ART. 28.] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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under the provisions of the preceding section, shall
make it satisfactorily appear to the road supervisors of
the road district in which he resides, that he is physi-
cally unable to perform the said labor, either by reason
of permanent disability or that said disability existed
at the time at which his services were required, and is
not able to pay the commutation hereinafter provided,
it shall be the duty of the said supervisor to exempt
such person from the performance of the said labor and
commutation for labor, and in case such supervisor
shall refuse to exempt any person who shall apply
for exemption, as herein provided, such person, if he

shall feel aggrieved by such refusal may appeal to the
county commissioners of the county, whose decision
shall be final.

Appeal to
county com-
missioners.

32. The county commissioners of the several coun-
ties may make such commutation of labor for teams
and carts or wagons, as they may deem proper.

Ibid. s. 5.
Commutation.

33. Every person liable, as aforesaid, to labor on
said public roads, who shall fail to obey the summons
of the road supervisor, or furnish a substitute, shall,
upon demand made by said supervisor, pay to said
supervisor the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for
each and every day, not exceeding two days, that he
shall fail to perform such labor, and the said supervi-

Ibid. s. 6.
Fines.

sor shall collect and account, under oath, to the county
commissioners, for all sums of money so collected, and
exemptions granted, and shall apply the said money
under the directions of the said county commissioners,
to hiring laborers to work on the public roads, and
shall pay over to his successor, upon the order of the
county commissioners, any surplus that may remain in

Supervisors
to account to
county com-
missioners.

his hands, and the said supervisors shall make a report
on oath, once in three months, to the county commis-
sioners, of the money received and expended.

Report.

34. Any person liable to labor, as aforesaid, who
shall refuse to obey such summons, and shall refuse
to labor on said public roads, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, for one or two days, as hereinbefore specified,
and shall refuse or neglect, upon demand made as afore-

Ibid s 7.
Refusing to
labor on roads,
&c.