JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 785

for each day of actual manual labor of the super-
visor on the roads or in repairing said bridges he
shall receive for compensation one dollar per day,
not to exceed ten days in a year.
SEC. 163. All bridges properly built or repaired,
broken down by timber carts or wagons heavily
loaded, and carts, shall immediately be substantially	Owners of
repaired by the owner of said carts or wagons, and	wagons to re- pair.
if said owner or owners neglect or refuse to repair
such bridges they shall be responsible to any indi-
vidual for all damages caused him by reason of the
broken bridge, and for all costs the road supervisor
expends in repairing them, to be collected before a
justice of the peace as small debts are usually col- lected.
SEC. 164. Whenever the supervisor shall find it
necessary to open a water course through private	Open water
property, to secure the proper drainage of any public road, he shall so inform the County Commissioners,	course.
and if the owner or owners of said private property
consent to the opening of such water course, or they
can agree upon the value and price to be paid for
the same, then such consent or agreement shall be
entered on the commissioners' books, and such water
course opened ; but if they cannot agree, and the
commissioners decide that the opening of such wa-
ter course is necessary to drain said road, they shall
authorize the supervisor to summon a jury of twelve	Summon jury
men to value and condemn the said water course, de-
ducting from their estimate the value, if any, that
such water course will be to the owner or owners of
said land through which it shall pass, and as soon as
the money for such drainage is tendered to the owner
or owners, the supervisor shall open such water
course.
SEC. 165. Any supervisor failing in the perform-
ance of any of these duties prescribed in the pre-
ceding sections of this article, or who shall in any
other way or manner fail or neglect to perform the
duties of supervisor, shall be deemed guilty of a , misdemeanor, and any person damaged or delayed	Penalty for neglecting duties.
on account of the bad or dangerous condition of
the roads, may report the same, under oath, to a
justice of the peace of the election district in which