68-534. Dragging township roads; patrolman; compensation; penalties for unlawful acts. The county engineer, with the approval of the township board of highway commissioners, shall determine what township roads shall be dragged, which shall include all graded rural mail route roads, and shall each year contract with or employ some person or persons to drag the graded roads in their respective townships at such times and upon such terms as the board and the county engineer shall direct. The said board shall have the power to bind the township to pay a reasonable compensation for dragging such roads: Provided, The width to be dragged, shall not be less than 16 feet.
The county engineer, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, shall determine what county roads shall be dragged, and shall arrange each year with some person or persons to drag the county roads within the county at such times and upon such terms as the board and the county engineer may direct.
The board shall pay a reasonable compensation for dragging such roads: Provided, That upon the recommendation of the county engineer, either the board of county commissioners or the township board of highway commissioners may contract with or employ some person or persons to act as patrolman and to drag and maintain any specified section of roads under their control and to make any slight repairs needed on any bridge or culvert thereon, and the said board of county commissioners and township board of highway commissioners are hereby authorized to pay any such patrolman a reasonable compensation for such maintenance work in addition to the agreed amount for dragging: Provided, That all labor performed upon the county roads for dragging, patrolling and maintaining shall be paid for out of the county road fund on vouchers approved by the county engineer; and all labor so performed on township roads out of the township road fund on vouchers approved by the road overseer: And provided further, That any person or persons employed, or who shall take a contract to drag, patrol or maintain any road, county or township, who shall make a false return of the number of miles dragged, or the time spent on other work, or the amount of work done by him, or at the time which such dragging or other work was done, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in a sum not less than $25, nor more than $500: And provided further, That any officer under the authority of this section who shall neglect or refuse to enforce the provisions of this section as related to the dragging of roads or highways shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than $10, and not more than $250.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, ยง 41; Mar. 7; R.S. 1923, 68-534.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges
Article 5 - County And Township Roads
68-501 County engineer, appointment, qualifications, approval; termination of appointment, when.
68-502 Duties of county engineer.
68-503 Joint county engineer districts; employment of engineer.
68-504 Office, assistants, supplies and clerical help for county or district engineer.
68-506 Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties.
68-506a City connecting link in county highway; city tax levy and bonds.
68-506c Same; apportionment of costs.
68-506d Same; city to maintain roads.
68-508 Maps of county roads; filing by county engineer for correction and approval.
68-515b Adoption of county road unit system; procedure.
68-516 Classification of highways in county unit road counties.
68-516a County unit system; payment over and use of township funds.
68-516c Same; issuance of county no-fund warrants, when.
68-516e County unit system; payments to county from surplus in township general fund; use.
68-517 Abandonment of county road unit system; election; contracts.
68-518 Same; petition for election.
68-518c Tax levies by townships in noncounty unit counties; limitation; petition for election.
68-522 Itemized bills for county road work, construction or repairs.
68-523 Township board of highway commissioners.
68-525 Township board of highway commissioners; records and accounts; compensation.
68-526 Duties of township board; plans, materials and equipment; traffic-control devices and signs.
68-527 Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on county or township lines.
68-529 Deflection of road on county, township or city line; division of cost.
68-531 Same; compensation; bond; tenure.
68-532 Letting township contracts.
68-534 Dragging township roads; patrolman; compensation; penalties for unlawful acts.
68-536 Township roads; use of tax moneys.
68-538 Reports of township overseer.
68-539 Reports of the township clerk.
68-540 Reports by county engineers or road supervisors.
68-541 Forms for accounts and reports.
68-542 Meetings of county and township road officials; compensation.
68-544 Tunnels under roads by landowners; approval; costs.
68-547 Highways subject to act[*].
68-548 Penalties for violations by officers.
68-549 Penalties for violations by individuals.
68-550 Continuance of special laws.
68-551 Mail route inspections; repair.
68-552 Same; act supplemental.
68-553 Uniform standard specifications for lumber and timber products for highway purposes.
68-556 Competitive bids required for carload purchases; proposal forms; time.
68-557 Penalty for noncompliance.
68-559c Same; federal or state aid.
68-561 Same; procedure upon adoption of act; tax levies; use of machinery.
68-576 Same; procedure when plan approved; application of 68-704.
68-577 Same; issuance of bonds; limitations.
68-580 Designation of streets and roads as arterial highways; definitions.
68-581 Same; primary arterial highways; designation and financing.
68-583 Same; acquisition of lands for rights of way; costs.
68-584 Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when.
68-585 Same; feasibility studies by boards; costs, how paid.
68-586 Counties between 130,000 and 170,000; highway bonds; election.
68-587 Same; bond debt limitation.
68-588 Same; construction contracts; standards.
68-589 Special highway improvement fund; definitions.
68-590 Same; fund provided; transfers; budget effect.
68-591 General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required.
68-592 Classifications of highways; definitions.
68-594 Same; transfer of equipment and road machinery.
68-595 Same; surplus in general fund of township; payment to county treasurer, when.
68-596 County rural highway system; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.
68-597 Procedure upon adoption; abandonment of system.
68-598 Same; petition for election.
68-5,100 County roads; construction and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.
68-5,101 County roads and bridges; tax levies, use of proceeds.
68-5,103 Road improvements in counties over 300,000; bonds; election; limitation.