Chap. 73.—An ACT to authorize the construction, alteration and re-
pair of roads in the counties of Carroll and Grayson.

Approved February 13, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the judges of the county courts of Car-
roll and Grayson counties to require any surveyor of the
public road, witb such bands as are in his district or allotted
to him, to keep his precinct of roads in repair, to aid and
assist, under the authority and superintendence of an over-
seer, who may be appointed for that purpose, to open any new
road that may be established by either of the said courts in
their respective counties, or to repair, or change roads already
established: provided, however, that no person required to
work upon the public roads shall be compelled to work moro
than four days in any one year in the construction of any
such new roads, repairs and alterations as aforesaid, ot to
travel more than five miles from his place of residence to
perform such labor.

2. Any failure to perform the labor hereinbefore required,
shall be subject to the same proceedings, and liable to the
same penalties as are now prescribed in the twenty-second
section of chapter one hundred and eighty-one, of the Acts
of the General Assembly of eighteen hundred and seventy-
four-five, approved twentieth of March, eighteen hundred
and seventy-five; and such fines as may be imposed, or any
money arising therefrom under this act after the payment of
a fee of fifty cents per day, for the time so employed upon
the said work, to the overseer herein’ authorized to be ap-
pointed, and the costs, shall be expended in the construction,
repairing and alteration of such road.

3. This act shall not be in force in either of the counties
named, until it sball have been approved by a majority of its
board of supervisors, and by the county judge.

4. This act sba!l be in force from its passage.