Chap. 308.-An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 4 of an act of the
general assembly of Virginia, approved March 4, 1896, entitled "an act pro-
viding for the working, opening, and keeping in repair the roads in the county
of Lunenburg, and for the building and keeping in repair the bridges in said
county.
Approved May 20, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections two
and four of an act of the legislature of Virginia, approved March fourth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled “an act providing for the work-
ing, opening, and keeping in repair the roads in the county of Lunenburg,
and for the building and keeping in repair the bridges of said county,”
be amended and re-enacted so as to read‘ as follows:

2. The board of supervisors of said county shall, before the month of
October in each year, nominate a suitable person to the court of said
county as superintendent of roads and bridges of said county. And it
shall be the duty of said court, upon receipt of such nomination, if it
approves the same, at the next term thereof to appoint such person as
such superintendent ; who shall hold his office for the term of one year,
commencing on the first of January next succeeding his appointment,
and: in case the court shall not concur in the nomination made by the
board at any term, then another nomination or nominations shall be at
once made by the board as herein provided, until a nomination is made
which is concurred in by the court.

3. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to take charge of the main-
tenance, repair, alterations, and construction of the public roads and
bridges of said county, shall keep and maintain the same in as safe condi-
tion for public travel as the means furnished him by the board of super-
visors will permit. He shall have the right to take from convenient lands
such material as he may deem necessary for use on said roads or bridges,
and to make such use of said lands for draining purposes as are conferred
by existing laws upon road surveyors, and the said superintendent shall,
whenever he deems such change desirable or proper, have the power to
move any existing road from its present location to the land immediately
adjoining, and to assess the damage to the owner of any land so taken,
and if the owner of said land is not willing to accept the amount of dam-
age so allowed by the superintendent, he shall have the right to appeal
to the court of his county, where the matter shall be determined and the
amount of damages ascertained, but said land owner shall be entitled to
a jury if he shall ask for one.

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