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j. J. Mll^ER, Manager. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C.< FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15.1907 VOL. XII--NO. 7
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AiN ^CT
To Provide for the Working of the
PubllG Roads of
Transylvania County
Following is the bill for work
ing and maintaining the public
roads of Transylvania county as
prepared by Geo. W. Wilson, D.
L. English and W. W. Zachary,
the cammittee appointed by the
mass meeting held at the court
house on the First Monday in
January, 1907.
The committee has submitted
a copy of the bill to the Sylvan
Valley News for publication and
has forwarded the original to
our representative and senator
in the general assembly. The
committee has asked that this
bill be published in order that
every citizen of Transylvania
county may acquaint themselves
with all the provisions of the
proposed law, and make sugges
tions as to any change that they
may desire before it is enacted
into law. The committee realizes
the great responsibility placed
upon them by the mass meeting,
and will appreciate ^ny sugges
tions from citizens of the county
as to any proposed change in the
bill. Respectfully submitted,
W. W. Zachary, Chn. Com,
D- L. EiVGKjjII,
* 4f
The General AssemUp of North Carolina
do enact:
Section 1.—That the Board of
County Commissioners of Transyl
vania county, shall, in order to pro
vide for the proper working and
amending the public roads of said
county of Transylvania, at their
regular meeting in June 1907, and
at each regular annual meeting
thereafter, and it is hereby made
their duty to levy a special tax on
all property subject to taxation in
said county under the State law of
not less than ten cents nor greater
than twenty cents on the hundred
dollars worth of property, and not
less than thirty cents nor greater
than sixty cents on the poll, the
constitutional equasion to be ob
served at all times; Said taxes to
be collected as all other taxes are,
to be kept separate in the tax books
of the county, to be set aside as a spe
cial road fund, and to be used by the
township from which such taxes
were collected in the maintainance,
improvement and amending the
public reads, culverts and bridges
of said township; Provided, the
sheriff or tax collector, collecting
the said taxes shall only retain
three percentum of the amount col
lected of the said fund for collect
ing and paying the sarne over to
the overseers of the various town
ships from which said tax was col
lected upon order of the board of
supervisors of said township ; Pro
vided further, that if the citizens
of any township so desire they shall
have the right at each general elec
tion for members of the general
assembly to elect a tax collector for
said township, whose duty it shall
be to collect the taxes above pro
vided for in this act and disburse
the same according to the provis
ions of this act hereinafter set out,
said township tax collector not to
receive the said tax list until he
shall have executed a bond in the
sum of at least double the amount
of taxes to be collected by him con
ditioned for the faithful collection
and paying over all the taxes con
tained in the said list and any dis
coveries that may be charged to
him. Said bond to be approved by
the board of supervisors of said
township and also by the chairman
of the board of county commission
ers, which bond shall then be filed
for safe keeping with the register
of deeds of Transylvania county,
said tax collector not to receive
over three per centum for collect
ing and paying over the said funds.
Sec. 2.—That all able bodied male
citizens of Transylvania county be
tween the ages of eighteen and for
ty-five years, except ministers of
the gospel and residents of incor
porated towns, shall work on the
public roads of the said county for
six days of nine hours each in each
and every year, at such time and
place, and in such manner as may
be designated by the road overseer
of the township in which said per
son may reside ; Provided, that the
said township overseer shall give to
each person in his township who is
subject to road duty, at least three
days notice by personal warning or
by leaving a written,or printed no
tice at the home or residence of
such person, specifying in such no
tice the time and place, when and
where, such work as is to be per
formed, and also designating in
such notice the tool or implement
with which such person shall be re
quired to work; Provided further,
that in case of washouts, or other
unexpected obstructions to travel,
the three days notice shall not be
necessary and any person liable to
road duty in the township in which
such obstructiontravel may oc
cur, shall, upon ' being properly
summoned by the said jtownship
overseer of roads, respond to such
summons with reasonable promj^t-
ness, but the time put in by any
road hand in cases of emergency on
account of the obstroctions to trav
el caused by freshets, washouts, or
other unforeseen obstructions, shall
not be counted as against the six
days liability to road duty provided
for in this section, but in no event
can one person be required to work
on the public roads more than ten
days in any one year; Provided
further, that any person may in
lieu of working six days on the pub
lic roads pay to the overseer of his
township on or before the first day
of May in each Jand every year
three dollars in advance for the
succeeding year, or may on or be
fore the first day of May, Aiigust,
November and February of each
*year pay to the said overseer one
dollar and twetoty-five cents quar
terly in advance, or may at the
time he is summoned and before
the time at which he was sum
moned to work, pay the said over
seer the sum of one dollar for each
day for which he has been sum
moned to work, but the foregoing
payments shall not relieve such per
son from such road’ duty as may be
made necessary on account of
fioods, storms, or other nnforseen
obstructions to the public travel;
Provided further, thaf any person
physically unable to work on the
public roads, may be exempted
therefrom by order of the board of
county commissioners.
Sec. 3.—That the board of super
visors of each and every township
of Transylvania county shall meet
at some place in their respective
townships, to be designated by
them, on Saturday before the first
Monday in April, July, October and
January of each and every year
for the purpose of transacting such
road duties as is provided for in
this act, and for such meeting each
member of the board, who shall so
meet, shall be entitled to one dol
lars per diem for such time as may
be necessary to transact the busi
ness that may come before said
board concerning the public roads
of their said townships, said
amotint to t>e paid out of the pnblic
road fund of their respective town
ships.
Sec. 4.—That it shall be the duty
of the said board of supervisors of
each township at their regular
meeting on Saturday before the
first Monday in April in each and
every year to elect a road overseer
for their respective townships for
the ensuing year and prescribe the
amount of bond which the said
overseer shall give, conditioned for
the faithful performance of his du
ties as road overseer for said town
ship and for the faithful collection
and paying over all moneys which
by the provisions of this act he
shall be required to collect and pay
out, and for the faithful working of
the hands of said township who
may be placed under his charge by
the provisions of this act or by the
order of the board of supervisors.
The amount of said bond shall in
no event be less than double the
amount of funds which the said
overseer may collect or be placed
in charge of: Provided, however,
that if the voters of any township
shall decide to elect a township tax
collector, said tax collector shall,
by virtue of his office be the road
overseer-for said township.
Sec. 5.—At the regular meeting
of the supervisors on Saturday be
fore the first jNIonday in April, the
said board shall divide up their re
spective townships into road dis
tricts, designating each district by
number and cloarly gj^ecifying the
territory to be contained in each
district, giving the name of each
person subject to road duty in each
of said districts, to be spread upon
a book to be kept by them and
designated as the road docket for
the said township.
Sec. 6^-;—That it shall be the duty
of the said overseer to take charge
of, look after and maintain all of
the public roads in the township
for which he is elected overseer,
and all such roads as may be here
after established as public roads in
his said township. He shall sum
mon the various hands allotted to
the various districts by the board
of supervisors, and shall work the
said hands in the various districts
to which they have been assignee!
for at least six days in each and
every year, beginning with the
first day of April of each year, and
shall put in such extra work as
may become necessary on accoun t
of obstructions to travel, caused by
storms, floods or other unforeseen
causes. He shall also hire hands,
and also plows, scraj)es or teams,
and purchase such lumber and
timber as may be necessary to keep
up the public roads and bridges in
his said township, with such money
as may be paid to him by the vari
ous road hands, and such money as
may be turned over to him by order
of the board of supervisors: Pro
vided the said overseer shall not
receive for his compensation more
than two dollars per day when
working five hands or more, and
not more than one dollar per day
when working less than five hands,
but in no event shall said road over
seer receive compensation as over
seer when working less than three
hands, and said overseer shall be
paid such amount for summoning
said road hands as may be allowed
by the board of supervisors of his
township, and said overseer shall
in no case expend on the public
roads of his township more money
in any one year than is collected
for said township for that year.
Seo. 7.—That the overseers of the
various townships of Transylvania
county shall meet with the board
of county commissioners of Tran
sylvania county and advise with
them as to what tools shall be
needed for working the roads of
the various townships, and it shall
be the duty of the board of county
commissioners to order or buy said
tools in bulk and deliver to each
township or the overseer thereof
the tools that it was decided said
township should receive; said
tools to be paid for out of the pub
lic road funds of said township.
Sec. 8.—That all compensation
the said supervisors and the over
seers of the various townshij)s shall
be entitled to receive for their ser
vices shall be paid to them only
after an order shall have been made
by the said board of supervisors,
and the same entered upon the
minutes of the board by the clerk
or secretary thereof.
Sec. 9.—That the said overseer
shall keep a book designating the
districts in his said township with
the name of each hand allotted
thereto, and shall mark opposite
each hand’s name the number of
days worked by each hand and the
dates such work was done, and the
amounts paid by such hands, when
paid and for what year, quarter or-
day such amount was paid- Said
overseer shall keep in said book
an itemized statement of all funds
received by him for road purposes,
to whom the same was paid, giving
name of each person and the pur
pose for which the same was paid,
and shall on Saturday before the
first Monday in ^ April».,July, Octo
ber and January in oach aed every
year ren&r to the board of super
visors of his township a verified
statement of all his transactions
and dealings as road overseer for
i:he preceding quarter ; said report
shall show in detail all amounts re
ceived by the said overseer, from
whom received, to whom paid and
for what purpose, and shall also
show which hands, if any, have
failed to pay according to the pro
visions of this act. Said report
shall be verified by the said over
seer, and if approved by the board
of supervisors shall be spread npon
the minutes of the said board and
kept by the secretary of the said
board open for public inspection,
and the ' said overseer shall also
make diligent inquiry as to what
hands in his township are subject
to road duty, and quarterly, at the
beginning of each quarter, furnish
the board of supervisors a list of
‘"'ame ; and if the said overseer shall
fail or refuse to make the report
hereinbefore specified or furnish
the list of hands as herein provided
for ten days after written notice
served on him by the secretary of
the board of sui>ervisors, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the
court, and shall be further liable
to a penalty in the sum of two hun
dred dollars, pne-half of which
shall go to any i)erson sueing for
the same.
Sec. 10.—That it shall be the duty
of the board of sui)ervisors to keep
a close watch after the condition
of the public roads in their respec
tive townships, and to dilligently
sui)ervise and inspect all the acts
and workings of the overseer of
their respective townships, requir
ing him to perform all the duties
prescribed in the preceding section
of this act, and shall through their
chairman or secretary make full
report of their proceedings and of
the workings of the overseer of
their respective townships to the
board of coxmty commissioners of
Transylvania countv on the first
Continued on pa^e 8.