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tive districts, tlie latter having immediate charge of road work. 

 The commissioners of roads and revenues, the ordinary, or such 

 other officers as have charge of county matters in any county, may 

 appoint a ''superintendent of pubhc roads." In counties of more 

 than 15,000 and not more than 85,000 population the commissioners 

 of roads and revenues, upon the recommendation of the grand 

 jury, may employ one or more persons as ''inspector of roads and 

 bridges." 



The commissioners of roads and revenues are authorized to levy 

 a tax of not more than four-tenths of 1 per cent on all taxable prop- 

 erty for a "public road fund." They are also authorized to levy 

 a general road tax of from 1 to 2| mills on the dollar. In addition 

 to the general road taxes authorized by law many counties operate 

 under special laws and are authorized to make special levies in excess 

 of or in lieu of the general levy. Any county or subdivision thereof 

 may issue road bonds in an amount not exceeding 7 per cent of 

 the assessed value of aU taxable property therein, when authorized 

 by a two-third vote of the qualified voters of the county. Bonds 

 may be issued without being submitted to a vote of the people in 

 an amount not exceeding one-fifth of 1 per cent of the assessed 

 value of aU taxable property in the county. 



All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, not exempt 

 by law, are liable to work not exceeding 10 days each year on the 

 roads or commute for same by paying from $2 to $5 in cash, the 

 requirements varying in the different counties. State and county 

 convicts may be worked on the roads. 



REVENUES APPLIED TO ROADS AND BRmGES IN 1914. 



The total revenues applied to roads and bridges in 1914 

 amounted to $3,688,172.25 and comprised the following items: 

 County road and bridge tax, $2,827,352; amount obtained from 

 automobile licenses, S92,739; amount obtained from commutation 

 tax, $708,285; and cash value of statute labor tax, $59,796.25. 



In 1904 the total revenues appHed to roads and bridges 

 amounted to $2,080,872.33. In the 10-year period revenues 

 for this purpose increased $1,607,299.92, or 77.2 per cent. 



Information in regard to the tax rates and the receipts from 

 taxation of the various counties is shown in Table 11. 



ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 



According to the reports received, $127,500 of road and bridge 

 bonds were outstanding on January 1, 1915, as follows: Ben Hill 

 County, $8,000; Bleckley County, $8,000; Clarke County, $76,500; 

 and Hancock County, $35,000. In 1914 Dade County voted $60,000 

 of 5 per cent 20-year road and bridge bonds, which were sold during 



