1907 public laws – Ch.510 Sec.17

That all the able-bodied male persons of the county, between the ages of eighteen. and forty-five years, except residents of incorporated towns and pupils of schools, while in attendance at school, shall be subject to road duty and liable to work on the public roads of said county for six -6 days of ten hours each, in each and every year, the road year to begin on the first day of July: Provided, however, in cases of washouts or the roads becoming impassable or dangerous in any other way, the Township Supervisors may work the hands in their districts two additional days in each and every year: Provided further, that the Supervisor of the district or foreman shall give to each person: of his boundary, who is subject to road duty, at least two days notice by personal warning or by leaving a written notice at the home or residence of such person, specifying in such notice the time and place, when and where such work is to be performed, and also designating in such notice the tool or implement which such person is required to bring: Provided further, that in case of washout or other unexpected obstruction to travel, the two days notice shall not be necessary, and any person liable to road duty in the boundary in which such obstruction to travel may occur shall, upon notice of his Supervisor or foreman, respond to such summens with reasonable promptness: Provided further, that said Supervisor shall work said road hands as near to their respective homes as practicable, and never outside of their road district.