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ART. 25.] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—PRIVATE ROADS. 433
the places at which crossings shall be made over such railroad, for
the convenience of the owners of the land on either side of such
private road, and shall specify the same in their return to the
county commissioners.
F. G. L , (1860,) art. 28, sec. 40. 1836, ch. 255, sec. 3.
111. Any person who has obtained a private road under the
two preceding sections, may lay a railway thereon, and may, with
the consent of the owners of any railroad, connect the same
therewith; provided, that the damages assessed as aforesaid
be paid to the parties thereto, and that the crossings required to
be made in the preceding section, be made within thirty days
after laying said railway.
Ibid. sec. 41. 1836, ch. 255, sec. 4.
112. On the application of the owners of any quarry over or
through which any private railroad may pass, the county com-
missioners may have the location of said road altered, so as to
avoid the interfering with the working of the quarry.
Ibid, sec 42. 1834, ch 253, sec. 2.
113. The county commissioners shall not appoint commis-
sioners to lay ont any private road until satisfactory proof shall
be produced that at least ten days' notice of the application had
been previously given to the parties through whose lands the
proposed road is to be located, which notice shall describe the
location to be made.
Ibid. sec. 43. 1834, ch. 253, sec. 3.
114. If there shall be an estate for life or term of years',
or tenancy from year to year, in the lands through which any
private road may be located, the county commissioners shall
apportion the damages awarded to the land owners among
the parties interested in the land, according to their several
interests, in possession, expectancy, remainder or reversion; and
the several circuit courts, on appeal, shall have a similar power of
apportionment.
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