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An Act to amend the 3d, 6th, 7th and 9th sections of an act authorizing and requiring the County Courts to regulate roads, appoint Overseers, etc. 1849 49 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0047 and id is 1 raw text is: CHAPTER I. An Act to amend the 3d, 6th, 7th and 9th sections of an act au.' tborizing and requiring the County Courts to regulate roads appoint Overseers, &.,, approved March 15, 1848, SECTION 1. lie it exacted by the Legislatura of the State of 'exas, That the Third sectioii of tile above recited aclt, be so amended as to read as follows : Sec. 3. That the county courts of the counties shall lay off their counties into road precincts, and shall, at their first meeting in each and evcry year, appoint one overseer for each precinct, and shall, at the same time, desig- nate all the hands lialle to work on public roads under the dif- ferent overseers in their county, and in case any hand, or hands, liable to work on roads, shall not have been designated by said court, the overseer shall have power to summons themi Ln the nearest public road to which they may live, as if they had Ixeen designated by the Court: Provided, ten days residence I)e necessary to require the performance of said road service, lit if, fromi any cause, the court should fail or neglect to perform tile luties required in this section at its first meeting in the year, it dall be competent and legal for it to make such appointment and lesignation at a called mecting, or at its Iext regular term. 8i.Sc. 2. He it further ctacted, That the Sixth section of tle ihove recited act, shall be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. i. That the overseer of the road shall have power to call out all )ersons liable to work on public roads, at any time when it may lpear necessary to work or repair the roads, or any part of them a their precinct: Provided, that no one person shall be com- ielled to work on more roads than one, nor more than six days a each year, and fnrther provided, that every overseer of a road ,hall work through his beat at least twice in each year, between he months of April and August, and between the months of ieptember and January. Sc. 3. Be it further enacled, That the Seventh section of aid act, shall be amended so as to read as follows : Sec. 7. That t shall be the duty of the overseer of any road, to give two lays' previous notice by sunmmons in person, or in writing left at heir respective places of abode, to all free nmale persons, as well .s to the owners, overseers or employers of slaves liable to work n the road in his precinct, to meet at such time and place for hat purpose as he shall designate ; and bring with them such )ols to work with as lie shall direct ; and if any free person so ummoned shall fail to attend, or send a substitute to work in his

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