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such owner of the proceedings of the commissioners, shall be as
good and as sufficient as if said owner resided in this State.

99. The county commissioners or Circuit Court of the county
in which such proceedings may be pending, at any time before a
final decision is made, may upon application of any party thereto,
grant leave, in their discretion, to said party, to amend the peti-
tion, or any part of the proceedings thereunder, that may be
defective or informal, so as to bring the merits of the case before
said county commissioners or Circuit Court, or jury, for trial;
and may award costs, in their discretion, according to the right
of the matter.

100. Any person conceiving himself aggrieved by the deter-
mination of the county commissioners, or by any proceedings
had under this law, may appeal to the Circuit Court of the
county, and shall be entitled, at the election of either party, to a
trial by jury; and the judgment thereupon rendered, shall be
final between the parties.

101. If any ditch shall be cut across any public road, so as to
incommode travel, the managers shall erect good and sufficient
bridges not less than twelve feet wide, over the same where it
crosses the road, and shall keep the same in good repair; and if
they refuse or neglect so to do, the supervisor having charge of
said road shall erect or repair such bridge, and return an account
of the expenses thereof, under oath, to the county commissioners,
who shall place the same in the hands of the sheriff of said
county, and the said sheriff shall proceed to collect the same
from the managers, in the same manner as other county charges
are collected, and pay the same to the said county commissioners,
for the use of the county.