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Dec. Ses. 1816
Wages for la-
bourers, &c.
Penalty on su-
pervisors ne-
glecting their
duty.
--may be war-
ranted, &c.
Fines to be
paid to levy
court.
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fore a magistrate as other small debts are recoverable in this
state, and returned by the said supervisor to the said levy court,
to be applied as they shall direct.
7. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of regulating and
establishing wages for labourers, carts and team, the said super-
visor may employ able bodied male hands to work on the said
roads, if it should be actually necessary, at the rate of sixty-se-
ven cents per day, and for cart and team hauling dirt, timber,
or other materials necessary for the repair of the public roads,
the sum of one dollar per day; and for every day which each
supervisor shall necessarily attend on said roads as supervisor,
he shall be entitled to a sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty
cents per day.
8. And be it enacted, That it any of the supervisors appointed
by this act, shall not sufficiently clear, amend, and keep in good or-
der and repair, the public roads within his district, or shall suffer
any fallen trees, or other obstructions, to remain in or across any of
the said public roads, whereby any cart, wagon or other carriage,
may he obstructed for more than three days together, he having
notice thereof, or shall neglect to fall all dead trees on either side
of the said public roads, whose limbs hang over, and may by
their falling injure travellers, or to lop or cut off all limbs or
branches of trees hanging or projecting over the road, within
fifteen feet above the surface thereof, or shall suffer any of the
bridges or causeways to be out of repair, (except framed bridges
exceeding twelve feet in width) or shall otherwise fail to perform
the duties of a supervisor, he shall forfeit and pay a sum of money
not exceeding ten dollars for every such offence, to be recovered
and applied as aforesaid.
9. And be it enacted, That any justice of the peace of said
county, who upon his own view, or upon the information, oath
or affirmation, of any one or more credible witnesses, shall dis-
cover, or be satisfied, that any bridge, road or causeway, is out of
repair from the neglect of duty of the supervisor within whose
limits the same shall be, (except in time of wheat harvest) shall
be authorised to issue his warrant, in the name of the state,
against such supervisor, directed to the constable of the hundred,
and returnable before himself or some other justice of the peace
for said county, who shall proceed to give judgment according to
the merits of the case, and if judgment be rendered against him
for any fine not exceeding ten dollars, and he does not pay the
same within twenty days, the said justice of the peace may there-
upon issue process of execution for the recovery thereof, and
the same shall be accounted for and paid to the order of the le-
vy court of said county, and applied as aforesaid.
10. And be it enacted, That the justices of the peace respec-
tively, shall be authorised and empowered to receive any fine
or fines for which they may respectively render judgment against
any supervisor of the roads in said county, and shall account
with, and pay over to the levy court annually, which they may
have respectively received in virtue of this act, under the penalty
of paying treble the amount thereof in case of failure or neglect,
to be recovered in the county court for money had and received,
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