State v. Chinn

Citations

• 29 Tex. 497

Syllabus

<p>The 16th section of the road law provides as follows: “ And on failure to put up mile-posts marked as aforesaid, or index-boards, within six months after their appointment, the overseer of such road, for such failure and neglect, shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction thereof before the district court shall he fined in the sum of $5, and all costs of prosecution.” (Paschal’s Dig., Art. 5070, Note 1111.) The law. does not wait for any formal act of acceptance on the part of the overseer, but requires him to do certain things within a certain time after his appointment,</p>