Chap. 108.—An ACT to enable the supervisors of Hanover county, if they deem
it expedient, toconstruct a road from Chickahominy swamp, between the Me-
chanicsville and the Richmond and Henrico turnpikes, to the city of Rich-
mond, and to appropriate funds for that purpose out of the county levy of
said county of Hanover.

Approved January 23, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
board of supervisors of Hanover county be authorized and empow-
ered, if they deem expedient, to construct a public road in the county
of Henrico from the Chickahominy swamp, at the point where the
dividing line between the lands of W. N. Merryman and W. F.
Gaines strikes the said swamp, towards the public roads in Henrico
county called Austin avenue, along the route dedicated therefor by
the said W. N. Merryman; and for that purpose may appropriate out
of the county levy an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ;
and in constructing said road shall appoint a commissioner to con-
struct the same, who shall make a report to the said board of the
cost of constructing the same, giving a detailed itemized account
thereof. The said board shall retain control over the money so ap-
propriated, and shall pay out the same by warrants upon the treas-
urer of the county, and shall keep a full statement of the money so
expended and how expended; all of which shall be spread upon the
records.
2. Be it further enacted, That the said road, when so constructed
and opened for public travel, shall be kept and maintained by the
county of Hanover until it shall be accepted and adopted by the
county court of Henrico county, or by the circuit court thereof on
appeal, as a public highway, or until said board of supervisors may
abandon the same, which abandonment shall be evidenced by an
order entered on the minute-beok of the board of supervisors of the
county of Hanover, and a transmission of a copy of the said order
to the board of supervisors of the county of Henrico.

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