A. 1898, p. 110. A. 1898, p. 110. Roads and bridges. following plan shall be adopted for working the public roads of said county, the said ordinary shall make an order providing for an election, and shall appoint a day for the same, and public notice of the date of the same, for four successive weeks in the newspaper in which the legal advertisements of such county are published. On the day appointed an election shall be held at the election precincts in such county, under the laws of this State controlling elections, and the consolidated returns shall be made to the ordinary of such county. No additional or other registration shall be required of voters at such election, but the registration had at the next preceding election shall be sufficient for any election under this Act, and the name of any legal voter may be added to the list of voters by the registrars on his taking the required oath, unless the board of registrars decide that such voter is disqualified. Voters shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the four days law," or "Against the four days' law." In the event that "For the four days law" shall have a majority of the votes cast at such election, the ordinary shall so declare by appropriate order, and thereafter the following shall be the road law of county. $6088. Road hands, commutation tax.-It shall be the duty of the Ordinary, or Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, to provide for the working of all public roads in said counties hereinafter specified. The same persons who are subject to road duty under the laws as they now exist, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, subject to road duty under this Act between the ages of 21 and 50 years, and each and every person shall be subject to work on the public roads in the district in which he resides not more than four days in each year; but any person subject to road duty may relieve himself from said duty, by paying to the person authorized to receive the same, the sum of not exceeding one dollar for each day he may be required to work, and a receipt from said party in any district shall be good and sufficient to relieve him from road duty for that year in any other district in said county: provided, said receipt shall be for so many dollars as he is summoned days to work. $6089. Road overseers, compensation of.-The road overseers, when appointed as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid the sum of not exceeding one and one-half dollars per day for each day that he actually works the roads, including the time required to summon the hands, as hereinafter provided for, said time to be judged of by the Commissioners; that they shall have charge of all the roads, and report the condition of the same to the road Commissioners of the district, who shall direct them when and where to begin work. They shall then summons under the direction of the road commissioners, such a number of hands as can be worked to the best advantage at one time, and proceed to work them on the roads. If the hands so summoned prefer to pay, and do pay, a commutation tax in lieu of work, they shall pay the entire amount of the commutation Roads and bridges. tax required of them for the number of days for which they have been summoned to work, and the overseers are authorized and required to receive and receipt therefor, and shall proceed to summon other road hands necessary to fill up the number required. They shall continue to summon hands as those first summoned work out their time or pay the commutation tax, and shall continue to work on the roads from time to time as directed by the Commissioner, until all the roads in the district are put in good order, or until all the hands have been exhausted. They shall then continue to work the roads with such other hands as the road Commissioners may authorize them to employ. They shall take charge and care for all tools, implements, teams and supplies furnished them by the district Commissioners. In summoning hands regard shall be had, as far as practicable, to the road nearest to the place where the hands summoned live in the same district. 110. $ 6090. Time required of each hand; road tax.-Whenever the A. 1898 p. road commissioners of each district have assessed the number of days each road hand in their respective districts shall be required. to work, not to exceed four days in each year, and have furnished. the Ordinary of said county with a list of road hands, and the number of miles of public roads in their respective districts, the Ordinary, at the time when he assesses the taxes for other county purposes shall also assess an ad valorem tax on all property in said county, not less than ten cents nor more than twenty cents on each one hundred dollars worth of property, to be collected as other county taxes are collected, and paid over by the tax-collector to the county treasurer as a public road fund, and be paid out for road purposes upon the order of the Ordinary, who shall be, by virtue of his office, Chairman of a Board of Roads and Revenues, to be composed of the Ordinary and one Road Commissioner from each district, who shall be elected by the Road Commissioners of each district from their number on the first Monday in January of each year; provided, that they may elect on the first Monday in any month to fill vacancies. 110. $6091. Tax prorated between districts.-It shall be the duty of A. 1898, p. said board to prorate the road tax to the several districts, according to the number of miles and character of roads in each district. Said board shall receive the same compensation per diem as is allowed grand jurors in said county. The cost of all tools and implements purchased by the commissioners of any district for working the public roads shall be deducted from the amount prorated or apportioned to such district or districts. 110. § 6092. Road money, how expended.-All commutation tax col- A. 1898, p. lected by the district overseers shall be paid by them to the district commissioners, who shall receipt them for the same. All money received by said commissioners for commutation tax and all moneys received by them from the county authorities on an ad valorem tax shall be used by the said commissioners in having the roads worked A. 1896, p. 78. A. 1898, p. 110. A. 1898, p. 110. A. 1896, p. 78. 110. Roads and bridges. to the best advantage in their respective districts, and that on or before the 31st day of December of each and every year the said road commissioners shall make out and furnish to the county authorities a full and complete tabulated statement of the amount of money received and expended on the roads in their several districts and shall exhibit receipts showing for what and to whom paid. § 6093. Ad valorem tax, how paid.-Any person subject to pay an ad valorem tax under this Act shall be allowed the right and privilege to pay the same in material furnished, or labor with team performed on the public roads, that they may be consigned to by the District Commissioners, the price of which shall be regulated by said Commissioners. A receipt therefor from the overseers and approved by one of the Commissioners of said district shall be received by the tax collector of said county in payment of said ad valorem road tax. 6094. Bonds of overseers and commissioners.-The road overseers who collect the commutation tax, and the commissioners who receive the same, or other road money, shall give good and sufficient bond, payable to the Ordinary of said county. § 6095. Penalties against overseers and commissioners.—For any A. 1898, p. failure to perform any duty by this Act imposed upon them, or for making any fraudulent disposition of funds hereby provided, or for any of the commissioners to be interested directly or indirectly in any contract authorized to be made under this Act, the commissioners so offending shall be guilty of and punished as for a misdemeanor. A. 1896, p. 78. 110. § 6096. Counties to which foregoing sections apply. The proA. 1898, p. visions of this Act shall not become of force in any counties where the provisions of said Act of 1896 has been adopted by a vote of the people until the grand jury of said county or counties shall have recommended and adopted the provisions contained in this Act; provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not go into effect in any county until said county has adopted the said Act of 1896. A. 1899, p. § 6097. Inspectors of roads and bridges; appointment of.—The 89. A. 1899, p. 89. A. 1899, p. 89. commissioners of roads and revenues for all counties in this State having a population of more than seventy-five thousand people, according to the census of the United States, shall have the power to employ one or more persons to be known as inspector of roads and bridges. § 6098. Duties of Inspectors.-It shall be the duty of such Inspectors to examine routes for new roads and report thereon, to make constant and careful examination of the existing roads and bridges of the county for which they may be appointed, and report the condition of the same to the commissioners as often as may be necessary and as often as directed by said commissioners; to guard and look after the county chain gang and capture escapes therefrom, and do all such other things in reference thereto when and as directed by said commissioners. 86099. Deputy sheriffs may be.-The sheriff of any county which employs such inspectors shall, on the request of the commissioners, Roads and bridges. appoint them deputy sheriffs, and as such they shall have power to make arrests for any violations of the criminal laws of this State, as other deputy sheriffs, but as to all arrests such inspector shall report to the sheriff of their county as other deputy sheriffs. 89. $6100. Chief Inspector, how designated. Where more than one A. 1899, inspector shall be appointed in any county, the commissioners shall have power to designate one of them as "Chief Inspector." 89. p. § 6101. Salary of Inspectors.-The commissioners are authorized A. 1899, p. to pay such inspectors such salaries out of the county treasury as they may think right and proper. 89. 86102. Tenure of office. Such inspectors shall be employed sub- a. 1899, p. ject to be discharged at any time by the Commissioners for any cause whatever satisfactory to them. 89. § 6103. Control of Inspectors.- Said Inspector or Inspectors shall A. 1899, p. be under the control of the county commissioners, and such rules as they may make in pursuance of this act. 73. 6104. Public work, competition for.-Whenever public work for A. 1896, p. the State, or any county thereof, is to be let out by bidding, no person shall, by himself or otherwise, prevent, or attempt to prevent, by any means whatever, competition in such bidding. 73. § 6105. Bids for, not presented or withdrawn.-No person who A. 1896, p. desires to procure such work for himself or another shall, by any means whatever, prevent, or endeavor to prevent, any one from making a bid therefor, nor shall such person so desiring the work procure or induce another to withdraw a bid for the work. 73. § 6106. Oath of contractor.-Before any person who procures A. 1896, p. such public work by bidding shall, before commencing to do the work, he shall make an oath, in writing, that he has not directly or indirectly violated either of the foregoing sections. The oath shall be filed with the officer whose duty it is to make the payment; if the contractor be a co-partnership composed of more than one person, all of the co-partners, and any officer or agent or other person who may have represented or acted for them in bidding or procuring the contract, shall also unite in making the oath. If the contractor be a corporation, all officers, agents, or other person who may have acted for or represented the corporation in bidding or procuring the contract shall make the oath. 78. 86107. Violation a misdemeanor.-A violation of any of the pre- A. 1896, p. ceding sections shall be a misdemeanor. 73. § 6108. Penalty for false swearing.-If the oath prescribed in the A. 1896, p. foregoing sections shall be made and should be false, the person making it shall be punished for false swearing, and the contract shall be void, and all sums paid by the State or county may be recovered on the contract by appropriate suit. Elections. PART I. TITLE V. ELECTIONS. § 6109. Hours for opening and closing precincts.—In all incorporated towns and cities having more than one election precinct situated in the corporate limits of such incorporated town or city, such precincts at all elections held, shall be kept open from 7 o'clock A.M., to 6 o'clock P.M., and that when there are in such incorporated towns or citics other precincts than the courthouse precinct for the holding of elections, the elections in such precincts shall be kept open for the same time and during the same hours as now provided by law for keeping open elections at the courthouse. § 6110. Blanks and tally-sheets to be furnished.-The Governor shall furnish to the proper county authorities of the several counties of this State sufficient blanks, tally-sheets, and blank lists for voters in addition to those that are now furnished. Said tally-sheets shall have printed therein proper heading and certificate, and, as far as practical, the names of the several candidates, and the blank list for voters shall have printed therein proper headings and certificates. § €111. Blanks to be furnished for what elections.-These blanks shall be furnished for all State, presidential, congressional and county elections. $6112. Registration of voters.-It shall be lawful for any citizen of the State, who is a qualified voter, when he pays his taxes to the tax-collector, to have his name registered in the voters' book by the tax-collector, and that said registration shall entitle such person to vote in all elections that may occur in the year next succeeding after the date of such registration; provided, that such voter shall, at the time he so registers, be entitled to vote under the constitution and laws of this State. $6113. Good for succeeding year.---All persons who shall thus register, and who are qualified voters, shall be entitled to vote in all elections that may occur in the year next succeeding the year in which such registration is had, as fully and completely as those who may register after the first of January of any year in which any election is held, as now provided by law. |