1880_public laws_20_24
CHAPTER 19 AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT RELATING TO ROADS AND HIGH- WAYS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enaet :
Any person charged with a road tax may discharge the same by labor on the public highways within the district where the same is charged within the time designated in this act, at the rate of one dollar per day and a ratable allowance per,day for any team, implements and material furnished by any person under the direction of the supervisor of such district, who shall give to such person a certificate specifying the amount of tax so paid, and the district and township wherein such labor was performed, which certificate shall in no case be given for any greater sum than the tax charged against such person, and the county treasurer shall receive all such certificates as money in the discharge of said road tax. All road taxes collected by the county treasurer shall be paid over to the township trustees of the proper township. The township trustees in determining the division of this fund shall be governed not by the miles of road in each district, but by necessities of the roads, the convenience of getting material, the quantity of material necessary to make substantial repairs, ete., and thus make a just and equitable division of said fund between the several districts.