THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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not interested nor holding lands through which
said road may pass, and the persons so appointed,
or a majority of them, after giving thirty days
notice thereof in one or more of the newspapers
published in said county, shall meet on the prem-
ises and re-survey, and mark and .hound such
public road, according to the best evidence they
can obtain of the location thereof, either by the
examination of witnesses or by reference to for-
mer surveys, or by personal inspection of such
road, and in the absence of other sufficient and
satisfactory evidence, the said examiners are here-
by authorised to adopt the centre of such road
as used, as the centre thereof, according to its
true location, and mark and bound such road ac-
cordingly, giving it the proper width to which
it may be entitled, being not less than thirty feet
in any case; and they shall make and return to
the County Commissioners, a plat of such road
with a full report of their proceedings under their
hands.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said ex-
aminers, before they proceed to act, shall take
an oath or affirmation, as the case may be, to
execute the trust reposed in them by the com-
mission to them issued, faithfully and without
favor, affection or partiality, which oath shall
he endorsed on the commission and returned
therewith.

To make oath
or affirm.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That after the expi-
ration of ten days from and after the return of
the examiners, the said County Commissioners,
after hearing and considering any objections that
may be made, shall proceed to pass judgment
thereon, and affirm or reject the same, or order it
to be amended, in their discretion, and may con-
tinue over their proceedings to their next meeting,
and so from time to time, so long as the said Com-
missioners, shall, in their judgment, think such
continuance necessary for the purpose of justice,
and the final judgment of said Commissioners,
in relation to such road or roads, and the plat
thereof as confirmed by such judgment shall be
recorded among the Land Records of said county
by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in a separate
book, to be by him provided for that purpose, and
for such recording, the Clerk shall be entitled

County Com-
missioners to
proceed to pass
judgment.