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Hu, provide an additional
|H ;> working public road,-.
ate: to appoint a board
■i.mr-'sioaera tor the sever-
■ Ul tie»; to define their pow
i,Pities, and to and or./.e
'f ft eonnuntation
|V, {i ,u of road working, and
■-her put poses.
I. Be it enacted by the
.u*enMi/ of (Jeoryiu, lhat
H>i after the passage of this
grand jurors of any conn
state, desiring to adopt
provided for in this Act.
the public roa’s in
■omities. shill, after a rote of
■irds of one gran i jury, eh ct
jMurmssioneu' of roads who
for four years, their
to he elected by the
v preceding the erpira
■t tbdrtetm o f oitice; /jruviJ
flr in any county now hav-
■i, aid of commissioners of
■ and revenues, sniJ board.
SB In- recommend ition of said
■ jury, proeeel to perfor.ii
hereinafter provided :
further, that. after trying
■ -'-' her in provided for at
years, the said board
■upon he recommend ition of
jury of he county, aban
■aid system and return to die
■u of road laws heretofore in
■ nit 1 prnunle i further, that
coiur its having a board
■ l commissioners under lo
■v, different from the commie
■> of roads and revenues,then
of road commission
constitute the commis.
B' s to p.iriorm the dates here
■willed for.
11. He it fuither enacted,
H That said b mrd shall have
jnr'sdiction over the
B* and bridges of their respec
■counties in alteriug, establish
Bud abolishing all roads in con
B'y to law; also in the classifi
B* 1 of the public roads as well
W mattery pertaining to
B; shall hold their sessions
B er Lvat the court nouses o!
■ cunmies on the ijrst Tues
I ln 'January, April, nly and
■ber in each year, an 1 oftenei
Bsssan. The chairman, 'o be
Bd hy the hoard, may repre
■be board in such matters,
■unde- such regulat-'ons as the
I' 1 laa y prescribe, when not in
■OQ.
■ 111 Be d farther enacted, etc.
■ ® ul d b
■ eessiou, elect a superintend-
J roti^s for their respect
i-unties such salary and up
V terms as they may see
* and ft ß ree upon, whose
*<%*, shall he ; four years,
1 801 to removal by the board;
superintendent shall give
bpnable to said board and
lessors to oflflee; in such
I - Wlt b good security, as
he! m ‘ y fix ’ ttnd Perform
of ": lßi ,n l y be requir
nm by said board in con-
Z* T tbiß A<it the law
W „ *l° a * to roads nud
and failur# OQ
m ti.r'i f ' Uperiui «udent to per
e duties of his office thall
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
TYLER M. PK'tPi.Krf, ,
Editor and P.,.uktor, |
be a breach of his bond and shall
authorize a suit to. be brought
thereon; the money to gi to the
road fun 1 to i>e used as such, and
shall authorize his removal by
s ii 1 boar 1 .
Seo. IV. He it further ordained
bg the authority aforesaid. That all
rn.de iuhab.tanis of this State over
eighteen and under fifty ye ars of
age shall Ire subject to road du v,
unless by permanent phi si cal disa
bility he shail be unable to work,
of which the board shall judge,
and all perso is subject to road
duty shall work the number of
days assessed by the board, under
the control and direction of ths su
perin tendent cf roads, or such
persons as he may oppoint to aid
him in having the roads worked;
provided, that each persou subject
to road duly under this Act shall
have tlie choice of p tying to the
superintendant fifiy cents for each
day assessed, annually, instead of
performing said labor as hereinaf
ter provided, which fund shall be
used as a road fund, in working
the public roads of the county,and
a failure to perform said lab >r, or
to pay said snm. shall be a con
temp', and for which the board of
commissioners, through their chair
man, shall issue a warrant against
such defaulter and pltme the same
in the hands of the superintendan l
of ro ids, or auy lawful cons l able
of the county, who shall arrest
**id defaulters and cause them to
work upon the public roods doub
le Ihe time assessed, or pay ono
dollar per day for each dav assess
ed, or be imprisoned in the jail of
•aid entity for not less than five
nor longer than ten days. Al 1 per
sons physically unable t~ perform
road duty, to be exempt must ap
ply o the board and secure a tem
porary or permanent exemption
as the board may see fit to grant ;
provided , permanent physical disa
bility shall authorize an exemp
tion from poad duty, and * presen
tation of an •xemption from the
board shall be accepted by the au
pefintendent of roads.
Sc. Y. Be it further enacted by
the authority of ere said. That the
board of commissions in and for
each co inty sh ill elect one of their
number treasurer, and shall re
quire him to give to said board
good and sufficient bon 1 and se
curity for his faithful discharge of
duty; and shall at the beginning of
each year, assess the number of
days’ labor, no exceeding ten days
for each person subject to road du
ty, necessary to keep the public
toads in tlioir respective counties
in good repair, as herein required:
and said board shall furnish to
the superintendents tmitable
books, and require them, at the be
ginning of eucli year, to perfect a
’ist of all persons subject to road
duty under this Act by iqi.jtia die
trie Is. an cl all persou subject to
said duty, and preferring so to do,
may pay to the
while making said list, fifty cents
for each clay so assessed against
them instead of working upon
said roads, the superintendent giv
ing his receipt to all thus paying,
and shall, as fast as he receives
such money, pay the samp tq ‘he
treasurer of boardj, taking his
receipt for the same,
Bec. VI. Be it further enacted by
the authority afore* lid, Tint said
board shall, from ibe funds the?
may bays, furnish auperinten
dent wi'hsnch wagons, carts.tools
an 1 impliments, also the necessary
:e mis as may be required to prop
erly w jrk and keep in repair tha
public ?oads. Bai<l brant shall au
tborize he superintendent to hire,
at a price to be fixed by them, suf
ficient labor when necessary to
work 'ho public roads, the sams
*o be paid out of the void fund.-
Said board shall have the right,
and are hereby empowered to de
mand an l receive all persons con
victed in their respective counties
Lawrenceville, ja. Tuesday Nov, 6 1883
of an . v offense below a felony, and
cause such parsons to be work ad
on Ihe public roads under such
regulations as they may prescribe
the same being humane and reason
a l>le. and are authorized in their
discretion tc hire convict# from
other counties to be wnrke 1 upon
the public roads.
Sec. X 1 1. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. That as
soon ss th« said superintendent
lias perfected the list, ag hereinbe
lore provilel, he shill furnish
s lid board of co.nmivsionars with
a list showing the names of each
person iu the cunity subject to
road duty tinder this Act, giving
tho militia district in which such
person resides, which list siia'l
show the names of all those who
may have paid to said snperinten.
dent the amount of commutation
tax assessed by said board and as
soon a« the lists aforesaid shall
have been furnished to the comity
board, it shall be their duty to
tivn over to the road commission
ers of each district of said esunty,
tc be oppointed as hereinafter pro
vided, a list of such pdrsons resid
ing in their respective districts,
who are subject 10 road du'.v and
who have not paid the commuta
tion tax. and it shall bs the duty
of said district commissioners to
justly apportion and assign such
persous to work on the roads in
said distric 1 , keeping in view, as
nearly as can be, the proximity
and convenience of such persons
to the roads to which they may be
assigned, and shall furnish to the
Buperien tendent a list of the ap
portionmen' so made showing tin
names of Ihe hands and the road
or roaus to which they may have
been assigned.
Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid , That it
shall be the duty of the county
boards of roads, a' their first meet
ing or as soon thereafter as practi
cable, to select and appoint in
each militia district three discreet
and proper men as district road
commissioners, whose duty it shall
be, in additiou to that provided
for in the foregoing section, to ex
amine from time to time the condi
tion *f the roads in their districts,
and the manner in which they are
being worked, and t > report totke
county board from tjme to time
any derelictjqn of duty on the
pgrt of the superintendent or any
one appointed by him, working
of any of the roads of their die
districts; and said #ommißsione r
shall, when required by the county
board, perform the duties in alter
ing or establishing pmlic rooads
as is now provided for "in section
(504 of the Cqdp of 1882, except
that Ihe report provided for in
said section shall b$ made to the
county board iqsiead of the ordina
ry. The persons appointed and
acting as district road commission
ers shall not be liable to perform
eny road duty or pay any commu
taiion tax during the term they
may serve on such commissions.
Site. IX. Be it further enacted,
by tin authority aftntaid, That the
county board shall have the right
to designs'e wha* r*qds shall be
worked, or what portion as
any road, and it Bhall be the duty
of tha superintendent, after par
feeling the list of road hands as
before provided, and a§ soon a*
the boards of the respective eoun
ties may deem proper, to preceed
'o have the public roads of their
coun tes worked in
with the requirements of 'his Act,
and shall summons, or cause to be
summoned, at least one day be
fore wor >ing, each person s*bjecs
to road duty, and whose nittne
Shull ba on bte hst furdiehed biiu
by the district commissioner as
aforesaid; if absent Lom hoiat,
b; leaving a written summoas
and caused such persons {o work
on the public road to which they
may have been assigned, and uu-
der his direction or stmh persons
us he may appoim to superintend
such working; and if any person or
parsons, by idleness o '-trtberwise,
fails or refuses to pet form Mvh
w "fk as the superintendem may
require, except from providential
cause, it is hereby made the duty
of the superintendent to report
such person or persons to the
county board, who shall, after in
vestigation and notice to said pat
ties, cause them to work at least,
double the time first te«Mte*ed or
pay one dollar per day for the
time assessed, and on failure to
do either, shall cause such party
or parties »o bo imprisoned by
ths superintendent iu the jail of
said county for a term net less
than five nor longer than twelve
days. The summons to work, as
before provided in 'his section,
shall designate the time and plane
of meeting, the road to be worked
aud the tools required ; poviOed,
however , any persou may exempt
himself from sueh working after
being sunmoned au<l be/'ore work
ing by paying to the superintend
ent fifty cents for each day he hai
assessed to work as afore
said, which amount so paid shall
be by said superintendent paid
to the treasurer, as hereinbefore
provided in this Act, io be used in
workit g the public roads of aai 1
county and distric . All moneys
paid out by the treasurer to the
superintendent or other persons
shall be on the order of the coun
ty board, and a record kept by
said treasurer of all money, re
ceived and disbursed.
Sac X. He if further enuded by
the authority aforesaid. That all
first class public roads r m this
S re shall have sixteen feet good
wagon or carriage way, drawn up
to the centre in in oval shape,
with no obsirujtions in said road
bed or oyer said roads, aor shall
any dead or decayed timber be
left standing within one hundred
feet on eiiher side of the reads,
aud all causeways or bridges, no'
public as now fixed by law, shall
be so constructed and keep in
good repair, so as to have n > mud
holes or sinks, and soot* as the
boaid of commissioners thinks
the assessments should make sulti
cient, then the hills shall be grad
ed down to a reasonable grade,
aud from year to y‘ar aud as rap
idly as possible, in the seued dis
cretion of the board, the public
roads shall be brought to perfect
order and grade; provided, th* r»
quiremeulfj in this section shall
not be reqqired as to oval shape
and width where mountains or
other physicsl impossibilities ex
ist. nor shall the oval shape be re
quired on ff it sandy h*u ds that do
not wash or mire, and said buper
in ten dent of roads are authorized
10 make such use of such timbers
as may be uecessary in construct
ing causeways or bridges and p y
a reasonable price for the same,
subject to a reference to the
board of commissioners if price
teudered should be objected to
by owner of such tirybftr, whose
judgement shall b« final.
Sec. XL Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all
roads shall bo measured commen
cing at the court-house And mile
p- st
ed at all cross roads or forks.
Sec. Xil. tie it further enacted,
That if any person obstruct
any public road*, unless by con
tent of tha board of commission'
ers, he shall bo guiby of contempt
and on conviction La punish
ed by commissioners by a fine
not exceedvione 1 undvad dollars
arid shall work oa the public road
not exceed ng thirty days; either
one or both of the punishment
may be inflicted in the discittion
of the commissioners.
Sic. XIII. Be it further enacted,
by authority aforesaid, That when
any persons shall fee* aggrieve d
-J » r y road proposed to be laid
out through his or her land, he on
she may complain to the hoard of
commissioners, who shall carefuUv
consider such complaints, and if
not clearly fertile public good ot
to surround some objectionable
hill or monn'ain. shall order the
superintendent us roads to desist,
and said boards shall hear all com
plaints by or from the people da
against the superintendent of
roads and determine jhe same and
their judgement shall he final, un
leis the amount of dauaageM claim
ed should be < vet- one hundred
dollars, then an appeal to the su
perior court shall be allowed, the
solicitor repreesentei the board
without fee.
Sec. Xt \. He. it, further enacted
4 y the authority afore said. That!
nothing i 1 this Act shall be con
s'rued as repealing the laws now
of force in this State for workin »
public roads, but is hereby dec’ar
-ed to be an additional system of 1
working public roads in this State I
and it shall be optional with the
"county boards to adopt either
mode of workit g the public roads
of their reapedive counties. n'»i
shall this Act interfere with any
municipal system of any citji*’
town in this State, nor with any
loc'l law of force in any county
of this State on the subject of
working roads but is declared to
bean additional system for ony
sue! coil wy: provided, however, tint
no persons shall be exempt from
road duty iu this State, under this
or any other road law of this State
except such as are exempt by this
Act.
Sec. XV. B' it further enactedh ft
the authority aforesaid, Tliai t lie
grand jury may fix the eompensa
ion if any lie allowed, of road
commissioners in and for the sev
eral counlies and if no componsa
be allowed by the grand juries of
ihe several counties or any one of
them then the comniisiouev* re
ceiving no coiupensaiion shall he
free from road and jury duty, and
any board of commissioner's in
any county of this State, failing to
do their duty, shall, if presented
by the grand jury of >heir respect
ire counties be fined by the judg
of I lie superior courts not excee
ding fifiy dollars or iiuprisoment
for three inondis in county jstl.
ii shall be the duty of each grand
jury in this state at the spring
sion to inquire into the condition
of nil public roads and truthfully
report the same in their gener
al presntments.
Sec. XVI. lie it furl thee m urte/i
hi/ the authority, aforesaid, That all
jaws and par sos laws in conflict
w tli this Ad be, and the saint- are
hereby repealed.
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Witea < einniaurlineiitH
1. Thou shalt have no oilier
wife hut me.
2. Thou shall net take in thy
house any beautiful brazen image
of a servant girl, to bow down to
her and serve her; for I am a jeal
ous wife, visjtjny, etc,
3. Thou shalt not bike the name
of (liy wife in vain.
4. Remember thy wife to keep
her respectable
5. Honor thy wife s father and
mother.
6 Thou shalt uot fret.
7. Thou shalt net find fault
with ihy dinner.
8. Thou «haliuot chew tubaeoo.
9 Thou shalt so* ns behind
thy neighbors
10. Taou shalt not visit the
rum tavern ; thou shalt not coTet
the tavern keeper's rqiu, nor his
ruin nor hi* htttndy, nor his gin
HO? his wipe nor anything that is
behind the bar p J the -rmnseller.
11. Thou shalt not visit thebill
ard hall, neither for worshiping in
the dance, nor heaps of mosey tha
lie on the table.
And the twelf commandment is.
Thou shalt pot siay out later than
0 o'clock at night.
A little bqok just published is
eu.itled “How to iplk.’ A copy
should be placed in the hands of
every barber in the land.
jVol. XIII.- No. 3,
I* onlml < «rSs ,i« b« Hade
l.antcci-.
' He was u 1 from a wonu
iug paper. Ho came into the ~ffic#
of th P (office Inspector, as was
his wont, and asked cautiously if
tltore were any news.
•No, nothing much,’Yar]esg|j ro
plic l cue of the officials. **Hava you
hi aid of the new order?'
“What new order*” eager 'v aske I
lit* reporter, u iikuigamifve for In*
pencil.
"Why, that the government, is
not going to issue the postal euros
any longer.’’
‘-fs that sot su.d the reporter,
very much iutcreated,and .Ills one
pulling out a great tab of sol! pa
per and a stubby pencil.
"That's 1 fact; ‘hey will not lie
made any longer. "
" ith he vision of a scoop u u all
the English. Bohemian, midSc.mdi
navian p ipers it o,o mga before him
th > repor er asked iu a whisper.
"Where do you get your informa
tion ? ’
‘Well, we haven’t any official in
forma ion ye , but we know it is
so,
Mint will be a great heardship
to the porn- people,' veutured tho
repor' er.
•I don’t see lmw it, will.’ replied
the official
‘I suppose it was done on ac
count of the reduction on letters
10 two cen'H,’
T don’t know.'
•No, that wasu t the reason they
lecided not to make them any lon
ger. spoke up auother official.
‘Well what is the reason then V
asked the now desperate reporter.
‘M hy, simply because they are
long enough now. The govern
meat aud the people are well
satisfied with the present length.’
T' e door slummed lard as the
reporter went out.
fr'UMllioil \OlfM
Jflack toilem are as much worn
as ever.
The short, glace kid glove is a
thing of the past.
Hubs of rifle green, tailor-made
are much worn.
Some of the new gloves have
embroidered backs.
(io’den rod is especially effective
when vorn over rich maroon velvet
or satin
Horn and metal button covered
wi h a fine check have come into
use for checked dresses.
The fashion of mingling stripes
and checks in one costume prevail?
but it is not admirable.
Ribbons, laces, ai.d natural
flowers are the ornaments tint
takes the pi ice of jewelry.
(bay and brown in various
shades are the favorite colors for
the new felt hats and bon: ets.
Embroideries on light wool fab
ricks are dene in the cross stiche.i
of old fashioned samples.
The Molier waistcoat and die
blouse waist, worn Under cutaway
jackets are favorite fall styles.
For traveling and utility suits
forfdl wear checked and ha-r
lined flannels are much used.
The fashion of wearing mull
fichu, tied in Fu.itan style across
1 he shoulders, no loiq «?r exists.
Fancy headed pm a are used in
place of brooches or l ice pins (o
fasten the collar and loco jabbots
at the throat.
Evening dresses entirely of ecru
lace, over silk or surah of the
same shade or else jiple pink, are
fashions b!e.
Thai white brow f might well do with
out,
And those cheeks' rosy hue:
And those lips with their petulant pout
And those eye’s liquid blue:
And those tresses, more graceful than
vine
That in rxteu e’er grew;
And those ears ol more exquisite line
Than the seashellse’ev knew,
1 might do without feet more divine
Than in fay-dance e’er Hew:
YVihout avuv* i hat enchant ipgly t wine
Itoun,d the lover they worn
Without glances as soft as tho*hiu«
Of clear moun litten dew;-
Without whispers as sulrtlc and hue
.\s tpe p>vc.pigeon's COO;
Without kisses entrancing ns wine.;
Without smiles 1 might do:
Without all for which others all pine
T might do without you*
diout
i Why is a preacher like a printer!
They are both after the devil. In
what respect does a preacher dif
fer from a printer ? Printers
m ke the devil work and the devil
mikes the preacher work.
Never remove the cork from a
hottle with the prong of a carving
fork.
t ’ * ve, ' i *
g —AH— h . : ,
A » Adve rtintny J/< dium
The JIARALJ) is ten eo tea ltd by
reason of its extensive circulation aruJ
remarkably tom rates, businessmen
should rtmember this.
BL/IVRS BLANKS! BLANK
(am. KINDS NKATI.T ritINTKD)
BOR SALE ATTHE
HKitA 1j i) J() a o /< /(< jr
Lvueral V.-wn ,
El Inn ton his str. e> lumps.
Twelve piisoners in Marietta
jail.
Newton County has gone for
fence.
Marriel a has atu rn with a Jer
sey mule.
Rome has a prosperous skatintr
ink *
Griffin is stirred up on the r-ia -
torn question.
A second national bank is spok
en of in Home.
Cow and horse thieves are in
(' hb county.
1 01. L. M, Hill, of Wilkes, left an
• state of #50,000.
One of the oiiest houses of Gnf
fin has been burnt.
The main trunk lines are crowd
ed with visitors to Florida.
People around '’ogansville are
interested iu fish culture,
Warrenton has a charming belle
who rides iu a goat wagon.
Emory College has opened well.
They have 280 gulden is.
The larger portion of tho crop
in Elher, has bean gathered."
The ('lnn 1 ihoochoe river has
been lower than ever this fall.
A new nihilistic paper has ap-
Muired iu Russia.
Another body has been cremat
ed at Washington, Pa.,
The Lym an theatre in Chicago
was burnt 011 the 13th.
I’he matrimonial agents are out
"gain in a one p uts of Georgia,
H W Ward, of Two Run, has a
family numberin * sixty children.
A dray loud of cotton took place
in Augusta Friday.
No new cases of small pox in
Union Springs „//la.
W H Vanderbilt was thrown
from Ins wagon and badly hurt.
The new Spanish Minister pro
mised many liberal reforms.
The visage of Villa Alengno,
near ( rescia. has been destroyed
by lire.
'.letters from Frank James, if
genuine shows, no intention of re
form.
A desperado in Nashville, Tenn,
alter wounding one man killed au
other.
A new Indui'i training school
has baen esutblished at Geneva,
Nebraska. J
A bate of cotton has been sold
in Hop*, Ark. that weighed l,6!Mi
pounds.
A gang as suspected counterfeit
ers has been arrested al Scran ion
Pa.
Tho Marquis of Lome pays a
parting compliment to the Canadi
an Malitia.
The Warrenton Clippie - be
lieves in blowing liei town and
c unity.
Morgan county will nave au
election on prohibition iu Ncvem
ber.
(■iris.
On this most interesting topic
we give the following pointers to
our young gentlemen readers.
A good girl to have Sal Val
lion.
A disagreeable girl—Annie Mo
si ty
A lighting girl—Hat.de Maginn
No Christian girl—Jennie Eos
A ‘summer gin—Helen Blazas.
A sick girl—Bailie Vate.
A smooth girl—Amelia Ration.
A seedy girl—Cora Antler.
One of the best girls—Ella
Gant.
A clear case of girl—K. Lucy
Dale.
Ajlgeometiical gi*d—Poily Gon.
A flower girl—Rlioda Dren
don.
A lanaicle girl—Sarah Made.
A profound girl—Mettie Phys
ic*
A star girl—Metra Orie.
A clinging girl—Jessie Mine
A nervous girl—lies er leal.
A musculai girl—Gallic Stem
ica.
A lively girl—Annie Ma iou.
An uuceriain girl—Ev.» Nes
ceni
A sad g rl—Ella G.
A serene girl—Mollie Fy.
A great big gul—Ellie Pham.
A warlike girl—Millie Tary.
i The best girl ot all -Your own