Chap. 295.—An ACT in relation to the Public Roads of Nelson County.
Approved April 29, 1874.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That when ac
road or landing is established or altered in Nelson county by
the court, the county shall be chargeable with the compensa- o
tion to any proprietor or tenant, with such costs as the court ¢
may allow the apphicant, and the costs of the inquest, ex-
cept in the case mentioned in section thirty-two of chapter
fifty-two of Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three; and
the supervisors of the county shall, at their next annual c
meeting, make a county levy sufficient to pay the proprietors
and tenants of lands the compeusation allowed them by the
court, to be collected as other county levies are collected;
and the said supervisors shall also levy a tax upon the said
county sufficient to cover the costs for the alteration or es-
tablishment of said road or landing; which road tax shall be
collected in like manner, and the county treasurer shall place >
said tax, when collected, in the hands of the commissioner or |
commissioners of roads, designated by the court to alter or
establish such road or landing, who shall receipt for the same
in such manner and proportion as the court may direct. The
said road commissioners shall have power to command the F
labor of those liable to work the public roads, the use of >
teams, material and implements, that may be necessary in the o
alteration or establishment of such road or landing, the same ¢
to be paid for at the prices that may be fixed under séction
nine of the chapter aforesaid. The overseers of roads in the p
districts in which such road or landing may be located, may ™
be required by said road commissioners to assist them in the
duties required of them by this section.

2. Whenever a bridge or causeway is necessary for the con- 5
venience and use of the citizens of any portion of said county, ©
the county court shall order it to be made or repaired at the p
expense of the county, and to this end may direct one or
more of the road commissioners in the county to receive pro-
posals for a contract for building or repairing the same.

_ 3. Any order of court or other authority, now made in said x
county for the alteration or establishment-of a road or land- ™
ing, or the building or repairing of a bridge, shall be exe- ls
cuted according to the provisions of this act. *

4, In any case in which a road or landing, since January, c
eighteen hundred and seventy, has been altered or establish. rh
ed, or a bridge has been built or repaired at the expense of p
any township or townships, or any portion or portions thereof,
the supervisors in carrying out the provisions of this act
shall, in making the necessary levy, give to such township
or townships or any portion or portions thereof credit for all
expenditures for such purposes, so as to equalize upon the
property of the county the taxation provided in this act.

5. Nothing in this aet shall be construed to repeal as to g
said county any part of any general road law of the state not 1
In conflict with this act, but sections thirty-five and forty-six

of chapter fifty-two of the Code of eighteen hundred and sev-

enty-three, and all other provisions of said Code in conflict

with this act are hereby declared inoperative in said county.
6. This act shall be in force from its passage.