, 1855-03-17
LAWS OF TIE TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON
BY AUTHORITY.

AN ACT entitled ian act relating to the contraction
1854.
SEC. |. Be IL enacted by The Legislative
Assembly Of the Territory efWaslingIon,
That the board Of county commissioners Of
each county, shall have the sole and exclu.
sive Jurisdiction over county roads within
their respective counties, subject to such
appeals TO the district court, and such rules
and regulations, as may be prescribed by
law
SEC. 2. At any regular meeting, said
board may establish, alter, or vacare county
roads, and cause the same TO be laid out,
marked or surveyed, and worked and open
< <ed. as they shall deem most for the public
interest.
SEC. 8. They shall not establish, al'er
or vacate any road, unless they shall be
satisfied that at least twenty days public
notice has been given, Of an intention to
apply TO said board for such alteration, or
to vacate said road, with notice of the
time when the application &iil be made, by
posting at least three written or printed
notices in three Of the most public places
In the county, one OF which shall be at the
county seat, and two in the two most pub
lie places in the vicinity of the road pro-
posed to be altered or vacated; and al least
a majority Of the citizens in the district
through which said road is located, are in
favor Of such alteration.
SEC. 4. The board Of county commission
ners shall cause their clerk TO enter in a
well bound book, their action upon all roads
which they shall establish, alter, or yacate,
which book shall be called the Road
Book Of the conn VI in which book all
the records concerning the roads at pres
ent established in the county, shall be en-
tered, and no county road, hereafter alter
ed or established, shall be opened, until the
same shall he fully recorded in said road
book. Said road book shall I've q public
record, and he kept in the office OF the
clerk Of the board Of county commission
ors. and shall he open 10 the inspection of
the public.
SEC. 5. Said road book shall contain the
petition, if any; the report OF the viewers
description Of the rUad, with copy Of
the survey, if any has been made; und a
copy Of all claims for damages Oh the part
Of any person claiming 10 have been aifec-
ted by the location, vacating, or altering
Of said road. together with all the orders
and proceedings Of the board, touching
the same.
SEC 6, Any person claiming to have
been injured by the action Of the board Of
county commissioners, upon any county
road, may, within six months after the az.
tion complained Of, file his complaint
against the board of coun y commissioners
in the district court having jurisdiction
over the county, setting forth full copy
Of the record, and specifying IN what res
pect he has been injured, of which com.
plant similar notice shall be given; and
the same shall be verified, tried, and de-
termined as is provided in civil actions
PrOrided. that if it shall appear that the
party complaining had actual notice Of the
intended action Of the board upon sucI
road, in time to have appeared and presen
ted his claim TO snid board, and did not sc
appear and present his claim, or having up
Peared, took no exception to the action o.
the board, or having been rendered q rea
sonable amount of damages, refused to &C
cept the same, or has acted in any othel
respect contrary to good faith, then hi,
complaint shall be dismissed.
SEC. I. County roads shall be sixty feet
in width.
SEC. 8. In any road district embracing
territorial road within the district, the
supervisor of roads may, if thGs7,sblic ben
eft requires it, expend part'd " money
collected by him, or laLOr due u his dis
,trict, on said territorial road or roads, he
you'd the bounds of the county or district
in which he is appointed: PrOrided. that
such portion Of territorial road, SO worked
sba 'be included in road district o
ne d'goining county, or is so situated thai
there will not be sufficient labor in the ad
joining road district, to do the necessary
work on said territorial road.
SIC. .. Any person signing petition tC