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(4757-3) SEC. 3. [Submission of question of improving roads.] 

 Within ten days after said commission is duly organized, it shall notify 

 the deputy state supervisors of elections of such county, of its said organ- 

 ization, whereupon it shall be the duty of the deputy state supervisors of 

 elections to submit the question of improvement of the public roads of 

 such road district, to the qualified electors thereof at any general or 

 special election. The qualified electors of any such district including 

 any village or city situated therein shall at such election have submitted 

 to them the proposition of improving the public roads within such district 

 by general taxation levied upon property in such district. 



[Form of ballot.] And those voting in favor of such proposition 

 shall have on their ballots, "Road improvement by general taxation 

 Yes," and those opposed, "Road improvement by general taxation No." 



[Notice of election.] The said road commissioners shall cause 

 notice of such election to be given in at least two of the newspapers pub- 

 lished in or of general circulation in such road district, and shall also 

 cause handbills or posters announcing the same to be posted up at the 

 usual place of holding elections in each ward and precinct in such road 

 district at least ten days prior to such election. 



(4757-4) SEC. 4. [Appointment of judges and clerks; returns; 

 compensation.] The deputy supervisors of elections of such county 

 shall appoint four judges and two clerks for each ward and precinct in 

 such road district, who shall conduct such election in like manner as is 

 by law provided for holding other elections. They shall forthwith return 

 to the deputy supervisors of such county, a full and correct abstract of the 

 vote cast at such election, and shall be governed in all other respects 

 by the laws regulating general elections and shall receive the same com- 

 pensation as judges and clerks of other elections, which shall be paid 

 in accordance with general statutes. 



[Canvass of votes.] The poll-books and abstracts so returned to 

 the deputy state supervisors of elections, shall, within two days thereafter, 

 be opened by them and a correct statement of the result shall be entered 

 upon the records of the county commissioners by the auditor of the 

 county for public inspection. 



(4757-5) SEC. 5. [Effect of negative vote.] If, at such election, 

 a majority of the votes cast are against the proposition of improving the 

 public roads by general taxation, the said road commissioners shall not 

 .assess any tax for that purpose, and their duties shall cease ; 



[Resubmission of question.] And when a new board of road 

 commissioners, as herein provided by petition, shall be again created, 

 they shall, when a like petition is thereafter presented to them, again 

 submit the same question at the next annual election, either spring or 

 fall or special, to the qualified voters of such road district. Notice of 

 such special election shall be given as provided by the general statutes 

 for submitting special questions. 



(4757- 6 ) SEC. 6. [Effect of affirmative vote; designation of 

 Toads for improvement.] If, at such election, a majority be found in 

 favor of the policy of improvement of the public roads of such road district 

 "by general taxation, such road commissioners shall forthwith designate 

 and determine what roads and the extent of the improvement in the 

 respective townships which should in their opinion be improved, at 

 what points the improvement should begin and how much of such roads 



