Year: 1874

Auditor shall balance such Road Masters ac-
count.


Sec IS. The Board may cancel all of such
delinquent tax as in their opinion cannot be
collected, and shall cause the balance, if any,
to be placed on the list for the next year.


Sec. 10. The Road Master shall receive
three dollars per day for his services, and two
dollars per day, or such other per diem as the
Board may fix for any person he may employ,
such services to be paid for out Of the cash
collections; Provided, that If he should not re-
ceive sufficient sum in money to pay for such
services, the Board shall order the balance not
exceeding fifty dollars, to be paid out of the
County General Road Fund If the Road
Master shall have an unexpended balance on
hand, he shall pay it to his successor in office.


SEC. 20. Application for the laying out of a
new road or trail, or for the alteration of a road
or trail already established, shall be made by
petition, Of at least ten resident taxpayers Of
the district in which such proposed road or
trail, or alteration, or the greater part thereof
is situated, in writing to the Board of Super
visors, at regular meeting of said Board, and
shall designate, plainly, the beginning, general
route, and termination of such proposed new
road or trail, or alteration of a road or trail,
but no petition shall be considered unless it be
accompanied by an affidavit Of one or more Of
the petitioners, stating that all the parties
owning land along the line of the proposed
road or trail have been duly notified by a
written notice served on them personally or left
at their place of residence, of the time when
such petition will be presented to the Board Of
Supervisors, and further stating that such notice
has been served at least ten days before the
meeting of said Board at which said petition is
is to be presented; Prouided, that when the
owners of any land over which it is proposed to
locate public road or highway are unknown,
it shall be sufficient that the affidavit state that
the parties occupying the same have been duly
notified.


SEC. 2l. At the meeting designated in the
notice, referred to in the preceding section, the
Board of Supervisors may proceed tC hear all
objections to the proposed road trail, or they
may in their discretion, defer action upon the
petition to such time they may appoint
After having heard and considered the objections
to the proposed road or trail, or alterations the
Board of Supervisors shall, if they deem such
proposed road or trail, or alterations, necessary,
appoint three dlsinterested taxpayers, resi-
dents Of the district in which the proposed
road or trail or alterations, is situated who
shall act as viewers. The Supervisor of the
district shall fix a day, certain, when they will
view the same, and shall also cause to be notified
tbn of nJe
such road or trail is proposed to run, or the &C.
cupants thereof of the time of such meeting,
by having written notices served them per-
sonally, or by posting such notices at some con-
spcuous places such lands


Sec. %. The Viewers together with the
Super, isor, shall, ON the day set, visit, and
after being duly sworn by the Supervisor, pro-
ceed to inspect the line of the proposed road or
trail, and if in their judgment such proposed
road or trail, or alteration, is advisable, they
shall proceed to locate the same. They shall
also estimate the actual damage to any land
over which said road or trail will pass, taking
such testimony connected Herewith as they
may deem pertinent thereto; OF which persons
claiming such damages may submit, and shall
award the damages so found to the persons
claiming them If, after inspecting such line of
proposed road or TRAIL they shall not deem the
opening of the same advisable, they shall
simply report such fact to the Board.


SEC. 90. When the Viewers shall have com
pleted their labors relative to the location of the
proposed road or trail, or alteration, they shall
report the following facts to the Board of
Supervisors


LIST. The beg 'nning, general route, termina-
ton and cost OF construction of the proposed
road or trail.


End. The estimate and award of damages to
the owners of lands, over which it is proposed
to run the road or trail


3d. The names of land owners who consent
to give the right of way, and present to the
Board their written consent thereto.


4th. The names of land owners who do not
consent, and the amount of damages awarded
to each, and


5th. The necessity for, and public conven-
fence to be subserved by the proposed road or
trail, or alteration.


Sec "a. The Viewers shall receive three
dollars per day, each for their services, to be
paid out of the General Road Fund"


SEC. 25. On the coming in of the report, the
Board of Supervisors must consider the same
at their first regular meeting thereafter, and
either approve or reject it. If they approve the
report, and it be in favor Of opening the pro-
posed road or TRAIL or alterations, and there are
no pon-consenting land owners, they must. by
order declare the same public highway, and
direct the Road Master, or Masters, if in more
than one road district to open the same to the
public. II there are non-consenting land
owners, the Board must appropriate from the
General Road Fund" and cause the Super
visor of the district to tender to such non.con-
senting land owners, tho amount OF the award
for damages made by the Viewers. If the
awards are all accepted, the road or trail must
then be declared public highway, and be
opened as above provided.


SEC. 26. II any award Of damages is re-