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the directions of this act, every such overseer, so failing or
neglecting, shall forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding five dol-
lars for every offence, except in the time of wheat harvest.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for the several and respective overseers of the said roads, and
they are hereby authorized and empowered, as often as need
shall require, to dig, take and remove, any stones, gravel or
earth, which may be found on any land adjoining the roads for
which the same may be necessary, and to employ the same in
the repairing of the said roads ; and for the making or repair-
ing of bridges over the heads of rivers, creeks, branches,
swamps, or other low and miry places, through and over
which the said roads may pass, to cut down, or cause to be cut
down, any tree or trees growing on any of the next adjacent
lands to such places where bridges or causeways may be ne-
cessary as aforesaid, and the same trees to maul and carry away
from off such lands, and to apply the same to the making or
repairing of the said bridges or causeways ; Provided always,
that no enclosures shall be laid open or entered into to obtain
the several materials aforesaid, or any of them, without the
consent of the owner or owners thereof.

They may
dig and re-
move stones
&c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That due compensation be made
or secured to him or them by the county for the several mate-
rials aforesaid, according to the full value thereof, in such
manner as the justices of the levy court shall direct and
appoint.

Compensa-
tion to be
made, &c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said overseers shall
have power, and they are hereby authorized and required, to
call for all and singular the able-bodied free male inhabitants
of their respective limits above the age of twenty-one years,
and under the age of fifty years, and upon all and singular the
able-bodied male servants and slaves residing therein above the
age of sixteen years, and under the age of fifty years, to labour
and assist in clearing, amending, improving and repairing, the
several and respective roads aforesaid, and to require such and
so many of the said persons as they shall from time to time
deem necessary, to assemble at such place within their respec-
tive limits, as the said overseers shall severally appoint, with
sufficient implements, and thereupon to proceed in the execu-
tion of such work upon the said roads, for the improvement
and repair thereof, as the respective overseers shall order and
direct ; and the said overseers shall also have power to hire
and employ carts and teams for the carrying and removing all
such stones, dirt, gravel and timber, as may be deemed requi-
site for repairing and completing the said roads and bridges,
and the expense of such carts and teams shall be levied upon
the county.

Overseers
may call on
all free
male inhabi-
tants, &c.