Chap. 164.—An ACT to provide for the settlement of any controversy or uncer-
tainty as to the existence, or as to the limits and boundaries, of any public
road in Alexandria county, and for recording a plat of said road and marking
its boundaries, and for limiting the time in which the existence or boundaries
of any such road may be drawn in question.

Approved April 20, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That the board
of supervisors of Alexandria county is hereby authorized to ascertain the
boundaries of any public road in said county, to have made a diagram or
plat of said road, and to erect suitable monuments to define the same.

2. That after five years from the date of the erection of such monu-
ments, provided for in section one of this act, the boundaries of any such
road shall not be brought in question in any proceeding, and at the ex-
piration of such period the board of supervisors of said county shall have
a diagram or plat of such road recorded in a book, to be kept for that pur-

ose. .

3. That whenever there is any controversy or uncertainty as to the ex-
istence, or as to the limits or bqundaries of any public road in Alexan-
dria county, or any part thereof, the circuit court of said county shall
have jurisdiction, upon a bill filed by the board of supervisors of said
county, as complainant, against one or all, or any intermediate number of
the land owners whose interests may be involved or affected as defendants,
to hear and settle any and all questions relating to the existence and
limits and boundaries of such road, and to determine whether the same
is in fact a public road, and what are the true limits and boundaries
thereof, in whole or in part, and its decrees shall bind those who are par-
ties or privies to the proceeding. In any such case, when it is deter-
mined that a public road exists, and what are the limits and boundaries
thereof as aforesaid, the court shall direct that a diagram or plat, show-
ing the same, be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, and the
board of supervisors shall cause the said limits and boundaries to be
marked by suitable monuments.

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