884 THIRTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 63, 66. 1862. nearly as possible, the lines and boundaries heret0fore used and known as a highway, and he shall cause the lines and boundaries of the same to be permanently marked and fixed by the erection of stones or posts at the different angles t;ere0i; Olgstrqctionsto Sec. 4. And icju eremicte , at a suc roa s as are name in f’:`g2°r;‘£:,‘;3y“ the second section of this act as have been obstructed by any person or ` persons in any manner within the last six years shall be re—0pened by the levy court, if; in the judgment of said court, the public convenience requires it; and the expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the person or persons who shall have obstructed the same, which expenses shall be collected as fines are required to be collected under the second section of this act. Width cfroads. Sec. 5. And be it ftrther enacted, That hereafter, in laying out new roads in said county of Washington, the levy court shall cause such roads to be of a width of not less than nity nor more than one hundred feet, and it may also cause the width of any of the existing roads in said county to be increased to not more than one hundred feet, and change the location of any of them, as the said levy court may deem best for the public Lund maybe interest; and, for the purpose of opening or widening such roads, the said
- “k°“· levy court is hereby empowered to cause to be condemned any land
or lands necessary for the same, as other lands are now condemned by law.
§? E¤!i:;%f?; Sec. 6. And be it enacted, Thet in any cnse where materials
pmingpubuc shall be necessary fox: making or repairing at public road, if the levy roadsm certain court cannot agree with the owner as to their purchase, the said court °”°¤- may proceed in the same manner for condemning said materials as in cases of condemnation of land for the purposes of a public road. Fields and gm- Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no field or garden or yard, in $:*;*2 3;:2 Q'? actual cultivation, shall be laid open or used as a public highway until roads. after the usual time of taking off the crops growing thereon. Member, Oy Sec. 8. And be ftfurther enacted, That the requirement in the existlevy court need ing laws, that members of the levy court shall be appointed from fl;’:?:£;‘c‘;“°i.'Q;‘; gmongst {li; justices of the peace in the county of Washington, is heregage, y TCPCK G P Arpnovnn, May 8, 1862. May 13, 1862. CHAP. LXVI. — An Act to amend an Actcutitled "An Act to provide increased Revenue ""186` 1"`;h"""' 45 §‘ ings Impmitsi to pz]; Zttgest on the Debt, and for other Purposes, approved Au- 53 AJl 311 gu JQUC, Ely [687} HT! T and SL.'L'[y·01|6. 812- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1>t-Ovasgtm of Stews of America in Omzgress assembled, That the provision in the fifty- g>;¥:;::;;*m thmi section of the act ‘t to provide increased revenue from imports, t0
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c|,gm,,;;,,- ,,,. lumbxa "t0 be peid and satisfied, in whole or m part, by the release of ggsgezgl such §tate, Territory, or District, duly executed, to the United States, of July 30 1862 any hquidated and determined claimof such State, Territory, or District of equal amount against the United States: Provided, That in case of such release, such State, Territory, or District shall be allowed the same abatement of the amount of such tax as would be allowed in case of the payment of the same in money," shall be construed as applying to such claims of States for reimbursement of expenses incurred by them in enrolling, snbsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting 1ts troops employed in aiding to suppress the present insur- Abmmmm rection against the United States, as shall be filed with the proper oiiimch wz_ cers of the United States before the thirtieth of July next. And in such cases the abatement of fifteen per centum shall be made on such portion
