Chap. 192.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 7 of an Act Passed
January 14, 1871, Entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Passed
February 28, 1856, Amending an Act for Working the Roads of Loudoun
County.

In Force March 24, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
seven of the act passed January fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act
passed February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty-six,
amending an act for working the roads of Loudoun county,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 7, That the commissioner of roads shall have charge of
all the roads in his township. His duties shall be to see that
all the roads in his township are of the proper width, and in
all cases where they are not, to notify the person trespassing,
by written notice, and if the obstructions are not removed
after reasonable notice, not to exceed ninety days, he shall di-
rect the overseer of the district to remove the fencing or other
obstruction, and may recover the expenses, with costs, from
the trespasser, upon judgment of a justice of the peace. He
shall examine the roads in his township twice in each year, in
the months of May and October, and see that the roads and
bridges are kept in good repair by the overseers and contrac-
tors; and if he shall find any overseer or contractor delinquent,
he shall give him notice in writing, and on his failure to com-
ply with the law or his contract, shall make the necessary re-
pairs, and enforce payment therefor, as provided in section
eleven of this act. His compensation shall be two dollars per
diem for each day in which he has been or may be actually
employed in discharging his duties under the provisions of this
act, and to be paid by the townships respectively: provided,
however, that persons applying for a new road, or to lay out,
open, alter, or change a public road, shall, when the same is
rejected, be charged with the per diem compensation of the
commissioner of roads.” .

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