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17-11-4 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County and District Road Signs |
Capitation Tax |
The county court of each county shall levy for road purposes a capitation tax of one dollar on each male inhabitant of the county who has attained the age of tw… |
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17-11-5 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County and District Road Signs |
Payment of County Road Claims |
All claims of any contractor or others, which may, under the provisions of this chapter, be due to such contractor or other persons for labor done or materials … |
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17-11-6 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County and District Road Signs |
Payment for Road Work During Vacation of County Court |
The county court, for the purpose of meeting and taking care of the necessary charges and expenses which may be incurred by the county road engineer or other re… |
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17-11-7 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County and District Road Signs |
Report of Engineer |
It shall be the duty of the road engineer, or other representative of the court having such work in charge, at each successive regular session of the court, to … |
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17-11-8 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County and District Road Signs |
Engineer Not to Discount Claims; Penalty |
It shall be unlawful for the county road engineer, or other representative of the county court having such work in charge, directly or indirectly to discount an… |
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17-11-9 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County and District Road Signs |
Delinquent Road Taxes |
Delinquent lists of taxes uncollected under the provisions of this article shall be returned and disposed of as school and other district levies are returned an… |
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17-12-1 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Establishment or Alteration of Road, Bridge or Landing |
When any person desires the establishment or alteration of a county-district road, bridge or landing in any county, he shall petition the county court of the co… |
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17-12-2 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Hearing and Proceedings on Application Therefor; Determination of Compensation to Landowners |
Upon hearing the parties interested in an application for a county-district road, the county court shall decide for or against undertaking the proposed work on … |
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17-12-3 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Width of Roads and Bridges |
No bridge, unless it be exclusively for footmen, and no county-district road, shall be less than fourteen feet wide. All county-district roads which are now or … |
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17-12-4 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Grade of Roads |
The grade of any county-district road to be hereafter established shall not exceed five feet rise per hundred feet, unless specially authorized by the county co… |
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17-12-5 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Public Landings |
Not more than two acres of land shall be condemned for any landing, and no road or landing shall be established by the county court of the county upon or throug… |
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17-12-6 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Discontinuance of Old Road on Alteration |
When any road is altered, the former road shall be discontinued to the extent of such alteration, and no further, unless otherwise ordered by the court. |
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17-12-7 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Report and Record of Rights of Way and Road Discontinuances |
Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to prevent any county court from acquiring any land for county-district road purposes as provided in this chapt… |
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17-12-8 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Change of Road by County Engineer or Supervisor With Consent of Landowner |
With the consent of the owner of land in which a change is proposed to be made, given in writing, setting forth the exact changes proposed, the county road engi… |
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17-12-9 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Discontinuance of Road, Bridge or Landing |
The county court of the county may, upon petition, direct that any county-district road, bridge or landing, other than a turnpike, bridge or landing in which pr… |
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17-12-10 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Highway Record by County Clerk |
It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court to keep a complete record in the road record book in his office of all titles to rights of ways, all maps,… |
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17-12-11 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Contracts for Construction or Maintenance of County-District Roads; City Street or Bridge |
The county court of any county may contract or pay for making, improving and keeping in order the whole or any part of any county or district road within the co… |
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17-12-12 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Standard Plans and Specifications to be Furnished County Courts by Commission |
The county court of any county, when about to improve any of the roads aforesaid, in the manner aforesaid, or to construct any bridge, may apply to the state ro… |
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17-12-13 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Bids and Contracts for County-District Roads |
All bids for work to be done by contract under the authority of the county court shall be received at the court house of the county in which such road is to be … |
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17-12-14 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Work May be Done Otherwise Than by Contract; Advertising for Work or Supplies |
In the event the county court shall decide to have the work done otherwise than by contract, then the work shall be done under the direction of the county road … |
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17-12-15 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Notice of Closing Road; Temporary Road or Bridge; Penalty for Traveling Over Closed Road |
If it shall appear necessary to the engineer or other representative of the county court in charge to close a county-district road, which is being constructed o… |
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17-12-16 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Construction or Maintenance of Inter-County Bridge or Road; Mandamus |
When it becomes necessary to build or repair any bridge; across any stream on a county-district road on the line between two counties, or to keep in repair any … |
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17-12-17 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
County Agreements for Such Purpose |
The county courts of any two or more adjoining counties are hereby authorized and empowered, where the interests of the public in both or all of such counties w… |
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17-12-18 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Plans and Contract for Such Work |
If the county courts shall determine to make such improvements, they shall cause plans and specifications for such work to be prepared, and if, voting separatel… |
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17-12-19 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Sharing Cost of Such Work |
The contract for such work shall specify such share or portion of the costs thereof as is to be borne and paid by each county court, and each county court shall… |
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17-12-20 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County-District Roads |
Joint Maintenance of Such Bridges and Roads |
After the completion of the work, the improvement so made shall be maintained by the county court or courts or other authorities of the counties or political su… |
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17-13-1 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor; Compensation; Removal |
There is hereby created in the several counties of the State the office of county road engineer. The county court in each of the counties in this State may appo… |
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17-13-2 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Duties |
The county road engineer or road supervisor shall in all matters cooperate with the state road commission in such manner and to such extent as may be required b… |
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17-13-3 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Employees |
By and with the advice and consent of the county court, the county road engineer or supervisor may employ such assistants, clerks, foremen, inspectors, agents a… |
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17-13-4 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Purchase of Road Machinery or Tools |
The county road engineer or supervisor, with the approval of the county court, may purchase for the use of the county upon county-district roads, stone crushers… |
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17-13-5 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Purchase or Condemnation of Road Materials; Entry on Adjoining Lands |
The county road engineer or supervisor may, with the approval of the county court, purchase any gravel, stone, earth or wood necessary in the construc tion, rec… |
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17-13-6 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Reports |
Each county road engineer or supervisor shall make to the county court, at each regular term thereof, and at such other times as the court may require, a full i… |
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17-13-7 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Planting Shade or Other Trees Along Roads |
The county road engineer may, by an order in writing, authorize the owners of property adjoining the county-district roads at their expense to locate and plant … |
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17-13-8 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Care and Protection of Such Trees |
The county road engineer shall have the full care and control of all such public shade trees on county-district roads in his county, and shall prosecute complai… |
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17-13-9 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Road Engineer or Supervisor |
Watering Troughs |
The county road engineer may authorize the owner or occupant of lands to construct and maintain watering troughs beside county-district roads, all such watering… |
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17-14-1 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
District Road Superintendent; Compensation |
The county court may appoint a road superintendent for each magisterial district, to serve as such during the will and pleasure of the court. He shall be an abl… |
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17-14-2 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
Certificate of Appointment |
The clerk of the county court shall, upon the appointment of a road superintendent by the county court, make out and deliver to said road super intendent a cert… |
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17-14-3 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
Duties of District Superintendent |
It shall be the duty of each road superintendent, with the funds at his command, to keep open all drains and culverts extending along, under or over county-dist… |
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17-14-4 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
Police Powers |
Such superintendent shall have general police supervision over all county-district roads within his magisterial district, including the streets and alleys of un… |
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17-14-5 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
Equipment and Supplies |
The county court shall provide the road superintendent with such equipment and supplies as may be necessary to the proper discharge of his duties and pay for th… |
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17-14-6 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
Duties on Leaving Office |
Every superintendent of roads shall turn over to his successor all accounts, moneys and papers pertaining to his office, and all materials, tools, and equipment… |
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17-14-7 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
District Road Superintendent |
Failure to Perform Duty |
Any superintendent who has been duly appointed to and accepted the office, failing to perform the duties as prescribed in this article, without just cause there… |
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17-15-1 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
County Convicts to Work on Roads |
Whenever any able-bodied male person over the age of sixteen years shall be convicted of an offense punishable with confinement in the county jail, before any c… |
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17-15-2 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Omission of Road Sentence |
The court or justice of the peace before whom any such prisoner is convicted or imprisoned may, for good cause appearing and entered of record, omit from the se… |
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17-15-3 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Regulations Governing County Convict Force |
The county court of each county shall provide for the working of such prisoners, and for their safe-keeping while performing such work, and to this end the bord… |
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17-15-4 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Escape From County Convict Road Force; Additional Sentence |
Whenever any such person shall escape while working on such public road, or in the preparation of road materials, or both, and be recaptured, he shall be taken … |
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17-15-5 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Guards for County Convicts; Monthly Statement as to Prisoners |
The sheriff, upon recommendation of the county engineer, or other representative of the county court having the work in charge, and with the approval of the cou… |
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17-15-6 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Certification by Clerk or Justice of Sentence and Commitment of County Convict |
The clerk of every court, or the justice of the peace before whom any person is convicted of an offense and sentenced to be confined in the county jail, or sent… |
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17-15-7 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Road Work by Misdemeanant in Lieu of Bail |
A person charged with a misdemeanor, who is unable to furnish a recognizance or bail bond with satisfactory sureties, according to law, may, after being committ… |
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17-15-8 |
Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS |
County Convict Road Force |
Credit on Sentence for Road Work by County Prisoner |
Each person sentenced to labor on county-district roads or in the preparation of road materials, under the provisions of this article, who faithfully complies w… |
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