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An Act authorizing and requiring the County Courts to regulate Roads, appoint Overseers, &c. 1853 36 (1853.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0064 and id is 1 raw text is: the said colony of the German Emigration Company, other- wise called the colony of Fisher & Miller, Spc 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 8, 1854. CHAPTER XXXIV. An At auto ozing and requiring the County Courtg to regu- late Road, aqapoint Overyee ,e, &e. Sic'rjoN 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the County Courts of the several counties of this State shall have full power to order the laying out of public roads, when necessary and to discontinue or alter any road whenever it shall be deened expedient, as hereinafter pre- scribed, and it shall be their further duty to classify all roads running through their several counties ; those of the first class shall be clear of all trees, at least thirty feet wide, stumps cut down to six inches of the surface; all causeways laid out at least fifteen feet wide, and those of the second class shall not be loss than twenty feet wide, clear of all trees, all stunips cut to six inches of the surface, and all causeways laid out at least twelve feet wide, and all lanes shall be made at least thirty feet wide. Src. 2. That the County Courts of the several counties shall lay off their respective counties into road precincts, and shall, at their first meeting in each and every year, appoint an over- seer for each precinct, and shall at the same time designate all the hands liable to work on publie roads, under the different overseers in their county, and in case any hand or hands liable to work on roads shall not have been designated by said court, the overseer shall have power to summons them to work on the nearest public road to which they may live, as if they had been designated by the court; provided, thirty days residence be necessary to require the performance of said road service; but If fron: any cause the court should fail or neglect to perform the duties required in this section, at its first meeting in the

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