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THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBEbUNIAN 2 ROBESON COUNTY ROAD LAW. j AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WORK- j ING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF; ROBESON COUNTY, AND TO LEVY A TAX FOR THE SAME. Road Trustees. Section 1. That at the general elec tion to be held in the year 1914, and at each general election to be held thereafter for the election of county officrs, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of each township of Robeson county a "board of road trustees" for each township in the county, which shall be composed of three citizens, residents and tax pay ers of the township, and said elec tion shall be held under the same rules and regulatinos and at the same time now provided, or hereafter to be provided by law for the election of other county officers. At all general elections a separate ballot box shall be provided which shall be plainly labeled "For Members of the Board of Road Trustees for Town ship." The persons receiving the three highest number of votes shall be de clared elected. Provided that no per son shall be eligible to election as a member of the board of road trus tees of any township unless he shall have resided in the township from which he is to be elected at leeast 12 months next preceding the election. The board of commissioners of Rob eson county, shall, on the first Mon day in May, 1913 elect (upon the re commendation of the members of the General Assembly from Robeson coun ty), a board of road trustees from each township in the county, who shall serve until their successors are elect ed and qualified as provided for in this act, and they are hereby incor porated, and the "board of road trus tees" of such township shall be their corporate name. Said township boards may sue and be sued, adopt a common, seal, and to do any and all things which may be necessary for the accomplish ment of the things designated for said boards to do under the provis ions of this act, and may purchase and hold property which may be necessary for the exercise of its pow ers. Term of. Office. Section 2. The term of office of the members of said board shall be for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qual ified as provided in this act. If for any cause there should be a vacancy in said board, the board of commis sioners of Robeson county shall ap point some fit and competent tax paying citizen of said township to fill such vacancy and hold until the election and qualification of his suc cessor as herein provided. The said township board shall meet within 20 days after its election and organize by the election of one of its members as chairman and one of its members as secretary. Oalh of Office. Section 3. The members of said board, before entering upon the dis charge of their duties, in addition to the oath to support the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Constitution and laws of the State of North Carolina, as are now required to be taken by public offi cers, shall take before some justice of the peace of Robeson county, or other person competent to administer oaths, the following oath of office viz: . ' "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will honestly, diligently and faithfully perform the duties of the office of road trustee of township, Robeson county, to the best of my knowledge, skill and ability, so help me God." ' Duties of Trustees. Section 4. The road trustees shall meet in some place in their respec tive townships to be agreed upon by themselves, or in the absence of such agreement, to be named by their chairman, on the first Monday in June and December, and at such other times as a majority of them may deem advisable, and shall keep a re cord of their proceedings. It shall be the duty of the road trustees to ex amine into the condition of the pub lic roads of their respective townships at least twice in each and every year and make a report in duplicate on the condition of said public roads and present one copy of said leport at the May and November meetings of the board of county commissioners, and shall transmit a copy of said reports to the solicitor with instructions as they may deem proper. The board of road truss) pp cViaii have the right to lay out, alter or discontinue public roads that are wholly within their townships. And the board of county commissioners shall have the right to lay out, alter or discontinue public roads that ex tend into two or more townships. Neglect of Duty. Section 6. That each and every person who shall neglect or refuse to perform the several duties enjoined Dy mis act snan be guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court; and it is hereby made the duty of the solici tor of the judicial district in which Robeson county is included to'prose cute all the offences against the pro visions of this act. Road Districts. Section 7. That the board of road trustees of the several townships of Robeson county, shall on the first Monday in June, next, or within four weeks thereafter, divide their respec- tive townships into suitable road dis tricts, and annually thereafter make such alterations therein as they may deem proper, and cause a brief de scription thereof to be made on the township records, and appoint one per son supervisor of roads for the town ship, provided the board of road trus tees think better, they may appoint more than one supervisor for a town ship, but not more than three, and in case more than one supervisor is ap pointed for a township then the road trustees shall furnish each supervisor with a plat of his road district. Su pervisors so appointed shall take an oath faithfully and impartially to dis charge the duties of said office, and the road trustees shall require bond of such supervisor, payable to the State of North Carolina, in trust for said township, in such sum as they may determine, with surety to be-by them approved, determined for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. Vacancies. Section 8. When a vancancy shall occur in the office of supervisor by death, resignation or otherwise, the road trustees of the township where the vacancy occurs shall appoint some suitable person to fill the vacancy. The person appointed shall, before enter ing upon the duties of his office, take an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, and shall be under the same restrictions and penalties as was his predecessor. Duties of Supervisor. Section 9. That it shall be the duty of each and every supervisor to open or cause to be opened all public roads which have been or may hereafter be laid out and established in his road district or township; keep the same in repair, afnd to move or cause to be removed all obstructions that may from time to time be found thereon, for which purpose said supervisors are hereby authorized to enter upon any lands not incumbered by crops near to or adjoining said roads, to cut and carry away timber, except trees or groves on improved lands left for ornament or shade, to dig or cause to be dug and carried away gravel, sand or clay which may be necessary to make, improve or repair said road, and to enter on any lands adjoining or lying near the roads, to make such drains or. ditches through the sanu as he may deem necessary for the benefit of the roads, doing as little damage to such lands and the improvements thereon and timber as the nature of the case and the public good will admit; and the drains or ditches so made shall be conducted to the nearest water way ditch or drain, and shall be kept open by the supervisors, and shall not be obstruct ed by the owners or occupiers of said lands, or any person or persons hav ing same in charge, under the penalty of forfeiting the sum of $10.00 for each and every offense. And if the supervisors shall wilfully injure any cultivated or improved lands by fail ure to conduct said drains and ditches to the nearest water way or drain and keep said ditches or drain in re pair, he shall be guilty of a misde meanor. Provided that all ditches and drains across the public roads shall be tiled or concreted. Section 10. That the several super visors within their respective town ships shall collect by suit or other wise all fines, for forfeitures and pen alties arising or accruing under the provisions of this act, unless the ques tion thereof is herein otherwise pro vided for, and they are hereby au thorized and required, before their settlement with the road trustees, to prosecute to the final judgment all persons neglecting or refusing to comply with the pro visions of this act from whom such fines, forfeitures and penalties can be collected; and the said judgment, if not paid, together with the costs therein, shall remain and be in force against the judgment debtor. Width of Roads. Section 11. All public roads within the county of Robeson shall be thirty feet wide unless the road trustees shall by resolution, duly recorded upon Its minutes, prescribe a different width; but in case said road trustees shall provide a different width, then the width adopted by the road trus tees shall be the legal width of the road to which the resolution adopted by said road trustees shall apply. Ditches Across Roads. Section 12. It shall be the duty of every person who, for the purpose of draining land, or for any other pur pose, shall desire to construct any ditch, drain or canaj across any pub lic road in the county of Robeson, to give Written notice of his desire to the supervisor of roads, or to the road trustees. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of roads within two days after the receipt of such notice to inspect the premises and to pre scribe the material which shall be used in the construction of the bridge or culvert to be placed over or under said road, and shall- likewise pre scribe the dimensions of any drain and shall specify how the same shall be constructed and of what material, and shall put each specification into writ ing if requested so to do by the land I owner. It shall be the duty of the land owner to cause such bridge or culvert to be constructed in the man ner and after the method prescrib ed by the supervisor of roads, and after the same is constructed it shall be the duty of the land owner to notify the supervisor of roads who shall proceed to inspect the same and if the same js properly constructed. the said supervisor of roads shall ac cept same, ad if not properly con structed, it shall be his duty to make the land owner make such changes in its construction as shall be re quired by said supervisor, and jjpon the acceptance of such bridge or culvert the same shall become, be and remain a public charge, and shall thereafter be kept up and maintained at the expense of the road fund of the township within which it is loca ted, but the original cost of construct ing such bridge or culvert shall be borfie by the land owner or person desiring the construction thereof. If any person shall cause any ditch drain or canal to be dug across any public road of said county without complying with the provisions of this section, and without paying for the cost of con struction thereof, or without the ap proval of he supervisor of roads, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined or im prisoned in the discretion of the c6urt. Ploughing Into Roads Forbidden Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to construct drains or ditches so that they dis charge the water into or upon any public r oa d s or into the drain on either side of said public road or roads. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to plow in or across any public road, or to so cultivate the lands adjoining such road or roads that the surface water will ' be discharged from said cultivated lands into the drains or upon the surface of such road or roads. Moneys. Section 14. That all moneys that remain in the hands of any supervisor at the time of the annual settlement with the road trustees shall be paid over to the county treasurer, and by him placed to the credit of the road fund of the township, and said super visor shall take a receipt from the treasurer for the same. It shall be lawful for any supervisor to sue out execution on any judgment that re mains unpaid within his proper dis trict at any time when in in his opin ion the same can be collected. Section 15. That the supervisors of public roads within said county are hereby authorized and directed to con struct foot logs over 6treams of wa ter on said public roads. Sign Posts. Section 16. That each supervisor within his township or drstrict, shall erect and keep up at the expense of the township at the forks or cross of public roads a post and guide board or finger board containing an inscrip tion in legible letters directing the way and distance to the town or towns or other public place or places situa ted on each public road respectively. And shall erect and maintaii. mile posts on all the public roads of their township or district. Section 17. That if any person shall wilfully demolish, tear down, alter or deface any such post or guide board, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace or recorder of the coun ty, be fined in any sum not exceed ing $25 and costs, or imprisoned not exceeding twenty days. Road Working Implements. Section 18. That the road trustees of the several townships be and they are hereby authorized to furnish plows, scrapers and other tools for the use of the several road districts within their townships, to be paid for out of the money in the county treas ury to the credit of said township for road purposes not otherwise appro priated. The road trustees shall take a receipt from each supervisor for such implements as they may deliver to him, showing the number, kind and condition thereof. And such super visor shall be liable for any injury or damage that may result to such im plements, or any of them, by impro per use thereof, or by unnecessary exposure of the weather during the time the same may be in his possess- sion, and he shall, on the first Mon day in May, annually, return the same to said road trustee's, and the amount of which said supervisor may be liable for improper use or neglect may be recovered by an action in the name of the road trustees. Watering Places. Section 19. That the road trustees of any township in the county are hereby authorized to provide and maintain suitable places for providing water for persons and animals on the public roads in said township. Two or more town ships may provide and maintain suit able places for procuring water for persons and animals on public roads dividing said townships, or lying near the deviding line. The supervisor of any road district may contract with any land owner for maintaining a suitable place for procuring water for persons and animals of any public road in his township or district. Said contract shall first be approved by the board of road trustees of said township. Cartways and Gates. Section 20. The road trustees of each township shall have jurisdiction over cart ways and may order the laying out or discontinuing of the same. Any person over whose land the right of which any person or per sons may have acquired the right to use may erect gates, with the consent of the road trustees, across same, and if any person shall wilfully leave open, break down, or otherwise injure the same, he. shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $25 for each of fense. Passing Vehicles. Section 21. When any persons shall meet each other on any bridge, high way, public road or roads, traveling with carriages, wagons or other ve hicles, each person shall reasonably drive his carriage or vehicle to the right of the middle of the traveled part of such bridge or roads so that the resecptive .carriages or other ve hides aforesaid may pass each other without interference. Every person wilfully offending against the pro visions of this section shall for each offense forfeit a sum not exceeding j . . t 3 T ' l . m iu, io De recoverea on compiamt De fore any justice of the peace in the township where the offense shall have been committed and he shall further be liable for all damages sustained by reason of such offense. Provided, that every such complaint shall be made within six months after the of fense shall have been committed, and that every such action for damages shall be commenced within twelve months after the cause of the ac tion shall have accrued. "Snaking" Logs. Section 22. Any person engaged in hauling or transporting saw logs or other timbers on any public road in said county, who shall transport or cause to be transported by means of chains or grab hooks, or other (Continued on page three.) RUN-DOWN PEOPLE Made Strong by Vinol. 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