Rowan & Lincoln County, NC - Act to Lay Road, 1826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act appointing commissioners to lay out a road from Salisbury to Lincolnton Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Alexander Torrence, John F. Brevard, and John Andrews, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a road from Salisbury to Loncolnton, the most convenient and best route, or so much and such part thereof as the public interest and convenience shall require, to be laid out, altered or changed from any route or routes now used as public highways; and such road, when so laid out, shall be opened and kept up in the manner now prescribed by law for opening and keeping up public roads. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall file with the clerks of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the respective counties through which said road shall pass, a chart of the same, and shall receive a per diem allowance of two dollars each for their services, to be paid in equal proportions by the counties through which said road shall pass; the said commissioners first apportioning their claims and filing them with the report required by this act. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall appoint overseers and designate the part or parts of the road the respective overseers shall open and keep up, and shall assess damages, seting forth the amount and to whom allowed, and report the same in writing to the respective County Courts, which shall be paid by the counties where the lands are situate. Be it further enacted, That the County Courts shall order and direct notices to be given to the several overseers in the same manner as now prescribed by law, and shall order and direct the expense and damages to be paid by the county trustees agreeably to the report and estimate of said commissioners. Be it further enacted, That all laws coming within the purview and meaning of this act, are hereby repealed. Source: Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1826 Chapter LXI Page 40 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts – gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________