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supervision over said roads, and all road overseers within the county, and he shall
report, from time to time, to the court, the result of his inspections, and the state
of the roads; he shall receive such suitable compensation as the court may think
proper, and be shall perform such other duties, and be subject to such regulations,
as they may direct.
APPROVED, Feb. 11,1839..
AN ACT for establishing, and keeping in repair, roads in the county of St. Louis.
Sec. 1.    The county court of St. Louis county may order a review of all roads in their county in certain
2. And direct the county surveyor to survey the road, and make report thereof.    Compensation
therefor regulated.
3. Relinquishments of rights of way how obtained.
■ 4. Court may regulate the road districts of the county, and appoint overseers.
7. How the same may be paid.
9. Court may pass rules for carrying into effect the provisions of this act.
10. Overseer in certain cases may demand of the hands additional labor.
11. Road officers to be subject to general road law, when.-
§ 1. The county court of St. Louis county shall have power and authority to
cause a review to be made of all such State and county roads, as they may deem
of sufficient public utility and importance, in either, or any, of the following
First,—Where the original record of establishment or location of any road,
or the record of any alteration of any road is, from any cause, imperfect or defective.
Second,— Where any road has been so altered or changed, from the ground
§ 2.    In all cases of a review of any road heretofore established, or of any
view of any road hereafter to be established, the county court may, if they deem
the road of sufficient importance, direct the county surveyor to accompany the
reviewers, and to survey and measure the road, and return a plat thereof, together with a note of all the important points along the same, into the office of the
clerk of the county [court.]   The county court shall have power to fix the pay of the
surveyor, chain  carriers, and markers,  and pay the same out of the county
; § 3. The county court shall have power and authority to authorize commissioners or viewers of any public road in said county to take relinquishments in
highway may pass, to any quantity of ground not less than thirty, nor more than
in all cases where the owner or owners of land shall refuse to give the-right
Identifier LAWS_10th_1838-1839_0253.tif
Transcript MISSOURI. 253 supervision over said roads, and all road overseers within the county, and he shall report, from time to time, to the court, the result of his inspections, and the state of the roads; he shall receive such suitable compensation as the court may think proper, and be shall perform such other duties, and be subject to such regulations, as they may direct. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, Feb. 11,1839.. ROADS. AN ACT for establishing, and keeping in repair, roads in the county of St. Louis. Sec. 1. The county court of St. Louis county may order a review of all roads in their county in certain cases; 2. And direct the county surveyor to survey the road, and make report thereof. Compensation therefor regulated. 3. Relinquishments of rights of way how obtained. ■ 4. Court may regulate the road districts of the county, and appoint overseers. 5. Duty of assessor to make out amount of taxable property in each district; and 6. Road taxes how levied. 7. How the same may be paid. 8. How the same shall be collected. 9. Court may pass rules for carrying into effect the provisions of this act. 10. Overseer in certain cases may demand of the hands additional labor. 11. Road officers to be subject to general road law, when.- 12. Former law repealed. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Stale of Missouri, as follows: § 1. The county court of St. Louis county shall have power and authority to cause a review to be made of all such State and county roads, as they may deem of sufficient public utility and importance, in either, or any, of the following cases:— First,—Where the original record of establishment or location of any road, or the record of any alteration of any road is, from any cause, imperfect or defective. Second,— Where any road has been so altered or changed, from the ground on which it was originally laid out, whether said alteration has been made by authority of law, or otherwise. Third,—Where there is any uncertainty as to the point of commencement or termination of any road. § 2. In all cases of a review of any road heretofore established, or of any view of any road hereafter to be established, the county court may, if they deem the road of sufficient importance, direct the county surveyor to accompany the reviewers, and to survey and measure the road, and return a plat thereof, together with a note of all the important points along the same, into the office of the clerk of the county [court.] The county court shall have power to fix the pay of the surveyor, chain carriers, and markers, and pay the same out of the county treasury. ; § 3. The county court shall have power and authority to authorize commissioners or viewers of any public road in said county to take relinquishments in writing from every person or persons through whose land any public road or highway may pass, to any quantity of ground not less than thirty, nor more than fifty feet in width, as a right of way for said road; and said commissioners shall, in all cases where the owner or owners of land shall refuse to give the-right