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is unsafe, the road supervisor shall be liable for all damages resulting 

 therefrom, after allowing a reasonable time for repairing the same. If 

 there is in his district any bridge erected or maintained by the county, 

 he shall, on receiving written notice of its unsafe condition, obstruct the 

 passage thereon, and notify at least one member of the board of super- 

 visors, in writing, of its condition. If he fails to obstruct and notify, he 

 shall be liable for all damages growing out of the unsafe condition there- 

 of, occurring after the time he is so notified, and while he neglects to 

 obstruct such passage. Any person who shall remove such obstruction 

 shall be liable for all damages occurring to any person resulting there- 

 from, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve the 

 county from liability for the defects of said bridge. 



Section 1558. EXTRAORDINARY REPAIRS. For making such re- 

 pairs as are required in the preceding section, the road supervisor may 

 call out any or all of the able bodied men of the district in which they 

 are to be made, but not more than two days at one time without their 

 consent, and persons so called out shall be entitled to receive a certifi- 

 cate from him of the number of days' labor performed, which shall be 

 received in payment for road tax for that or any succeeding year, at the 

 rate per day established for that year. 



Section 1559. PENALTY. Any able bodied man, duly summoned, 

 who fails to appear and labor by himself or substitute, or send satisfac- 

 tory excuse therefor, or pay the value thereof in money before an action 

 is brought, shall forfeit and pay ten dollars, to be recovered in an action 

 in the name of the road supervisor, and for the use of the road fund of 

 the district. 



Section 1560. OBSTRUCTIONS REMOVED. The road supervisor 

 shall remove all obstructions in the roads, but must not throw down or 

 remove fences which do not directly obstruct travel, until notice in writ- 

 ing, not exceeding six months, has been given to the owner or agent of 

 the land inclosed in part by such fence. 



Section 1561. CONDITION— GUIDE BOARDS. The road supervisor 

 shall keep the roads in as good condition as the funds at his disposal 

 will permit, and shall place guide boards at such crossroads and at the 

 forks of the roads in his district, which shall be made out of good tim- 

 ber, well painted and lettered, and placed upon good substantial hard 

 wood posts, to be set four feet in, and at least eight feet above ground. 



Section 1562. CANADA THISTLE— WRITTEN NOTICE. The road 

 supervisor, when notified in writing that any Canada thistles or any other 

 variety of thistles are growing upon the lands or lots within his district 

 shall cause a written notice to be served on the owner, agent, or lessee 

 of such lands or lots, if found within the county, notifying him to destroy 

 said thistles within ten days from the service of said notice, and in case 

 the same are not destroyed within such time, or if sueh owner, agent or 

 lessee is not found within the county, then the road supervisor shall 

 cause the same to be destroyed, and make return in writing to the board 

 of supervisors of his county, with a bill for his expenses or charges 



