when com

shall meet.

Where and SEC. 2. The said Commissioners or any two of them, shall missioners meet at the town of Blair, in Washington county, on or before the first day of May, A. D. 1869, or within three months thereafter, and after taking an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge their duties as Commissioners, shall proceed to view, survey, locate, lay out, mark and establish the road as provided in the preceeding section.

Expenses paid by

each coun

ty.

SEC. 3. The said Commissioners or any two of them, shall have power to employ such Surveyor, teams and assistants as they may deem necessary, and at such rates as they may deem just and proper, and the said Commissioners shall receive three dollars per day and all necessary expenses for each day necessarily employed in laying out and establishing said road, and the total expense shall be paid by the several counties in which any part of said road may be located, in the proportion to the distance thereof, in each; which expense and the proportionate length of the road shall be certified to the County Clerk of each county aforesaid, by said Commissioners, and the said Commissioners shall also certify to the Clerk of each county aforesaid, plats of the said road as located. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of each of said counties, and of the Road Supervisors of each road district, through or in any part of which said road may be located, to open the said road and erect all needful bridges without delay. SEC. 5. Damages if claimed, shall be assessed and paid as provided in section twenty-four, of chapter forty-seven, entitled Roads. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

To locate a State Road through Saline and Jefferson counties, by the way of Cop

pic and Meridian.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That Joseph Clyne, of Saline county, S. J. Alexander and Z. R. Brown, of Jefferson county, be and are hereby appointed Commissioners to locate a State road, commencing on the south side of the town of Camden, in Seward county, thence in a south-westerly direction to Pleasant Hill, Saline county, thence in a southwesterly direction to Coppic, in Saline county, thence in a south

westerly direction to the town of Meridian, in Jefferson county, thence to the north-west corner of section sixteen, town one, north, range one, west.

SEC. 2. That said Commissioners or any two of them, shall, on

or before the first day of June, 1869, meet in the town of Camden, Commis and after taking and subscribing to an oath or affirmation before meet. some Justice of the Peace, in or near Camden, to impartially discharge their duties, which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of said Justice of the Peace, shall proceed to view and locate said road.

SEC. 3. The said Commissioners shall have power to employ one competent Surveyor, one team and teamster, and two assistants. The Commissioners shall receive the sum of three dollars per day, Pay of comthe Surveyor four dollars per day, the team and teamster four dol- and assistlars per day, and the assistants two dollars per day, for the time ants. necessarily employed in locating said road.

SEC. 4. The said Commissioners shall cause mounds not less than one foot high, to be placed one mile from the place of beginning, and every mile thereafter to the end of the road, and at every angle a stake shall be placed not less than two feet high.

missioners

SEC. 5. The said Commissioners shall within sixty days after locating said road, cause to be filed with the County Clerk of their Correctplat respective counties a correct plat of the road, so far as it relates to to be filed. their counties.

SEC. 6. The amount of expenses accruing in the location of this road shall be allowed by the respective counties in which the road is located, according to the proportionate distances in each county.

way.

sioners to

disinterest

SEC. 7. When any person shall demand damages for the right Right of of way of said road, to the County Commissioners of the county in which said right of way is asked, it shall be the duty of said County Commissioners to appoint three disinterested persons, tax payers, Commisand residents of the county, who, after being sworn to faithfully appoint discharge their duty without fear or favor, or hope of reward, shall ed persons appraise such damages and their award, not exceeding the amount damages. claimed, shall be paid to said claimant in full satisfaction for such damages, to be paid out of the county road fund of said county, where said lands are situated; Provided, that in no damages be allowed or received, unless the claiment file his petition file petition

case shall

to appraise

Claimant to

therefor, within thirty days after the filing of the report of the Commissioners to said road.

SEC. 8. This act to take effect and be in force from and after

Commis

AN ACT

To locate a State Road from Hillsdale, in Nemaha County, to Pawnee City, in
Pawnee County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That John Whaley, Hiram Slagle and Morgan Vandeventer, are hereby appointed Commissioners to locate a State road from Hilsdale, in Nemaha county, to Pawnee City, in Pawnee county, by the nearest and most practicable route between the two places named.

SEC. 2. The said Commissioners or any two of them shall meet in Hillsdale, on the first Monday in April, or within two months thereafter, and proceed to lay out and establish said road according to the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. Said Commissioners shall have power to employ one sioners to competent Surveyor, a necessary number of assistants and teams, and to incur whatever other expenses necessary for the location of said road.

report and

furnish

map.

Pay:

Right of

way.

SEC. 4. Said Commissioners shall make a report of their doings and furnish a map of said road to the County Clerks of the different counties through which it may pass, to be filed in the offices of such clerks, within thirty days after the location of said road.

SEC. 5. That the expenses of locating said road shall be paid by the counties through which it may pass in equal proportion.

SEC. 6. Said Commissioners shall receive three dollars, the assistants two dollars per day for each day actually employed in said work.

SEC. 7. When any person shall demand damages for right of way of said road to the County Commissioners of the county in which said right of way is asked, it shall be the duty of said County Commissioners to appoint three disinterested persons, tax payers and residents of the county, who, after being duly sworn to faithfully discharge their duty, without fear or favor or hope of reward, shall appraise said damages and their award, not exceeding the

paid out of

amount claimed, shall be paid to said claimant in full satisfaction Damages for such damages, to be paid out of the county road fund of said road fund. county, where said land is situated; Provided, that in no case shall damage be allowed or received, unless the claimant file his petition thereof, within thirty days after the filing of the report of the Commissioners to said road.

SEC. 8. This act shall and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 15, 1869.

AN ACT

To locate and establish a State road from Lincoln, in Lancaster county, to Pawnee
City, in Pawnee county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That John C. Peavey, Alexander Bivins and A. J. Cropsey, be and hereby appointed Commissioners to locate and establish a State road from Lincoln, in Lancaster county, via. Tecumseh, Johnson county, to Pawnee City, in Pawnee county.

sioners to

SEC. 2. The said Commissioners or any two of them, shall meet at Lincoln, in Lancaster on the first Monday in May, A. D. 1869, or within three months thereafter, and proceed to lo- Commiscate and establish said road according to the provisions of this act. meet withSEC. 3. Said Commissioners shall be entitled to receive three months. dollars per day, and as many assistants as they may deem necessary, pay.

and said assistants shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars per day for each day actually employed in the location of said road.

in three

Plats and doings to be record

SEC. 4. That within thirty days after the locating said road the Commissioners shall make a report of their doings and furnish a plat of said road to the Clerks of the counties of Lancaster, John- ed. son and Pawnee, respectively, who shall cause the same to be duly recorded in their offices.

SEC. 5. The expenses of locating said road shall be borne by the counties of Lancaster, Johnson and Pawnee, in proportion to the length of said road in each county.

SEC 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 15, 1889.

Expenseshow borne.

Pay ofcommissioners, &c.

AN ACT

To locate a State Road from Lincoln to Columbus, by the way of Oak Grove Precinct, in Seward County, and Ulysses Precinct, in Butler County

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That S. Pepper, G. McCarty and J. Olney, are hereby appointed Commissioners to locate a State road from Lincoln, in Lancaster county, to Columbus, in Platte couny, by the way of Oak Grove and Seward, in Seward county, and Ulysses, in Butler county.

SEC. 2. The said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet on or before the first Monday of November, 1869, at Lincoln, Lancaster county, and proceed to locate said road in accordance with the provisions of this act, and shall make their returns according to law, on or before the first Monday of December, 1869.

SEC. 3. Said Commissioners shall each be allowed three dollars 'per day for the time necessarily employed in locating said road, and shall have power to employ as many assistants as may be necessary in locating said road, who shall be allowed two dollars per day for their services, and one competent Surveyor, who shall receive four dollars per day.

SEC. 4. That the expenses incurred in accordance with this act shall be defrayed by the counties through which said road may pass, pro rata.

SEC. 5. That any person or persons through whose land said road may be located, feeling themselves aggrieved, shall proceed to collect damages under the general statute of the State, and shall collected. proceed in the mode and manner therein prescribed.

Damages

SEC. 6. After the road has been duly located and the survey thereof completed, the said Commissioners shall make out and sign a report of their proceedings, showing the field notes and location of ke to be said road, and file copies of the same with the County Clerks of the counties through which said road may pass.

Field notes

filed.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 15, 1869.

AN ACT

To locate a State Road from Logan Mills, in Dodge County, to Blair, in Washing

ton County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That Theodore Wehling, of Dodge county, and John A.