210 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



(4773-4) SEC. 4. [What laws apply to construction of such 

 turnpikes.] All of the provisions of the general laws of this state 

 for the construction of free turnpikes, and the condemnations of rights 

 of way, and of materials shall be applicable in this act when not herein 

 specially otherwise provided for. 



(4773-5) SEC. 5. [Levy to pay cost of construction; bonds.] 

 The commissioners, for the payment of eighty per cent, of the total cost 

 of said road, shall levy a tax not exceeding two mills -on the dollar 

 upon all the taxable property of the county, and if they deem it advisable 

 may issue bonds for said payment, which shall be payable in not more 

 than five years, and to bear not exceeding six per cent, interest per 

 annum, interest payable semi-annually ; but bonds so issued shall not 

 be sold for less than their par value. 



ONE-MILE ASSESSMENT PIKES. 



SEC. 4774. [Petition for free turnpike, and notice of application.] 

 Free turnpike roads shall be authorized, and commissioners appointed to 

 lay out and establish the same in the following manner: a majority of 

 all the landholders residing in the county, who own lands lying within the 

 bounds of any free turnpike, as provided in this chapter, shall present a 

 petition to the board of county commissioners at any regular or special 

 session, asking the appointment of commissioners to. lay out and establish 

 a free turnpike road between any points within such county, and stating 

 therein that they desire the county commissioners to levy an extra tax, 

 the amount of which shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar valuation 

 in any year, on the lands and taxable property within the bounds of the 

 road, and also the number of years they desire the levy to continue, not 

 exceeding eight years ; and they shall satisfy the commissioners that public 

 notice has been given by advertisement in some newspaper of general 

 circulation in such county, of such intended application, for at least four 

 consecutive weeks preceding the hearing of such application. 



SEC. 4775. [Appointment of road commissioners.] Thereupon 

 the commissioners shall appoint three judicious freeholders of the county 

 resident within the bounds of said road, to be commissioners of such free 

 turnpike road, who, by the name fixed by the county commissioners, shall 

 "be a body corporate, for the purpose of laying out and establishing a 

 free turnpike road between the points within such county named in the 

 petition, and the county commissioners shall appoint such persons to be 

 commissioners of such free turnpike road as may have been recommended 

 by petition of a majority of the land owners if any such recommendations 

 l)e so made ; the petition, and the appointment of such commissioners, 

 shall be entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the board of 

 county commissioners, and a certified copy of such entry furnished to 

 the .road commissioners, by the clerk of the board, upon demand therefor; 

 and the board of county commissioners may remove, for cause, any or all 

 of the commissioners of any free turnpike road, when petitioned so to do, 

 "by a majority of all the land owners residing within the county, who 

 own lands within the bounds of such road; but on the removal of any 

 such commissioners, the vacancy shall be at the same time filled by the 

 appointment of some other free holder of the county; and the commis- 

 sioners shall appoint such persons as may have been recommended by 

 petition of a majority of the land owners if any such recommendation be 

 so made. 



