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may be had of the said pubhc road in the county of 

 Chester; the prayer of which petition being granted: 



'^ It is ordered that Thomas Edwards, Edward Smout, 

 Robert Barber, Hans Graaf, Caleb Peirce, Samuel Jones 

 and Andrew Cornish, of the county of Lancaster, or 

 any five of them view and lay out by course and dis- 

 tance, a convenient high road from the said town of 

 Lancaster; and that Thomas Green, George Aston, 

 William Paschal, Richard Buffington, William March, 

 Samuel Miller and Robert Parke, of the county of 

 Chester, or any five of them, in continuing to lay out as 

 aforesaid, the said road from the division line aforesaid, 

 till it falls in with the King's high road in the county of 

 Chester, leading to Philadelphia, and make return 

 thereof to this board. And they, the above named per- 

 sons of the county of Lancaster, or any five of them., 

 together with the above named persons of the county of 

 Chester, or any five of them, are further empowered 

 jointly to review the said road within the last mentioned 

 county, and to report to this board what alterations may 

 be necessary to be made therein, and suit the conve- 

 niency of carriages, and for the better accommodation of 

 the inhabitants of this province. 



The persons appointed to view and lay out the road, 

 made report to the board, October 4, 1733, that they had 

 attended to the business assigned them, which report 

 was approved and confirmed ; and it was then ordered 

 that the road thus laid out, be declared the King's High- 

 way, or Public Road, and that the same be fortliwith 

 cleared and rendered commodious for public service."^ 



'The courts ordered, the Governor and council having certi- 

 fied the same, that the respective supervisors open and clear 

 the King's Road leading from Lancaster to Philadelphia ; to 

 clear the same on the north side of the marked trees, at least 



