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V01 3. No 44
Alternative Road Law.
Since Mitchell county, through the
recommendation of the Grand Jury at
the 1904 spring term of Superior court,
adored the Alternative J&iad Law, there
has <been no other system by which the
people could legally be required to work
the roads, and in order that the people
mav become familliar with this law
commissioners have decided . . that .
■would have it published in full in the
»connty papers.
It is the best and <uasiest method of ex¬
plaining to the people why they are pro
■ deeding to collect at once one-half of the
amount of commutation tax which will
enable them to bogiu to put into opera¬
tion the only law mow in force by which
the public roads tan be woiked. It is as
' follows:
Par. 205. (C. 'Col. I. Sec. 513.) Coun¬
ty authorities to lay out roads. The
commissioners of roads and revenues,
ordinary, or such other officer a- lias
charge of county matters of each county
in this State, shall have the sole ryht to
lay our, open,change or discontinst pub¬
lic roads therein, and the sole manage¬
ment, of the working of said roads: and
said authorities shall have authority to
appoint a superintendent of public roads
when necessary, and also to appoint all
overseers, guards and officers that may
be required *o successfully carry out the
provisions <df this Article, to prescribe
the duties of said superintendent, guards
and officers, fix the terms of oflfe* of the
same, and tin. prescribe and pay -said ap¬
pointees such salaries or wages ;as may
be deemed proper.
Par. 200, (0. Vol. h Sec. 574.,) Who
subject to » ad duty. Each malt citizen
between the ages of sixteen and fifty
years shall he subject to road duty (ex¬
cept those who are now exempt by law),
and shall he required, when notified or
.summoned to work on the puttie roads
of the county of his resideaoe for such
length of time in each year as tmay be
fixed, or to pay such eommutarii©;i tax as
may be ffcwil by said authorities: Pro¬
vided thal.no one shall be required to
work mote than ten days in any one
year, nor shall said commutation tax be
fixed at a sum that will, amount to more
than fifty « nts per dietu for ftenumber
of days w<urk required.
Par. 20.7-(:fC. Vol. I. Sec. 575.)) Cotui
ty tax for m ad. The commissioners of
roads and aavenues, or ordinary, rx the
case may fee. shall levy a tax additional
to any ms*: authorized by law: of not
more toast two-tenths of ooe percent on
all the taxable property of the .county,
and the flunk-' raised by said iteration,
together with the commutation tax here¬
tofore provided for, shall be known as
the “Public Road Fund” of thearuuty,
► and shall to used and expended for the
purpose of paying the salaries and wages,
and for working, improving and aepair
ing the public roads, as herein set forth.
Par. 208. t C-. Vol. I. Sec. 53*4 .Pro¬
vision for work. Said authority s are
authorized tovviork, improve, andanypuir
the public road, as follows :•
1. They may work a chain-gang
(which said authorities are hereby era.
powered to organize; said gang to con¬
sist of the misdemeanor convicts of the
county, or of any other county in this
. State that may be obtained without cost
of for hire) and those who do not pay
the commutation .tax: Provided, that the
convicts and those who do not pay the
said tax shall not be -worked together.
2* They may work free hired labor
One-Fourth Off On
A All Winter Goods
CA Ladies’ heavy winter weight skirts All our $5 and $6 La- Men -, u* „« Men’s pants 1=4 off,
JV with a heavy black stripe through, a dies skirts for $4 50. ', ’
n SU,tS .... 4 Boys’ pants 1=4 off,
heavy Melton goods, worth $1.50. All sizes and kinds. °- VS ‘‘ 01 ’
On this sale for $i,OOa
'First First Served. Come, BERMAN BROS a
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and those who do not pay
nity tax.
3. They may have said road worked,
improved and repaired, by contracting
for the same in such manner as they may
deem fit, with private parties, or corpor
ioils: Providod ’ that if the work is(loue
ycoutract ’ f he contractors shall be re
u ^ tid to em I do 3’ die oliaingang, if
ith.nlKhwl tablished, and the fitiA labor lalvhr* of those f lirxeix who \rlwt do
pay the commutation tax, and to pay for
the same.
4. They may employ or combine any
i or all of said three above-mentioned
metllods ’ or may *« au >’ other raethod
or system that may be desired for ae*
complishing the work necessary to put
and keep the public roads in good con¬
dition.
Par. 209. (C. Vol. I. Sec. 571.) Machin¬
ery, etc. Said authorities may purchase
any and all machinery, implements, tools,
wagons and stork necessary and required
for working sai|l roads, and may build
such houses a*d stockades, and purchase
anything or article necessary and .useful
in handling and working the chain-gang
Par. 210. (C. Vol. I. Sec. 578.) -Fund,
how spent-. Said authorities shall ex¬
pend said public road fund in any man¬
ner they may deem best for putting and
keeping thej'oads in thorough condition
and repair.
Par. 211.40. Vol. I. Sec. 579.) Resi¬
dents of cities not affected. Thecitizens
of cities mid towns shall not be required
to work the public roads outside the cor¬
porate limits, nor to pay the tmumuta
tion tax.
Par. 21.2. Defaulters. Any person
who has failed or refused to pay the
commutation tax when demanded by the
officer appointed by the autlwrities to
make such demand, and who shall, with¬
out a goo&M. xcuse, fail or refuse to ap¬
pear at the .time and place appointed to
work, when summoned or notified by
the officer -whose duty it is to .give said
summons«zr notice by the rules of the
authorit ies having charge of (She public
roads, or who shall fail or refuse to do
faithful work as ordered by the officers
in charge of the work when h*< has ap
j paared, -dubl be fined not less 'than one
dollar and not more than five dollars for
eaeh day be fails to work, or he impris¬
oned in f live common jail, at Site discre¬
tion of the authority trying toe case, or
i sentenced to work in the chain-gang
j f° r not kag r than ninety flat's. If the
\ authorities trying the case impose a fine
j with u I K,n the the alternative person convicted, of other punishment it may be
j is allowed by .this section, in cate said fine
not paid.
Par. 213. <C. Vol. I. Sec. 581.) De¬
faulters, try whom tried. One or more
of the. commissioners of roads and reve¬
nues in comities having commissioners,
and the ordinaries in counties where the
ordinary lias charge of county matters
and public roads under this Arti cle, and
the county Joj§ge in counties where said
judge has charge of county matters and
public roads, *?e empowered to itry all
defaulters, an£ said authority shall hold
court or courts for the trial of said de¬
faulters, a.t any time or times, and at any
place or places in. the county that may be
fixed by said authority: Provided that,
ten days notice te given of the timse and
place, or times aid places to defaulters.
Par. 214. (C. Vol. I. Sec. Sec. 8,82.)
Summoned by wiom. Defaulters shall
be summoned for trial by, or arrested by,
such officer or officers as the commission¬
ers or ordinary or county judge may ap¬
Tamers’
Every kind at prices to suit the times.
I am also receiving shipments of many articles, such as are
kept in a general store. Come to see me, and if you don’t see
what you want, call for it, l have it.
Yours to Serve,
T. A. A c r e e ,
Successor to
The J. B. Wilson Company.
point, oj by any lawful constable of the
county.
Par. 215. Provision of force on recom¬
mendation of grand jury. This article
shall n#ft go into effect in any county in
this State until it is recommended by the
grand jury of said county, said recom¬
mendation to be made at any term of
court; «nd the operation of this article
shall tofinany county of this State upon
a like recommendation of the grand, jury
made ast any term of court, after toe
lapse OC'three years from the time this
article goes into effect.
Not:unconstitutional: 91 Ga. 770.
Commissioners’ Proceedings.
Camilla, Ga., Feb. 14, 05.
OoittKii ssioners met as per adjourn¬
ment.
Present T. R. Bennett, J. W. Everett,
J. J. Griuer, L. G. Collius and J. G.
Wood.
Minutes of last meeting including call
meetings read and approved.
On motion it was ordered that the dis¬
trict commissioners appointed at last
meeting be stricken out as they are not
needed under the alternative road Law.
The following accounts were present¬
ed, approved and ordered paid, towit:
L. G. CcJlius, expenses to Lee
and Dougherty counties...... $ 8.84
W. A. Pajrcloth, expenses on
prisoners........................... 51.29
Camilla Enterprise, bound copy
of legaLads.................... 5.00
Allen & Role s, printing, etc .. 12.00
I. Smith, sheriff, jail account.. 64.70
Franklin Printing & Publishing
Co., stationery................. 1.00
Dr. J. R. Clements, medical ser¬
vices in smallpox cases........ 21.00
Dr. F. L. Lewis, medical ser-
vices in smallpox cases;....... 120.00
L Smith, sheriff, expenses on
prisoners........................... 60.34
Rftggs & Perry, merchandise ae
count............................... 6.74
F.. G. Edwards, sheriff, account
for keeping Mitchell comity
prisoners.......................... 471.70
A. B. Joiner, merchandise......... .40
€r. W. Swindle, coffin, etc., for
Whitley Willifoid............. 13.50
Camilla Supply Co., merchan¬
dise ................................. 81.71
■J. G. Wood, stationery, wood,
etc.................................... 7.40
Total $875.69
A petition was presented asking that
a court house be built in the 1161th Dis¬
trict G. M., action on which was defer¬
red until next meeting.
An application was made to the Board
ot Commissioners for help for Silas
Wood and wife for a support as they are
reported in very needy circumstances
and neither of them being able to work
for a living. After some discussion on
the matter it was decided that the coun¬
ty would furnish them $5.00 per month
for the ensuing year, provided that they
turn over their pension money $60.00 to
toe Ordinary to be used in their support
and that the Ordinary draw an order on
the County Treasurer, on the first of
each month for $10.00 to he turned over
to Mrs. Silas Wood for their support.
On motion it was ordered that the
county’s part of the tax on $840 worth of
property given in by Mrs. Mattie A.
Brown Vic refunded as there was a mis¬
take of that amount in giving in her
property.
On motion four dollars was assessed
on all persons subject to road duty for
the year 1905. as Commutation Road
$1.00 a Year
Tax, or in lieu thereof to work ten days
on the public roads of the county. That
two dollars of said Commutation Tax he
paid at once and that the other two dol¬
lars be paid this fall. Committees were
appointed to select one person from each
malitia district in the county for the
purpose of taking census or furnishing a
list for the Commissioners of all persons
between the ages of 16 and 50 years that
are subject to road duty, and also to per¬
form other services that Hie Commis¬
sioners may require of them.
On motion W. A. Allen was paid $5.00
for one bound book, or copy of legal ad¬
vertisements for the year J904.
On motion it was agreed that the En¬
terprise be paid the sum of forty dollars
for printing the proceedings of the Com¬
missioners court for the next twelve'
months, payments to he made quarterly,,
There being no other business to trans¬
act the Commissioners adjourned to
meet in call meeting on Feb. 21,1905.
J. G. Wood, Clerk.
Honor Roll.
Below is the report for the
week beginning Feb. 13th, and
ending Feb. 17th:
NINTH GRADE.
Bessie Dixon, Lallie Wilson,
Willie Frank Cullens.
EIGHTH GRADE.
Edna Watkins, Ed Whitworth,
Orson Swindl
SEVENTH GRADE.
Madge Ivey.
FIFTH GRADE.
Branch Cullens, Inez Spence
Facts are hard to down and so
isMorgan and good, honestgoods.