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each, one dollar per day, for each day they may be necessarily employed in laying out and marking said road; and the Auditor of Public Accounts, on the
affidavit of the commissioners of the time spent in the discharge of the duties
aforesid, shall draw his warrant on the State Treasury for the amount charged
and certified as aforesaid, which shall be paid out of the three per cent, fund,
which is now due, or may hereafter become due to the several counties through
which said road mayr run, in proportion to the distance which said road may run
through the respective counties, which distance shall be stated in the affidavit
of the commisioners.
AN ACT to establish a Stale road from the town of Potosi, in Washington county, to a certain point in the county of Jefferson.
Sec. 1.    Commissioners appo'nted .to mark out a certain State road.   Vacancies in  the board how supplied.    On failure to meet at the appointed time, the board   may meet on some other day.
2. Board shall make duplicate reports of their proceedings, road when to b8 opened.
3. Board shall first take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties.    Compensation of the
board; how paid.
4-5.    Certain county roads declared State  roads.
§ 1. Calvin Johnson, and Thomas Moss, of the county of Jefferson, and
Jacob H. Rambo, of the county of Washington, are hereby appointed a board
of commissioners, whose duty it shall be to meet, at the town of Old Mines, in
Washington county, on the first Monday of May next, and, from thence, said
commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to mark out a State road,
from said town of Old Mines, in said county of Washington, by way of Glen-
finlas and Hillsboro in the county of Jefferson, to intersect the road leading
from St. Louis, to Potosi, by the way of Herculaneum, at or near the house of
Joshua Herrington, in said county of Jefferson, on the most direct and practicable route, due regard being had to the ground on which said road shall run:
Provided, that should a vacancy occur in said board of commissioners from any
cause whatever, then the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall fill
said vacancy by the appointment of some other suitable person or persons; and
should said commissioners fail to meet on the day herein designated, then the
said board of commissioners shall meet on some other day, within two months
thereafter, to be agreed upon by said commissioners,
§ 2. The said commissioners shall make out duplicate reports of their proceedings under this act, one of which shall be transmitted to the county court of
Washington county, and the other, to the county court of Jefferson county; and
it shall be the duty of said county courts, as soon as practicable after the reception of said reports, to cause said road to be opened, at least thirty feet wide,
and keep the same in good repair.
§ 3. The aforesaid commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their
office, shall take an oath, before some Judge or justice of the peace, faithfully
to discharge the duties assigned them by this act, and shall, each, be entitled
to the sum of two dollars, for each day they may be necessarily employed in
laying out said road, as also eight-cents per mile in travelling to the place of
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Transcript MISSOURI. 263 each, one dollar per day, for each day they may be necessarily employed in laying out and marking said road; and the Auditor of Public Accounts, on the affidavit of the commissioners of the time spent in the discharge of the duties aforesid, shall draw his warrant on the State Treasury for the amount charged and certified as aforesaid, which shall be paid out of the three per cent, fund, which is now due, or may hereafter become due to the several counties through which said road mayr run, in proportion to the distance which said road may run through the respective counties, which distance shall be stated in the affidavit of the commisioners. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED, Feb. 1, 1839. ROADS. AN ACT to establish a Stale road from the town of Potosi, in Washington county, to a certain point in the county of Jefferson. Sec. 1. Commissioners appo'nted .to mark out a certain State road. Vacancies in the board how supplied. On failure to meet at the appointed time, the board may meet on some other day. 2. Board shall make duplicate reports of their proceedings, road when to b8 opened. 3. Board shall first take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties. Compensation of the board; how paid. 4-5. Certain county roads declared State roads. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: § 1. Calvin Johnson, and Thomas Moss, of the county of Jefferson, and Jacob H. Rambo, of the county of Washington, are hereby appointed a board of commissioners, whose duty it shall be to meet, at the town of Old Mines, in Washington county, on the first Monday of May next, and, from thence, said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to mark out a State road, from said town of Old Mines, in said county of Washington, by way of Glen- finlas and Hillsboro in the county of Jefferson, to intersect the road leading from St. Louis, to Potosi, by the way of Herculaneum, at or near the house of Joshua Herrington, in said county of Jefferson, on the most direct and practicable route, due regard being had to the ground on which said road shall run: Provided, that should a vacancy occur in said board of commissioners from any cause whatever, then the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall fill said vacancy by the appointment of some other suitable person or persons; and should said commissioners fail to meet on the day herein designated, then the said board of commissioners shall meet on some other day, within two months thereafter, to be agreed upon by said commissioners, § 2. The said commissioners shall make out duplicate reports of their proceedings under this act, one of which shall be transmitted to the county court of Washington county, and the other, to the county court of Jefferson county; and it shall be the duty of said county courts, as soon as practicable after the reception of said reports, to cause said road to be opened, at least thirty feet wide, and keep the same in good repair. § 3. The aforesaid commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take an oath, before some Judge or justice of the peace, faithfully to discharge the duties assigned them by this act, and shall, each, be entitled to the sum of two dollars, for each day they may be necessarily employed in laying out said road, as also eight-cents per mile in travelling to the place of