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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 14', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18']

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MISSOURI. 107
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shall pass, and as soon as practicable, after the receipt of the plat herein directed
to be furnished them, to cause the route thereon laid down, and marked out within the limits of the county, to be opened at least thirty, and not more than sixty
feet wide, whenever the road shall be located on rolling or firm ground; in all
inundation, they may cause fitly feet on each side of the centre of such road to
taken forthe State; but shall remain subject to be fenced in and used by the
in the preceding section of this act; ami shall keep the same open and in good
repair, in the same manner and under the same regulations, as far as they shall
§ 14. Tire county courts of each county, through which any State road is
now opened, or authorised by law to be opened, or wherein any county road may
have bccn.or shall hereafter be declared by law, a State road, shall cause the
said roads to be opened of the same width and in the same manner, as is provided in the two preceding sections of this act, and shall prceed to cause relinquishments of the route to be taken, as is hereinafter provided, and for that purpose may appoint commissioners to take the same, and to assess the damages as
is provided herein in case   of commissioners appointed by law.
■and the field notes of the same, to be forwarded to the Governor of this State, to
be by, him deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.
§ 16. The commissioner's for locating the road, authorised by law, are hereby directed and required to take relinquishments in writing from every owner
of land, through whose property the route of the road may be located: said relinquishment shall be witnessed, as deeds are witnessed, and shall include a quantity of ground on each side of the centre of the route at least thirty feet in
width, so as to make tire right of way for said road at least sixty feet wide; and
all such titles shall -be talvea in the name and in behalf of trie State of Missouri. S
§ 17. The commissioners shall assess the damages, which they may think
the right of way as aforesaid, or shall be a non-resident of the county,—taking
shall report to the county courts of tiro several counties, in which the said land
may be, the quantity and location of the lands relinquished for public use, and
and whenever the said hinds shall be part in one county, and part in another,
they shall report their proceeding;; in regard to the same, to the county courts
§ 18. .Any person owning lands through which the route is located, and who
shall consider himself, .aggrieved by the assessment of the commissioners, appointed under this act, may by themselves, or their agents, at the next term of the
county court, to which the report of the commissoners may be made, file the
°, •'e.ci'oas *° *ne sa'd assessment, and the county court shall thereupon order the
sheriff to summon a jury of six  disinterested householders of the   county, who
Identifier LAWS_10th_1838-1839_0107.tif
Transcript MISSOURI. 107 . - /. ... § 12. All State roads shall be laid out sixty feet wide, and it shall be the duty of the county courts of the counties, through which any portion of the road shall pass, and as soon as practicable, after the receipt of the plat herein directed to be furnished them, to cause the route thereon laid down, and marked out within the limits of the county, to be opened at least thirty, and not more than sixty feet wide, whenever the road shall be located on rolling or firm ground; in all flat, marshy and bottom timbered lands, and such grounds as may be subject to inundation, they may cause fitly feet on each side of the centre of such road to be cleared of the timber; but the said additional ground shall not be considered as a part of the road, nor included in the right of way or relinquishments to be taken forthe State; but shall remain subject to be fenced in and used by the owner of the land; the said additional ground being cleared only with a view to facilitate the drying of the road. § 13. Each county court shall cause the route to be opened, as prescribed in the preceding section of this act; ami shall keep the same open and in good repair, in the same manner and under the same regulations, as far as they shall apply thereto, as shall then be in force in their county for opening and reparing county roads. § 14. Tire county courts of each county, through which any State road is now opened, or authorised by law to be opened, or wherein any county road may have bccn.or shall hereafter be declared by law, a State road, shall cause the said roads to be opened of the same width and in the same manner, as is provided in the two preceding sections of this act, and shall prceed to cause relinquishments of the route to be taken, as is hereinafter provided, and for that purpose may appoint commissioners to take the same, and to assess the damages as is provided herein in case of commissioners appointed by law. § 15. The court shall cause the relinquishments taken as above, together with a correct plat of any county road, declared to be a State road as aforesaid, ■and the field notes of the same, to be forwarded to the Governor of this State, to be by, him deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. § 16. The commissioner's for locating the road, authorised by law, are hereby directed and required to take relinquishments in writing from every owner of land, through whose property the route of the road may be located: said relinquishment shall be witnessed, as deeds are witnessed, and shall include a quantity of ground on each side of the centre of the route at least thirty feet in width, so as to make tire right of way for said road at least sixty feet wide; and all such titles shall -be talvea in the name and in behalf of trie State of Missouri. S § 17. The commissioners shall assess the damages, which they may think the road may produce to the land of those persons who shall refuse to relinquish the right of way as aforesaid, or shall be a non-resident of the county,—taking into consideration the advantages as well as the disadvantages of said road, and shall report to the county courts of tiro several counties, in which the said land may be, the quantity and location of the lands relinquished for public use, and the amount of the aforesaid damages assessed, for the benefit of those interested; and whenever the said hinds shall be part in one county, and part in another, they shall report their proceeding;; in regard to the same, to the county courts of the counties in which the land shall be. § 18. .Any person owning lands through which the route is located, and who shall consider himself, .aggrieved by the assessment of the commissioners, appointed under this act, may by themselves, or their agents, at the next term of the county court, to which the report of the commissoners may be made, file the °, •'e.ci'oas *° *ne sa'd assessment, and the county court shall thereupon order the sheriff to summon a jury of six disinterested householders of the county, who