LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



have jurisdiction, and they being satisfied that proper notice has been 

 Driven,' as aforesaid, they shall cause the petitioner to enter into bond with 

 sufficient surety, payable to the state, for the use of the township, and 

 conditioned that the person or board of education making such applica- 

 tion shall pay into the treasury of the township the amount of all costs 

 and expenses accruing thereon in case the application shall fail ; and in 

 case the application shall not fail the trustees may, in their discretion, 

 order the petitioner to pay any or all costs and expenses of such appli- 

 cation, or may pay all or any portion thereof out of the township treasury. 

 SEC. 4674. [Appointment, and duties of road viewers.] The 

 petition shall be read in open meeting of the trustees, and they being sat- 

 isfied that such proposed road is necessary, shall appoint three judicious, 

 disinterested landholders of the township, who shall constitute a jury, 

 and a surveyor, who shall, after taking the oath required by section 

 forty-six hundred and forty-six, take to their assistance two chain carriers, 

 and a marker, and proceed, at the time directed by the trustees, or within 

 three days thereafter, to view the ground along which the road is pro- 

 posed to be established, and locate the same as near the line named in 

 the petition, as a good road can be had at a reasonable expense, and 

 determine, according to the provisions of section forty-six hundred and 

 forty-two, the compensation which shall be paid to the owner of the land 

 through which it is proposed to establish the same, and the amount of 

 damage he may sustain. 



SEC. 4675. [Claims for damages.] The provisions of chapter 

 tico, as to notice to land-owners, and the manner of claiming compensation 

 and damages, shall apply in all applications relating to township roads. 



SEC. 4676. [Report of viewers.] The viewers shall make a 

 report in writing to the trustees, setting forth their opinion in full for or 

 against the establishment of such road, and if in favor of the establish- 

 ment of the road, the report shall state the width to which it shall be 

 opened, which shall not be less than sixteen nor more than sixty feet, 

 together with a statement of the damages, if any. assessed to each person 

 through whose land the road is proposed to be established, which report, 

 together with a return and plat of the survey of the road, shall be depos- 

 ited with the township clerk, who shall notify the trustees thereof. 



SEC. 4677. [Proceedings of trustees on report of viewers of 

 township road.] The trustees shall, at their next meeting, cause the 

 report to be read, and, if the same be in favor of establishing the road, 

 and the trustees deem it reasonable and just, they being satisfied that the 

 compensation and damages, if any have been claimed and assessed, are 

 just and equitable, and that the road will be of sufficient importance to 

 the public to cause the same to be paid by the township, they shall order 

 the same to be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto from the 

 township treasury : but if, in the opinion of said trustees, the road is not 

 of sufficient importance to the public to cause the same to be paid by the 

 township, they may refuse to establish such road unless the compensation 

 and damages which have been allowed and assessed are paid by the 

 petitioner, or said trustees may. in their discretion, order a portion of 

 such compensation and damages to be paid out of the township treasury, 

 snd require the petitioner to pay the remainder thereof before such roa'd 

 is opened: and the trustees shall order the clerk of the township to 

 filter the report on record and issne their order to the petitioners or any 

 of them, or to the proper supervisor where it is made his duty to open 



