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STATE ROADS. 



SEC. 4615* [How state roads laid out, and width.] All state 

 roads, hereafter laid out, shall be not more than sixty nor less than 

 forty feet wide, and proceedings therefor shall be by petition to the county 

 commissioners, as hereinafter provided. 



SEC. 4616. [Petition for; what to contain.] All petitionsfor a 

 state road shall specify the place of the beginning, the intermediate 

 points, if any, and the place of termination of the road. 



SEC. 4617. [Commissioners to view, and survey proposed road.] 



On application by petition signed by at least twenty freeholders of each 

 county through which it is proposed to lay out and establish any state 

 road, the board of commissioners of each county shall appoint one 

 disinterested freeholder of their respective counties as a commissioner 

 to act with other commissionero c ,o appointed from each county to view 

 and survey the proposed road ; provided, that when said proposed road 

 affects but two counties the county commissioners of the county in which 

 three-fifths or more of such proposed road is to be located shall appoint 

 two such commissioners to view and survey the same ; provided further, 

 that when such proposed road affects but two counties and the sections 

 of the same in the several counties ^re approximately equal in length 

 the surveyor or engineer appoint-d in pursuance of section 4619 herein 

 shall be a third commissioner to view and survey the same. 



SEC. 4618. [Bonds to be given.] Previous to granting an order 

 on such petition one of the parties in each county interested in the location 

 of the road, shall enter into a bond with two or more responsible free- 

 holders in such county as sureties, to the satisfaction of the county 

 commissioners, payable to the state, and conditioned for the payment 

 of all expenses which may accrue in the location of the road, in case 

 the same should not be established a public highway. 



SEC. 4619. [Duties of county commissioners.] On the filing of 

 a petition and bond, which shall be at the same session of the commis- 

 sioners in each of the counties interested in the location of the road, 

 the commissioners shall issue their order, directing the commissioners 

 by them appointed, to meet at the place of the beginning of the road, 

 on the first Wednesday of the month then next ensuing, and such com- 

 missioners, when met, shall employ a skillful surveyor, chain carriers, 

 a marker, and other assistants, if necessary, and proceed to the discharge 

 of the duties of their appointments respectively ; and each commissioner, 

 surveyor, and chain carrier shall, before entering on the duties of his 

 appointment, take an oath to discharge his duties faithfully and according 

 to law. 



SEC. 4620. [Route of road, etc.] Each road shall be la'd out 

 from the place of beginning to the place of termination on the most 

 direct route that suitable ground can be found whereon to establish the 

 same, always having regard to the intermediate points, if any, and all 

 roads established agreeably to the provisions of this chapter shall be 

 opened and considered public highways. 



SEC. 4621. [Duties of road commissioners.] The commissioners 

 appointed to lay out and establish the road, shall cause the same to be 

 correctly surveyed and marked throughout the whole distance of the 



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