Year: 1872

of Supervisors and District Attorney of the
commencement of such action and the time
set for hearing the same, which shall be suf-
hcient notice to the county. Immediately
upon the receipt of such notice the clerk Of
the Board Of Supervisors shall make out a
certified transcript of all the proceedings had


before the Board of Supervisors in the case
at issue, and forward the same to the JUS
tice before whom the action is pending, which
said transcript shall be filed and used as
evidence in the case. The District Attorney
or any person appointed by him or by any
of the petitioners for the proposed road Or
trail, may appear for the county. The pro-
ceedings shall be conducted in manner and
form as the trial of civil action before a
Justice Of the Peace. On the part of the
county, evidence may be introduced to show
the benefits and advantages of said road or
trail to the plaintiff. The jury shall, by
their verdict, assess and determine the dam
ages 10 which plaintiff is entitled, which ver-
dict shall be conclusive and final; provided
no action shall be commenced before any
Justice Of the Peace against the county for
damages under the provisions Ct this Act
until after the person claiming such damages
shall have filed with the Justice good and
sufficient bond in the penal sum of three
hundred dollars, conditional for the payment
of all costs and expenses of suit if the amount
recovered does not exceed the amount of
damages awarded by the Board of Super
visors; and provided further that if such ac-
ton is not commenced within thirty days
from the tender of the damages awarded by
the Board of Supervisors, the party or par
ties claiming such damages shalt be deemed
to have dedicated the land or Improvements
proposed to be taken and used for such road
or trial as public highway


Sec 13. Satisfactory proof being shown
that the full amount of damages assessed has
been rendered to the parties to whom the
same is due, the Board of Supervisors may
declare the proposed road or trail, or aItera-
ton of road or trail, to be public high
way, in accordance with the report of the
viewers, and order the same opened immc-
dately, or at such time as they may direct.
If in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors
a deviation in the route proposed in the peti
ton be cxpcdient, they shall direct the
viewers to make such devation and such
view or survey of such road or trail as.
changed by order of said Board of Supervi-
sors shall be returned to them within given
time, specified in said order Of change; ard
the Board may, Immediately upon the re-
turn Of said view or survey, or at such time
thereafter as they may deem proper, declare
the route, as viewed in accordance with the
petition, or the route as changed under their
direction, to be public highway; provided,
that when any proposed deviation from the
route set forth i'll the petition shall place the
road or trail upon lands owned or occupied
by persons vino have not been notified there
of, no action shall be taken by the said
Board until at least ten days after the proper
notification has been served upon such per-
sons.


Sec. IA. Private roads may be establish
ed by the Board of Supervisors in the same
manner as prescribed in this Act for the es-
tablishing of public highways; provided,
petition of one person will be sufficient; and
provided further, that all damages assessed
for the opening of such private roads shall
be paid by the party petitioning for the same.


Sec. Is. All public roads established un-
der the provisions of this Act shall be made
to conform to section lines as near as posi-
BILE, and shall be sixty feet in width, except
in towns and villages, where they may be
made to conform to the streets and alleys
therein All public trails shall be four feet
in width, and the width of any private road
shall not exceed forty feet.


Sec 16. The Board of Supervisors may
vacate or discontinue any public highway
when in their opinion the same shall have
become useless or burdensome, by an order
to that effect, duly entered in the Record
Book of Roads and Highways.


Sec, II. The Board of Supervisors shall
have authority, whenever in their judgment
the public interest SO requires, to CONTRACT for
and purchase any or ali of the toll roads in
the county of Placer, and pay for the same
in the manner hereinafter provided


Sec. Is. The Board of Supervisors shall
levy annually, at the regular meeting Of the
Board in February, or at any meeting there
after, road poll tax of two dollars for the
current road year; provided, the same be
paid between the first Monday of March and
the first Monday in August; but if not paid
prior TO The first Monday in August it sh.ll
bC 'hiCC uoiFiS, VII All pCisVHS III liCti
county subject to pay State poll tax; re-
ceipts to be prepared of a uniform appear
ance, WHICH shall be numbered consecutively
and signed by the Chairman of the Board,
who shall thereupou deliver the same to the
County Auditor, who shall countersign the
same and endorse upon them the road dis
trct in which they are to be sold, and shall
issue to the several District Tax Collectors
such number of said receipts as may be
needed by them taking their receipts therefor.


Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of the sew
eral District Collectors of the county of
Placer to proceed to collect the said road poll
tax in their respective districts on the first
Monday in March of each year, and shah
continue to collect and enforce the collection
Of said tax from all residents of said district
liable to pay such tax, while any of said tax
remains unpaid. If any person liable to pay