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Dec. Ses. 1817
Court to keep
bridges in re-
pair.
Owners of
mills to keep
roads in repair.
To be allowed
a sum equal to
their road tax.
Duty of super-
visor
May be fined
for neglect.
Fine to be paid
over to levy
court.
Justice may
give judgment.
Fine on per-
sons altering
roads.
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than five, unless it be for removing some fallen tree or trees, or
other obstructions, repairing bridges or washes, on forfeiture of
his wages for the time that a less number shall be employed by
him as such.
14. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the levy court
of said county, and they are hereby directed to keep up the neces-
sary repairs of all framed bridges in said county as they have be-
fore been kept up.
15. And be it enacted, That all owners of water mills over which
public roads pass, shall be bound to keep in repair said roads as has
been done heretofore, under the penalty not exceeding ten dollars
for every day such road or bridges shall be out of order, the same
to be recovered before a justice of the peace, in the same manner
as fines are laid and recovered against supervisors by section nine,
the same to be applied accordingly.
16. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of refunding the
road tax on owners of water mills, the levy court shall allow
each owner of a water mill, who shall keep up a road over the
same as aforesaid, such sum as the court may deem equal to their
road tax, the same to be allowed in the levy list.
17. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of each supervi-
sor to direct the hands what tools or implements they shall carry
on the road to work with, and to appoint an early hour in each day
to commence working on the road, and to continue the hands, when
necessary, to a lite hour in each day, and to see that each hand
does his duty on the road; any person neglecting to meet and re-
fusing to obey the reasonable commands of the supervisor as afore-
said, said hand's wages shall be forfeited for that day, and such hand,
or the owner of such hand, or person under whom such hand may be
sent, shall moreover be liable to be fined not exceeding one dollar
and fifty cents, to be recovered and applied as in section six, and
the supervisor shall not be obliged to return the labour of such per-
son to the levy court, provided a fine has been laid for the day.
18. And be it enacted, That each supervisor may be fined not ex-
ceeding ten dollars for wilfully neglecting to return the services
done, or allowance to each person, under this act, which fine may
be recovered by each person entitled, before a justice of the peace,
as small debts are recoverable.
19. And be it enacted, That any justice of the peace shall be au-
thorised and empowered to receive all fines imposed by this act,
(except those which supervisors are to receive) and shall pay over
the same to the levy court, under the penalty of treble the amount
thereof, and the supervisor shall also pay over to the levy court
the amount they may respectively receive, under the like penalty,
to be recovered in the county court for money had and received,
under the direction of the said levy court, in the name of the state,
to be applied to the county charges.
20. And be it enacted, That any justice of the peace may lay any
of the fines aforesaid, and give judgment for the same, and issue
execution thereon, as in case of small debts.
21. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall alter,
change, obstruct, or encroach upon, any of the said roads, or cut
down, destroy, or purposely injure, any of the bridges or cause-
ways, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted in the
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