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ART. 20.] ROADS. 1831
1888, ch. 96.
233. Each supervisor shall make report to the county commis-
sioners on the first day of June and the first day of December of
each and every year, and the said reports shall state, on blanks to
be furnished by the commissioners, the times and places of all
work done, the names of persons summoned, and the time made
by himself and each person at work on each occasion, the money
received by him for road purposes from all sources, disburse-
ments he has made, and on what account, and any other matter
touching the road service in hi9 district; and if any road super-
visor shall fail wilfully to file such report with the said commis-
sioners within ten days from said time, respectively, his said
office shall, ipso facto, be vacated, and the said county commis-
sioners shall immediately proceed to appoint some other person in
his stead.
Ibid.
234. Any person who shall fail to obey the summons of the
road supervisor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
complaint made by the supervisor of the district in which he
resides, shall be arrested and brought before any justice of the
peace of the county upon a warrant to be issued by said justice,
and upon proof of such summons and a failure to obey the same,
shall be fined not less than one dollar and a half nor more than
five dollars, and all costs of such proceeding, and stand committed
until such fine and costs are paid; and all fines collected under
this section shall be paid to the supervisor making said complaint,
for the use of the road in his district; provided, that any person
upon being summoned by the supervisor may furnish a substi-
tute, or pay to the supervisor one dollar for each and every day
he may be summoned to work; and provided further, that if it
shall appear upon examination before the said justice of the
peace that the party so brought before him was at the time he
was summoned to work physically unable to perform said labor,
and was also without pecuniary means and unable to pay the
sum of one dollar, then the said party shall be discharged; pro-
vided also, that any person convicted under this section may
appeal to the circuit court for Somerset county.
Ibid.
235. Each supervisor, as his full compensation, shall receive
two dollars per day for each and every day of eight hours each
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