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ROAD CLUB. 
<e respective parishes; and we strongly recommen'd to the pa-* 
“ rishioners to appoint such persons, as shall be most likely to 
execute the duties of that office, with regularity, impartiality, 
4e and diligence. 
“ Signed, William Wakeman, John Darke, James Martin, 
“ R. Speediman, John Parsons, Henry White, J. Biddle, Roger 
11 Parry, William Heckes, William Freeman, Thomas Gibbs, 
** Charles Tidmarsh, John Bricknell, John Alcock, Isaac Nind. 
“ The above Subscribers give notice to all parishes adjacent, 
u that if the repairs of their respective roads are not more seriously 
“ attended to than they have been (the statute labour for which, 
“ duly performed, will in a great measure be sufficient), they are 
“ determined to unite in indicting such defaulters/’ 
That, in order to excite the steady attention of the several raem- 
bers of this Society, to the improvement of the roads in their re¬ 
spective parishes, and diffuse a general knowledge of the plan and 
intent of this institution, these rules and regulations, together with 
the following advice to surveyors, shall be printed on a large paper, 
in the most legible manner, and framed and fixed up in the hall, 
or most frequented room, in the dwelling-house of each of the said 
members, as well as on the church doors, in the markets, and 
other places of public resort in their neighbourhood. 
ADVICE TO SURVEYORS OF THE HIGHWAYS, AND ALL PERSONS EMn 
PLOYED IN FORMING OR REPAIRING THEM. 
The public roads and highways in many parts of the counties of 
Gloucester and Worcester, having, by long neglect, become foun- 
derous and unsafe for travelling, an association for enforcing the 
due execution of the road laws, has been entered into by gentle¬ 
men residing in the neighbourhood of Bredon Hill; who wish to, 
draw the serious attention of surveyors of the highways, to an 
object of such importance, and animate them to a diligent and 
faithful discharge ot their duty; and to such of them as are not well 
skilled in the most essential part of their office, the following easy 
directions are recommended (adapted to almost any soil or situa¬ 
tion). 
TO MAKE A GOOD DURABLE ROAD, 
The intended road being laid out, the surface of the natural 
soil should not be reduced to a dead level, but left rounded from 
the 
