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--62 LAWS OF
shall cause the same to be kept in good repair, in the same manner, and undei
fhe same regulations that county roads are required to be repaired
AN ACT to establish a Slate Road from Selma to Potosi, and from Potosi to
Sec,   1. Commissioners appointed to view and mark out a certain State road.
2. On failure to meet at the appointed time, the board may meet at some other time.
4. Board may appoint a surveyor and chain-carriers; surveyor to make out a plat of the road.
5. Duty of the county courts to have the roads opened.
7. Compensation of commissioners, survevors and chain-carriers; how the same shall be paid.
§ J. Reuben Smith, and Peter Hughes, of the county of Washington, and
James M'Cormack, of the county of Jefferson, are hereby appointed road commissioners, whose duty it shall be, to meet at Selma, in the county of Jefferson,
on or before the first Monday of April next, and, from said place, proceed to
view and mark out a State road to the town of Potosi, in the county of Washington, and, from said town of Potosi, to the town of Webster in said county of
Washington, on the most direct route, due regard being had to the ground over
which said road shall run, to the advantages to be derived to the public, and
with the least possible injury to individuals.
en the day herein designated, then they shall meet on some other subsequent
day, prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to be
ageeti upon by the members composing the board.
§ 3. Should a vacancy or vacancies occur in said board of commissioners,
by any cause whatever, the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall fill
said vacancy or vacancies, by the appointment of some other suitable person
§ 4. Said board of commissioners shall appoint a surveyor, and two chain-
carriers to accompany them, and cause their surveyor to make out one complete
plat of the road, for the use of the county court [of the comity] through which
said road may pass, and one for the Secretary of State, noting thereon the several courses and distances thereof.
9 5. It shall be the duty of the county courts of" the counties through which
said road may pass, as soon as practicable after the receipt of said plats, to cause
the road through their respective counties to be opened, at least thirty feet wide,.
by the hands subject to work on roads and highways in their respective counties, and to be kept in good repair, in the same manner that public county
roads are required to be opened and kept in repair
§ 6. The commissioners, before entering upon the duties assigned them by
this act, shall take an oath before some judge or justice of the peace, that they
will faithfully perform the same.
§ 7.    The'commissioners shall, each, receive for his services, two dollars per
, day, and the surveyor two dollars and fifty cents per day, and the chain-carriers,
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0597.tif
Transcript --62 LAWS OF shall cause the same to be kept in good repair, in the same manner, and undei fhe same regulations that county roads are required to be repaired This act to take effect and be in force from and after the passage thereof. Approved, Feb. 12, 1839. ROADS. AN ACT to establish a Slate Road from Selma to Potosi, and from Potosi to Webster. Sec, 1. Commissioners appointed to view and mark out a certain State road. 2. On failure to meet at the appointed time, the board may meet at some other time. 3. Vacancies in the board how filled. 4. Board may appoint a surveyor and chain-carriers; surveyor to make out a plat of the road. 5. Duty of the county courts to have the roads opened. 6. Board shall first take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duty. 7. Compensation of commissioners, survevors and chain-carriers; how the same shall be paid. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: § J. Reuben Smith, and Peter Hughes, of the county of Washington, and James M'Cormack, of the county of Jefferson, are hereby appointed road commissioners, whose duty it shall be, to meet at Selma, in the county of Jefferson, on or before the first Monday of April next, and, from said place, proceed to view and mark out a State road to the town of Potosi, in the county of Washington, and, from said town of Potosi, to the town of Webster in said county of Washington, on the most direct route, due regard being had to the ground over which said road shall run, to the advantages to be derived to the public, and with the least possible injury to individuals. § 2. Should the board of commissioners appointed by this act, fail to meet en the day herein designated, then they shall meet on some other subsequent day, prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to be ageeti upon by the members composing the board. § 3. Should a vacancy or vacancies occur in said board of commissioners, by any cause whatever, the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall fill said vacancy or vacancies, by the appointment of some other suitable person or persons. § 4. Said board of commissioners shall appoint a surveyor, and two chain- carriers to accompany them, and cause their surveyor to make out one complete plat of the road, for the use of the county court [of the comity] through which said road may pass, and one for the Secretary of State, noting thereon the several courses and distances thereof. 9 5. It shall be the duty of the county courts of" the counties through which said road may pass, as soon as practicable after the receipt of said plats, to cause the road through their respective counties to be opened, at least thirty feet wide,. by the hands subject to work on roads and highways in their respective counties, and to be kept in good repair, in the same manner that public county roads are required to be opened and kept in repair § 6. The commissioners, before entering upon the duties assigned them by this act, shall take an oath before some judge or justice of the peace, that they will faithfully perform the same. § 7. The'commissioners shall, each, receive for his services, two dollars per , day, and the surveyor two dollars and fifty cents per day, and the chain-carriers,