The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-25
ToFFIcIAL.I
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed al NE Second Session Of Die Thirty screnth
Congress.
LPUn1rc-No. 5G.I

AN AcT relating 70 highways In the coun-
tyof Washington and District OF CO.
lumbia.
Be il enacted Jy he Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Asaer-
lea in Congress assembled, That, from and
after the passage Of this act, It shall be
lawful for the levy court of Washington
county, in the District of Columbia, to
alter, repair, widen, and regulate the
public roads and highways in said
county, and to lay out additional roads
as hereinafter specified
SEC, 2. Apd be Il further enacted, That
all roads within said county of Wash
ington which have been used by the pub
lie for a period of twenty-five years or
more as a highway, and have been recog-
missed by The said levy court as public
county roads, and for the repairs Of which
the said levy court has appropriated and
expended money, are declared public
highways, whether the same have been
recorded or not; and any person who
shall obstruct the free use of said high
ways, or any one of them, without authori-
ty from said levy court, shall be subject to
fine for each and every offence of not
less than one hundred or more than two
hundred and fifty dollars, TO be impris-
Oned till the said fine and the COSTS of
suit and collection of the same are paid;
said fines to be collected in the name of
the United States, for the use Of the levy
court
Sec, s. And be ii further enacted, That
within one year from the passage of this
act the levy conrt shall cause the survey
or of the said county of Washington 70
survey and plat all such roads as are
named in the last preceding section, and
have the same recorded among the rec
Ords of said county now used for rccor-
ding surveys and plats Of other public
county roads; and, in making said sur
vey, the county surveyor shall follow, as
nearly as possible, the lines and boun-
daries heretofore used and known as a
highway, and he shall cause the lines
and boundaries of the same TO be per-
manently marked and Fixed by the cree
tion of stones or posts at the different
angles therefore.
Sec. 4. Ind bsafiUtler enacted That all
such roads as are named in the second
section Of this act as have been obstruct-
ed by any person or persons in any man
ner within the last six years shall be re-
opened by the levy court, If in the
! judgment OF said court, the public con-
venience requires it and the expenses
thereby incurred shall be paid by the
person or persons who shall have OBJ
| structed the same, which expenses shall
be collected as fines are required TO be
collected under the second section Of
this act
SEC B. And be Il further enacted, That
hereafter, in laying out new roads in
said county of Washington, the levy
court shall cause such roads TO be of a
width of not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred feet, and it may also cause
the width of any of the existing roads in
said county to be increased 10 not more
than one hundred feet, and change the
location of any of them, as the said levy
court may deem best for the public in
terest; and, for the purpose of opening or
widening such roads, the said levy court
is hereby empowered TO GAUGE to be con-
demned any land Or lands necessary for
the same as other lands are now con-
demned by law.
Sec. 6. And be 40 further enacted, Thatin
any case where martials law shall be nee
essary for making or repairing public
road, if the levy court cannot agree with
the owner as to their purchase, the said
court may proceed in the same manner
for condemning said martials as in cases
Of condemnation of land for the purposes
of public road.
SEC z. And De II turtle, enacted, That
no field or garden or yard, in actual
cultivation shall be laid open or used as
q public highway until after the usual
time of taking off the crops growing
thereon.
Sec. 8. And be 10 further enacted, That
the requirement in the existing laws
that members of the levy court shall be
appointed from amongst the justices Of
the peace in the county Of Washington
is hereby repealed.
Approved, May Q, 1862.