Fish so Caught With Hook and Line or Bob, and to Prohibit the Shipment of Same. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, party or parties to catch food fish in any of the fresh water lakes and streams of Liberty County, Florida, with anything other than hook and line or bob. Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, party or parties to sell or offer for sale any food fish taken from the waters of any of the fresh water lakes and streams in Liberty County, Florida. Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier to carry or transport any food fish taken from any of the fresh water lakes and streams of Liberty County, Florida, at any time. Sec. 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as by general law prescribed. Sec. 5. This law shall take effect immediately after its Lassage and approval. Approved May 30, 1911. 1911 Protection of fish in County. Liberty 1911 "Jail warrants" authorized. Authority of CHAPTER 6288-(No. 169). AN ACT to Authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, to Refund Certain County Warrants or Script Issued and To Be Issued by the County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, and to Validate the Same, and to Provide for the Payment of Interest Thereon. Whereas, The Board of County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, on the 10th day of December, A. D. 1910, entered into a contract with J. F. Jenkins & Company of Gainesville, Florida, for the construction of a county jail for such county at a cost of twenty-three thousand and fifty ($23,050.00) dollars; and, Whereas, Such jail is in process of construction; and, Whereas, Some question may be or has been raised with respect to the validity of the warrants issued or to be issued in payment for the construction of such jail; and, Whereas, The Board of County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, during the years A. D. 1909 and A. D. 1910, found it necessary to construct four steel bridges in Marion County, Florida, and were put to other extraordinary expense in work upon the public roads of said county; Now, therefore, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That all county warrants, or script, issued and to be issued by the Board of County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, to J. F. Jenkins & Company, contractors, of Gainesville, Florida, for the construction of a county jail for said county, in sums which in the aggregate do not exceed twenty-three thousand and fifty ($23,050.00) dollars, are hereby validated and made binding charges against said Marion County, and are hereinafter referred to as jail warrants. Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, is hereby authorized and empowered to contract and agree to pay interest at the rate of six per centum per annum upon the jail warrants referred to in the preceding section of this Act, and may within four months after the date of any such warrant, or warrants, take up such warrant, or warrants, by issuing in lieu thereof a warrant, or warrants, payable thereafter at fixed dates to be determined by such board and to be specified in such warrants respectively, which warrants may provide for the payment of interest at the rate of six per cent per annum payable semi-annually; Provided, That such warrants so issued to refund said jail warrants shall not exceed the said sum of $23,050.00 with interest as herein specified. Sec. 3. That all warrants or script which are now outstanding and unpaid and which was issued by the Board of County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, and drawn on the road fund of said county, during the years A. D. 1909, and A. D. 1910, hereinafter referred to as road warrants, are hereby validated and made binding charges against the said county. 1911 sioners to pay interest on jail warrants. Outstanding wardated. rants vali Sec. 4. The Board of County Commissioners of Marion Other warCounty, Florida, is hereby authorized and empowered to ble. take up the outstanding and unpaid road warrants referred to in Section 3 of this Act, by issuing in lieu thereof, within six months after this becomes a law, other warrants payable at fixed dates to be specified in such warrants with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum payable semi-annually. Sec. 5. This law shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 6289-(No. 170). AN ACT to Amend Section 1, Chapter 6002, Laws of Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 6002 of the Laws |