Chap. 65.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 14 and 15 0f an
act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order
the roads of the commonwealth, approved March 20, 1875.

Approved February 1, 1879.

1. Be it enacted ‘by the general assembly, That sections four-
teen and fifteen of an act entitled an act to provide for working
and keeping in order the roads of the commonwealth, approved
March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 14. Application may be made to the court of a county to
permit gates to be erected across any road therein, whether the
same be already established or a new road to be established:
and a notice of such application shall be forthwith posted at
the door of the court-house, and at two public places near where
the yates are proposed to be erected. If it appears at the next
term that the notice has been duly posted at least twenty days,
the court may, upon evidence, if any, permit such erection. But
the gates erected shall be discontinued whenever the court may
so direct, after like notice of twenty days.

§ 15. If it be suggested by any citizen of this state to a
county court of the county in which such gate may be, that
injury or inconvenience results therefrom, the court shall cause
the owner of such gate to appear at the next term and show
cause why the same should not be discontinued, and upon the
return of such process ‘executed,’ shall determine whether
there ought to be such discontinuance or not. If the court
adjudge that the gate shall be removed, the surveyor of the road
precinct shall abate such gate at such time as the court may
order: provided such person shall have the right of appeal to
the circuit court: and provided further, that when roads are
opened with gates, and the same are removed for cause, and
damages are claimed by parties owning gates so discontinued,
the court shall appoint commissioners to examine and 1eport
upon the nature and extent of such damage.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.