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An Act to authorize the Board of Road Commissioners for Monroe county to order the laying out and opening of certain roads therein named, and for other purposes. 1830 110 (1830.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0127 and id is 1 raw text is: 1ie0 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Smith, deceased, for the balance of State tax du by said Hiankinson. APPROVED: December 15th, 1830, CHAP. LXXXI. AN ACT, to autorize the Board of Road Commissioners for Mon, ro( county, to order the laying out and opening of certain roads therein named, and for other purposes Sec. 1. Be t enacted by the Senate and Ikuse or Representatzwes of the state of MissYissippi. in G!neral Askembly convened, That the board ofroad commissioners for Monroe county be, and .oard ofthey are hereby authorized and empowered to ap- Road com- point some suitable persons, not less than two, nor .mision more than five, to review and mark out a road, to of Monroe pounty to lead from Cotton Gin Port, through the Indian appoint Nation, the nearest and best way, to the soutnern ,suitable pelsons to boundary line of the state of Tennessee, in the di- mark out rection of Bolivar in the said state; and also a road certain ,oads. to lead from Cotton Gin Port, through the Indian Natyn, the nearest and best way, as far as the wes- tern limits of Monroe county as fixed in 1829, in the the direction of Manchester, in the county of Yazoo. Sec. 2. Andbe it farther enacted, That so soon as one or both of the above named roads are re- viewed aid marked out by order of the board of road commissioners aforesaid, agreeably to the 'Po divide provisions of the first section of this act, it shall be nid roads the duty of the said board to proceed to divide said into dis roads into districts or sections, direct what hatnds tricts, &C. shall work on each, and appoint overseers over the same, whose duty it shall be to compel all white male persons over the age of sixteen, and under the age of forty five, and all male slaves over the age of sixteen and under fifty, living within fifteen mile's of said road or roads, to assist in opening- and keeping in repair said road or roads and all o verseers which may be appointed, and the

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