JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1826.

2. And be it enacted, That the public roads within the li-
mits of each election district in said county, shall be denomi-
nated district roads number ———, in district number ——.
3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners to be appoint-
ed in pursuance of this act, shall define and designate the
bounds of the several district roads, and all such roads as they
shall ascertain to be public roads, lying within each election
district, to be described in a plain and intelligible manner, and
each district to be numbered as aforesaid, and all forked or
cross-roads therein, leading to any city, town, public ferry or

CHAP. 9.

Roads to be num-
bered
Bounds of roads to
be defined

bridge, to be noted.
4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall
make return of their proceedings to the levy court of said coun-
ty, and public notice shall be given by said court for and during
the period of six months, so that the citizens of the county
aforesaid, may have an opportunity to shew cause, if any, why
the proceedings of the said commissioners should not be con-
firmed.

Return of the
proceeding to be
made to levy court

5. And be it enacted, That if no objection be made within
the time prescribed by this act, and the said levy court shall ap-
prove the proceedings of the said commissioners, the same shall
be confirmed, and all the roads, ascertained and described by
the said commissioners, shall be adjudged and considered public
roads of the county aforesaid.

Proceedings to be
confirmed if no
objection made

6. And be it enacted. That in case of objections, they shall
be acted upon and decided at the first meeting of the said levy
court after they are made, unless the said court shall be satisfied
that justice requires that further time should be given; and in
all cases of objections to any part or parts of the return of the
said commissioners, the said levy court shall have authority to
examine witnesses upon oath, or affirmation, as the case may be,
on either side, that is to say, on the part of the county, and also
on the part of the person or persons objecting; and the form of
the oath or affirmation to be administered in such cases shall be
to this effect: "The evidence which you shall give to this court,
in the matter now to be considered by them, shall be the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; so help you God. "
The said oath or affirmation to be administered by the president
of the said court

In cases of object-
ion they shall be
decided at first

court

7. And be it enacted, That the said levy court, after con-
firming the proceedings and return of the said commissioners,
shall order the same to be recorded, by the clerk of the county
court of said county, in a well bound book to be provided for
that purpose, at the expense of the said county, which book
shall be labelled "Road Records of Prince-George's county, "
and shall be preserved in the office of said clerk; and a descrip-
tion of all public roads that may thereafter be laid out, and all
future proceedings of the said levy court, in relation to the pub-
lic roads of the said county, shall be recorded by the clerk of
the county court in said book, and be plainly and correctly al-
phabeted.

After confirmed to
be recorded

8. And be it enacted, That the said levy court are hereby
authorised and required, to allow the clerk of said county court
the same fees as are provided by law for the performance of

Allowance to clerk
and commision-
ers