State ex rel. Stirling v. Wilson

Citations

• 96 Miss. 788
• 51 So. 715

Syllabus

<p>Counties. Highways. Working of. Members of board of supervisors. Compensation. Code 1906, §§ 368, 2195, 4467.</p> <p>Where the board of supervisors divided the highways of the county into links, let the working of them to the lowest bidder, no link being let for a sum in excess of two hundred dollars, no road commissioner employed, and the county convicts were not worked on the roads:—</p> <p>[(a) Code 1906, § 363, prohibiting payment for public work, exceeding two hundred dollars, without inspection of the work by at least two members of the board of supervisors and its acceptance, has no application; and</p> <p>l(B.) The members of the board are not entitled to the additional compensation authorized by Code 1906, § 2195, to be paid members of the board for inspecting the public roads as required by law; since</p> <p>’Xc) The only inspection required of the supervisors was the general supervision, for which compensation is provided by Code-1906, § 4467 .</p>