of September, and the County Commissioners shall
fix and regulate from time to time the prices to be
paid by supervisors for the hire of necessary teams
and laborers to execute any work under this law.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in addition to the
proper proportion of the general road tax levied far
ordinary expenses of roads and bridges within the
county, the County Commissioners shall have power,
in their discretion, upon the petition of a majority of
the land owners within any election district, to levy
upon the assessable property within such district an
additional special tax of not more than ten cents in
the hundred dollars, to be collected as other county
taxes, and to be expended under the direction of the
County Commissioners for the improvement of the
roads within said district.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That any super-
visor may be sued before any Justice of the Peace
in any action of debt, in the name of the said com-
missioners, for any direction of duty under this
Act; the amount to he recovered not to exceed in
any case tire sum of one hundred dollars, according
to the aggravation of the case, either party having
the right of appeal to the Circuit Court as in other
cases of small debts; and all sums so recovered shall
be applied in aid of the road fund of the district
where such supervisor acts, or lie shall be liable for
indictments in the Circuit Court of said county, and
may be fined at the discretion of the Court, and the
fines imposed shall likewise be applied to the road
fund of his said district.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the several super-
visors shall, with the assent of the County Commis-
sioners, contract with the proprietor of any lands
adjacent to any public road, or Ills or her authorized
agent, for keeping said road or any designated part
thereof in repair for the term of one year, and said
contractor shall, during the time covered by his con-
tract, be liable to be preceded against for any direction of duty in respect to repairing said roads, in the
same manner as is above provided for in respect to
supervisors, in addition to his liability for breach of
his contract.
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To levy a
special tax.
Supervisor
may be sued.
Application
of sums
recovered.
To contract
tor keeping
roads in
repair.
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