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Timestamp: 2019-10-21 01:28:32
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 28', '§ 29', '§ 30', '§ 31', '§ 32', '§ 33', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 28', '§ 29', '§ 30', '§ 31', '§ 32', '§ 33', '§ 34', '§ 35']

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114 ROADS   AND   HIGHWAYS.
for each such day's work, receive a credit of three days work, on his liability to work on said road, or such reasonable compensation in money as said
overseer may agree to pay him.
§ 28. It shall be lawful for any overseer or other person by his order, to
enter upon any lands adjoining or near his road, and open such ditches as
may be necessary; also to cut and carry off from the nearest unimproved
lands, such wood or trees as may be necessary for making and repairing his
road, or any bridge or causway necessary to be constructed over any water
course or wet ground, by such overseer in discharge of his duties as such,
doing as little damage as may be to the owner of such land.
§ 29. If any person feels himself aggrieved by the cutting of such timber,
such person may apply to the county court of the proper county, who shall
appoint three disinterested persons, householders, as viewers, who, after
taking the proper oath, or affirmation, shall proceed to assess the damages, if
any, which shall be paid out of the county treasury.
§ 30. Each overseer shall place a list of all such delinquents as have
failed or refused to work, having had the necessary notice, in the hands of
some justice of the peace of his township for collection, within ten days from
the time of working his road, unless such person or persons shall, before
that time, pay over to said overseer the amount of fine imposed by this act;
and in all suits brought by an overseer in pursuance of this act, he shall be
a competent witness, and he shall in no such suits be liable for costs.
§ 31. whenever any constable shall collect any fines by virtue of an execution against any person for failing or refusing to work on any road, he shall
make return thereof, and pay the same into the hands of the justice of the
peace before whom judgment was rendered; whose duty it shall be to receive
the same, and pay it over to the overseer of the proper road division, and
take his receipt therefor; and shall, moreover, immediately notify, in writing,
the clerk of the county court of the amount so received and paid over, and
said clerk shall charge the same to the said overseer.
§ 32. When any minor, apprentice, or slave, shall become subject to a
fine under this act, for trespass or delinquency, such fine shall be paid by the
father,.guardian, or master, as the case may be, and suit shall be instituted
§ 33. Every overseer receiving fines as aforesaid, shall appropriate the
same to repairing and keeping in good order the road under his superintendence, and it shall be his duty to settle with the county court once in every
year for the proper appropriation of the fines which he may have then received, and shall expend the same in repairing his road, on or before he
again calls out the hands for that purpose.
§ 34. If any person shall obstruct any public road unnecessarily, and to
the hindrance of any passenger, such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars, and it shall be the duty of the overseer of such road district, as soon as he is informed of such obstruction, to commence suit against
the person making the same, before any justice of the peace of the proper
township, which shall be collected and paid over as other fines and forfeitures provided for in this act, for the use of the particular road district
thus obstructed; and the person making such obstruction, shall, in addition
to the fine aforesaid, forfeit the further sum of one dollar for each and every
day thereafter that he shall suffer such obstruction to remain in or across
£uch road, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid.
§ 35. Each overseer shall erect and keep a post at every fork and crossroad in his road division, unless a suitable tree be found at the proper place,
or which shall be firmly fixed, a finger-board, containing a legible inscription,
directing the way and distance to the next remarkable place on the road, an-
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Transcript 114 ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. for each such day's work, receive a credit of three days work, on his liability to work on said road, or such reasonable compensation in money as said overseer may agree to pay him. § 28. It shall be lawful for any overseer or other person by his order, to enter upon any lands adjoining or near his road, and open such ditches as may be necessary; also to cut and carry off from the nearest unimproved lands, such wood or trees as may be necessary for making and repairing his road, or any bridge or causway necessary to be constructed over any water course or wet ground, by such overseer in discharge of his duties as such, doing as little damage as may be to the owner of such land. § 29. If any person feels himself aggrieved by the cutting of such timber, such person may apply to the county court of the proper county, who shall appoint three disinterested persons, householders, as viewers, who, after taking the proper oath, or affirmation, shall proceed to assess the damages, if any, which shall be paid out of the county treasury. § 30. Each overseer shall place a list of all such delinquents as have failed or refused to work, having had the necessary notice, in the hands of some justice of the peace of his township for collection, within ten days from the time of working his road, unless such person or persons shall, before that time, pay over to said overseer the amount of fine imposed by this act; and in all suits brought by an overseer in pursuance of this act, he shall be a competent witness, and he shall in no such suits be liable for costs. § 31. whenever any constable shall collect any fines by virtue of an execution against any person for failing or refusing to work on any road, he shall make return thereof, and pay the same into the hands of the justice of the peace before whom judgment was rendered; whose duty it shall be to receive the same, and pay it over to the overseer of the proper road division, and take his receipt therefor; and shall, moreover, immediately notify, in writing, the clerk of the county court of the amount so received and paid over, and said clerk shall charge the same to the said overseer. § 32. When any minor, apprentice, or slave, shall become subject to a fine under this act, for trespass or delinquency, such fine shall be paid by the father,.guardian, or master, as the case may be, and suit shall be instituted accordingly. § 33. Every overseer receiving fines as aforesaid, shall appropriate the same to repairing and keeping in good order the road under his superintendence, and it shall be his duty to settle with the county court once in every year for the proper appropriation of the fines which he may have then received, and shall expend the same in repairing his road, on or before he again calls out the hands for that purpose. § 34. If any person shall obstruct any public road unnecessarily, and to the hindrance of any passenger, such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars, and it shall be the duty of the overseer of such road district, as soon as he is informed of such obstruction, to commence suit against the person making the same, before any justice of the peace of the proper township, which shall be collected and paid over as other fines and forfeitures provided for in this act, for the use of the particular road district thus obstructed; and the person making such obstruction, shall, in addition to the fine aforesaid, forfeit the further sum of one dollar for each and every day thereafter that he shall suffer such obstruction to remain in or across £uch road, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid. § 35. Each overseer shall erect and keep a post at every fork and crossroad in his road division, unless a suitable tree be found at the proper place, or which shall be firmly fixed, a finger-board, containing a legible inscription, directing the way and distance to the next remarkable place on the road, an-