Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-08-04
CHAPTER 1917.

An Ac, to provide for establishin private
roads in tie State of Iowa.
Section l. BE it enacted by the Cen
'eral Assem mbIy Of the State If iowa, Tha,
private roads may be established in the
sane way and manner that county 70. ds
are now established by law, aud all the
laws Of iowa relating to md governing
the establishment of c unity roads, shall
apply to. and govern the establishment. of
hr;vate roads, so far rs the same are ap>
plicable and not hcreiu changed: Prori-
'dca, Tina. a petition signed by the appIi-
.can',2 tor a private rond, alone, shall be
sufficient, rs basis upon which to pro
coed.
See. 2. Previous to the appointment of
a commissioner to view the proposed pri
tvste road, and report upon ,hs apnlea-
tion thereof, 'he petitioner must file a
bond with the Board of Supervisors, in a
penal sum to be fix d By them, payable
to the county, with such sure,es as may
be approved by said board, for the use
Of the parties INJURED by the establish
ment of such private road, with coudi-
tions that the app'ican. will pay all the
cost resulting from such application and
will pay all the assessed damages to the
owners of the land over which such a
road may be estaoHshed, ard complv with
all, other conditions upsn, which such road
is established: Prorided, He shall not be
liable to perform any Of the conditions in
the said bond, nor any Of the conditions
upon which such road is Established,
except the payment of the cost unlees he
accepts Of such road.
Sec. ). No private road established as
provided by this act, shall be ordered to
be opened until tho applicant shall have
paid all the damages aud costs, and com
piled with all ether conditions upon which
it is established, which must be done
within snch time ns may be fixed by the
Board OF Supervisors. and in case he does
not pay SAID costs and damages. and com
ply with said other conditions, within the
time fixed by said Board. he shall be
deemed to have waived and forfeited all
his rights to such road upon that appli-
cation and If thereafter he should desire
such road. he must proceed anew.
Sec. t. When the time for final hearing
and action in relation to such a road ar
rives, whether application for damages
has been made or not; and whether the
commissioner has reported adversary 10
the establishment OF the road or not, the
IL ard Of Supervisors may hear testimony
and receive petitions for and against the
establishment OF such road, and may es-
tabtjSh the road upon such conditions as
to the payment Of damages and costs.
and building and main aiming fences and
such other conditions a. to the Board may
seem just to all parties concerned or
they may reject the road absolutely. but
such rejection shall be no bar TO another
application for the same purpose.
Sec. >. This Act being deemed of i'm
mediate Importance. shall take effect aud
be in force, from and aftet it's publication
in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa
Homestead, newspapers published at Des
Malnes.
Approved April 81. 1866.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was published in The iowa STATE Register
Apri! 9Th. 1866, and the Iowa Home
stead, April 18th, 1866.
JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary Of State.