JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 837

where necessary, and to have the same kept in re-
pair, and to have erected and kept in repair at the
forks and crossings posts and guide-boards with
plain letters for guide, giving the directions and dis-
tances to the most noted places to which said roads
lead.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all the public roads
in said county shall be mended and kept in good	Mended and kept in repair.
repair by the persons occupying the lands, whether as
owner or tenant, through which such road shall pass
or bind on ; and whenever any public road, or any
bridge or culvert shall be out of repair, or said road
shall be obstructed in any manner, it shall be the
duty of the supervisor to have such road, bridges or
culverts repaired, and such obstructions removed by
the person or persons whose duty it shall be to keep
that part of the road in repair ; provided, that the	Proviso.
cost of such bridge or culvert shall not exceed twenty-
five dollars, in which case he shall report the same
to the county commissioners, whose duty it shall be
immediately to give such instructions to said super-
visor as shall authorize him to have such bridge or
culvert rebuilt or repaired, as the case may be ; and
all the work done on, and materials furnished and
provided for the use of the public roads, shall be ex-
amined by the supervisor for such road, and, if ap-
proved of, estimated and valued by him, and the
bills for the same certified by him to the county-	Shall be crammed
commissioners, and, on the order of the commis-
sioners, the same shall be paid out of the funds of
the county, and shall be receivable after such order
in payment of county taxes or any other dues to the
county.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be competent for the supervisor, in his discretion, whenever he	Cannot perform such duty
shall be satisfied that any of the owners or occupy-
ers of land, whose duty it would be, under this law,
to keep such roads in good repair, cannot perform
such duty, or ought to be excused from the same, to
authorize and empower, at the request of such per-
son, some occupier or owner of adjacent lands to
perform such duty on the same terms as the original
party would have been required to perform the
same.