Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-22
Exty0a from 6 IN al concern
sng Public Roads" PaOed BY
The lsgslatsre q Virginia N The
year 1886, and whleA IS noe
obligatory IN alexandria Cons-
y, Dlarid Of Columbia.

Section III. The fsveral courts fhall
alto divide all the public roads into pre-.
-cinAs, and as often as il fhall be necehary
appoint Surveyor over every precintt,
Whole duty il ihall be to fuperintend the
road in his precinct and fee that the lame
be cleared and kept in good repair which
.Surveyor.ihall continue in Office until ano7,
Their fhall be appointed BIZ the iaid court in
his ifead.
". All male labouriag perfons, Of the
age of fixtcen years or more, except tuch
as are matters Of tive or more male labor
ing faves, of the age of fgteen years OF
more, fhall be appointed by the court to
work on fome publicroad For every per-.
Ion 70 appointed, who, when required by
the Surveyor placed over him, 0lall, With
out Legal caufe or disability, fail to at
tend, with proper, tools for clearing the
road, or fhall reIuie to work when there,
or TO find fome other perfon equally able,
to work in his room, the fun otlesen lhil-
lings and tx pence for every days offence
fhall be paid by himfelf, if he be free
man Of full age, if an infant, then by his
parent, guardian, or mater, and if fave
or fervant, than by his overieer, if he be
under one, or otherwife, by his MATER.
". The clerk of every county court
fhalI, within ten days after the appoint
mens of any Surveyor Of a road, deliver
copy of the order to the fherif of the coun-
sy, under the penalty Of fifteen ihillings ::
and the fheriff, within fifteen days after
the receipt of fueh order, hall deliver the
fame to the Surveyor, under the penalty
Of ifteen thilIiags. And each clerk fha!l
moreover once In every year, fix up IN the
contribute Iit ofthe names and precincts
OF all the Surveyors of roads in hiscounty,
under the peaaltyo of fifty a.sillings for eve
ny neglea.
VI. Every Surveyor of a road fhall
caufe the fame to be conltantly kept well
cleared and fmoothed, and thirty feet wide
at the leaif; and at the fork or crohing of
every public road, ihall caufe to be erected
, and kept in repair from time to time, a
itone, or otherwiie an indexon a pof or
tree, with plain interruptions thereon, in
large letters, directing TO the mott noted
place to which each of tile fajd roads ihall
lead, and may take aone or wood for that
purpofe from any adjoining land and for
the expence of letting up and infcribing
iurh ftones, potts, or indexes, and keeping
them in repair, the Surveyor lhall be reim-
buried by the county courf in their next
iucceeding levy; and where bridges and
caufeys are neceGary the Surveyor hall
caufe them to be made, twelve feet broad
at the leaf, convenient and fate, and hall
keep the fame in repair, and for that pur.
pofe may cut and take from the lands of
any peffon adjoining, fuch, and 70 nuch
timber, earth, or none, as may be necela-
ry, thefame. being fre viewed and valued
by two honea houfe- keepers appointed and
{worn for that Purpole, by a jatice ofthe
peace, unieis the owner thall freely give
iuch timber, aone, or earth, for that nle !;
but where road leads through a eity or,
town, the Surveyor ihall not take any tim.
Der, ftoue, or earth, from any lot within
the town, without the permidion Of the
owner, but ihall take the fame from the
lands nigh or adjacent to tie faid town,
where it will do the leaf injury to the
proprietor; and where the aGittance of
wheel carriages is neeeGary for making or
repairing any cauleys, any jueice Of peace
may ifae his warrant, under his hand and
feal, for empowering the Surveyor TO i'm
preis iuch neceGary carriages, draught
hofies, oroxen, with their gear ard driver,
belonging TO any perlon who, or their fer
wants or ilaves, are appointed to work on
the road, and appointing two honef houfe
keepers, who being .wagn, rfhail value, by
the day, the nfe Of fach Carriages, draueht
horles, oxen, and driver, which valuation. :
with certificate from the Surveyor how
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