Article IV
Sec. 49: The Legislature may provide for the laying out, construction and maintenance of county and township roads, and may provide that any road heretofore laid out shall be a county or township road. County roads may be maintained at the expense of the county, and township roads at the expense of the township. County roads shall be under the control of a board of commissioners not to exceed five in number who shall be elected by the people, the number of said commissioners to be fixed by the board of supervisors of the county. For the construction and maintenance of county roads the commissioners may provide for an annual tax not exceeding two dollars upon each one thousand dollars of the assessment roll of the county for the preceding year. No county shall incur any indebtedness or issue any bonds for the construction or maintenance of county roads, except upon a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors elected, and then to be approved by a majority vote at any general or special election; nor shall any such indebtedness at any time exceed three per cent of the valuation of the county upon the last preceding assessment roll. The Legislature may modify, change or repeal the powers and duties of the township commissioner of highways and overseer of highways. The Legislature may pass all necessary laws to carry this amendment into effect: Provided, That any act or acts passed by the Legislature to carry this amendment into effect shall provide for a county and township system, and the county system shall become operative only in such counties as shall adopt it by a majority vote of the electors of said county, after the said question has been submitted to them by a two-thirds vote of all the members elect of the board of supervisors of such county, at a general or special election called for that purpose.
