Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-06

building and opening said road
and the number of culverts and
bridges thereon ; and he shall fur
ther state that said changes, loca-
tons, relocations or openings OF
a new public road are necessary
and advantageous to public travel.
Or, if said petition is for the dis
continuance and abandonment OF
q public road, he shall state that
the public road mentioned there'
in is unnecessary and not advan-
tageous to public travel. The
said superintendent shall also give
to the land owner or land owners.
on aud over whose lands any
changes, locations or relocAtloIs
of any public road or the estah-
lishment of any new public road
are to be made, or the discontinue
ing or abandoning of any public
road. at least twenty days notice
in writing of the time and place
of hearing of said petition of tbs
board of commissioners and said
notice shall contain a brief state
ment of the contents of said petit
ton. The said petition may be
signed and verified as petitions in
special proceedings in the superior
court. If any of the land owners
on and over whom the proposed
changes are to be made or the new
road established or any rood to
be abe ndcned or discontinued, are
minors, idiots or lunatlc', the
SAID notice shall he given to them
and their duly appointed guar
dams, or if no guardian has been
appointed, then said notice shall
be given to any person with whom
they are living; and if any land
holder is a non resident, the said
notice, shall be mailed to him at
his last place of residence and
be published for twenty days be-
fore the hearing of said petition at
the court house door.
Sec 10. The board of com.
missioners upon hearing the petit
tion so filed, stating the changes,
location or relocation of any
public read, or the establishment
or opening of any new public
road, or that any public road
should be discontinued and Rban.
doned, shall make an order grant,
ing or refusing the relief therein
asked, as they shall deem best, If
the order is made granting the
change, location OF RELOCATION of
any public road or opening and
establishment Of any new publ,
road, such order shall be a con-
demnation of the land or lands
mentioned and described in the
petition and survey filed therein +;
or such part thereof as shall be
fully set out III the order and the
superintendent of roads is hereby
authorized to open the public
road 90 granted as provided by
law. If the order be for discon.
tinuing and abandoning the pub
lie road, the said road then de-
scrlbed in the order shall be dis
continued aud abandoned. Any per
son owning land on and over which
said changes are made or said pub
lie road ia discontinued and aban-
doned, shall have the right of ap.
peal to the superior court of Row.
an County for a trial de novo of
the matters set out in said peti.
ton, but he shall give a good aid
sufficient bond for the costs as in
like cases of appeal; but the tax.
ing of said appeal shall not delay
the changing. locating or relocst.
ing of any public road or the dis
continuing or abandoning of any
public road, occording to the
terms of the order made therein
by the said board of c,mmisslon-
ors, unless the same be reversed
by the trial in the superior court.
Sec. 20. Any person who shall
obstruct the county surveyor OF
civil engineer in making a survey
for the changing of a road, OF the
opening of a new road, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fiued
or imprisoned, or both, in the dis
cretion of the court, and any per-
son or persons who shall obstruct
any one authorized by this section
for opening said change of road or
new road shall be guilty of a mis-