ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 5.05
such penalty, and with such security, as they may
fix and approve, and with such conditions as they
may prescribe in regard to the duties to be per-
formed, the use, safekeeping, and due return of all
property placed in their charge, and the proper
disposal of all monies coming into their hands for
road purposes.
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Bond.
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95. The said County Commissioners, if in their
judgment it is expedient and proper, may raise in
advance such an amount or amounts as may be
sufficient for the proper repair and improvement of
the public roads of said county, by negotiation of
a loan or loans upon the bonds of the county, at
not less than their par value, bearing six per cent,
interest, payable annually, and said bonds payable
in annual installments, in such order as may ren-
der their payment not oppressive to the tax payers
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Negotiate loan
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of said county; and they shall provide in their an-
nual levy for the payment of said interest and of
said annual installments, until said bonds shall be
fully paid off and redeemed.
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Annual levy.
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96. If in the construction and repair of the
public roads of the county, it be necessary for the
proper drainage of said roads, it shall he lawful
for Supervisors or other road officers of the county
to let off the water therefrom upon the adjoining
lands, at such places as may be proper and neces-
sary;provided, it shall be done with as little
injury as possible to the owners of said lands, and
provided the drains through such lands be con-
tinued so as to prevent the spreading of the water
so let off the roads over cultivated fields.
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Drainage,
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97. Any person who shall obstruct, fill up, or
otherwise wilfully injure the drains made for con-
ducting the water from the public roads, or shall
encroach upon any public roads by fences or other
obstructions, or dig any ditch or drain across any
road, and not keep such ditch or drain well cov-
ered and in good repair for the passage of vehicles
over the same, or if any person shall drain any
water into or upon any public road, each and every
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Obstruct or
injure.
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such person, for every such offence, shall be sub-
ject to a fine, for the use of the county, of not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
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Fine.
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