CHAPTER 72. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE WIDTH OF TERRITORIAL AND COUNTY ROADS. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota: torial roads. county roads. SECTION 1. That all territorial roads not otherwise speci-tidth of terrified, shall be and are hereby required to be eighty feet wide. SECT. 2. All county roads not otherwise specified, shall be Width of and are hereby declared to be eighty feet wide. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its pas- when. sage, and approval by the governor. Approved April 10, 1862. Take effect, W. JAYNE, Governor. CHAPTER 73. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN TERRITORIAL ROADS. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota: Commissioners for road com Ponka. SECTION 1. That John R. Wood, William Frisbie, and B. M. Sinith, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to mencing opposite locate, mark, survey, and establish a territorial road starting from a point on the Missouri river, nearly opposite Ponka, Nebraska Territory; thence, via Elk point, Brule creek, and Commerce city, to Sioux falls. for road com Yankton. SECT. 2. That B. Fowler, Barclay Jarrett, and B. Oleson Commissioners be and are hereby appointed commissioners to locate, mark, mencing at survey, and establish a territorial road from Yankton to Sioux Falls city, thence to the state line of Minnesota in the direction of New Ulm. duties. SECT. 3. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, How long a shall have until the first day of November next to locate, survey, and establish said road. SECT. 4. Should any of the above-named commissioners fail to serve, those serving shall have power to appoint substitutes, whose duties shall be the same as herein given to the other commissioners. SECT. 5. The expenses incurred in the surveying, marking, and establishing of said roads, shall be paid gratuitously by those interested in the establishment of the same. SECT. 6. After the said roads shall be surveyed and located, it shall be the duty of the surveyor of said roads, on or before the first day of December next, to file, in the office of the register of deeds of each county through which said road or roads may pass, a plat of so much of said road as passes through said county. SECT. 7. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 10, 1862. W. JAYNE, Governor. Commissioners. Meet where and when. CHAPTER 74. AN ACT TO LOCATE A TERRITORIAL ROAD FROM YANKTON Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of SECTION 1. That John Stanage, Austin Cole, and Hugh Compton, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to locate, mark, survey, and establish a territorial road from Yankton by the way of Vermilion, Elk point, and Willow post-office, thence diverging, one branch to terminate at a point on the Big Sioux river at or near the dwelling-house of John McBride in section 22, in township 89, north of range 48 west, and the other branch of said road to terminate at a point on the Big Sioux river at or near the dwelling-house of Austin Cole and F. M. West in section 2, in township 89, north of range 48 west. SECT. 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of Yankton on the first Monday of present. August, A. D. 1862, at the hour of 2 o'clock, P. M. of said day, and thence proceed to locate, survey, and mark said road. SECT. 3. In case a majority of the above-named commis- If majority not sioners should fail to convene on the day as provided in section two, it shall be the duty of the commissioners that may be in attendance on the day as specified, to appoint substitutes, whose duties and powers shall be the same as herein given to the other commissioners. paid. SECT. 4. The expenses incurred in the surveying, marking, Expenses, how and establishing of said road, shall be paid by the several counties through which said road may pass, in proportion to the distance and the time employed in locating said road through each county respectively. SECT. 5. The commissioners and surveyor of said road Compensation. shall each receive two dollars per day for every day actually employed in surveying and locating said road. file plat. SECT. 6. After the said road shall be surveyed and located, Surveyor to it shall be the duty of the surveyor of said road, on or before the tenth day of September next, to file in the office of the register of deeds of each county through which said road may pass, a plat of so much of said road as passes through said county. SECT. 7. This act to take effect from and after its and approval by the governor. Approved April 5, 1862. Take effect, passage, when. W. JAYNE, Governor. CHAPTER 75. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TERRITORIAL ROAD FROM THE BIG Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota : SECTION 1. That Ole Anderson, Louis Johnson, and Wil- Commissioners. liam Frisbie, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a territorial road, commencing at or near the hotel Meet, when and where. Make and file report. Take effect, when. of S. B. Mulhollund, in the town of Vermilion, and running up a ravine north-east of said house to a point near the residence of A. P. Eckels; thence east on the best and most direct route via Brule Creek to the Big Sioux river, near the house of M. M. Rich. SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to meet at the house of William Frisbie, on or before the first of July, 1862, and proceed, with a competent surveyor and other necessary help, to locate said road. SECT. 3. Said commissioners shall make a report of the location of said road, subscribed by them, and cause a copy of the same to be filed in the office of the secretary of the territory, on or before the first day of September, 1862. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 14, 1862. W. JAYNE, Governor. Commissioners. Take effect, when. CHAPTER 76. AN ACT TO LOCATE AND ESTABLISH A TERRITORIAL ROAD. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of SECTION 1. That William Benedict, J. Whitchorn, and Gustaf Jacobson, are hereby appointed commissioners to survey, stake, and locate a "territorial road," commencing on section No. 15, in township No. 92, north of range No. 52 west, near the house of William Benedict; thence westerly, by the nearest and most practicable route, to the town of Yankton. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and approval by the governor. Approved April 24, 1862. W. JAYNE, Governor. CHAPTER 77. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TERRITORIAL ROAD FROM THE Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota : SECTION 1. That George Pratt, Ole Botlfson, [and] O. B. Commissioners. Wheeler, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a territorial road, commencing at a point near the residence of H. Compton, in the town of Vermilion, running nearly north, to a grove formerly claimed by T. W. Jewell, thence crossing the Vermilion river, and striking Clay creek near the residence of J. Seiverson, thence along the bluffs to the ferry of J. B. Greenway, on Dakota river, thence to Yank ton. SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the commissioners, or a majority of them, to meet at the house of George Pratt on or before the first day of September, A. D. 1862, and proceed with a competent surveyor to locate said road, and to select a person to fill the commission. Meet, when and where. paid. SECT. 3. Each county shall pay the expenses incurred in Expenses, how locating, surveying, marking, and staking the same in the said county. SECT. 4. The surveyor shall be entitled to receive two Compensation. dollars and fifty cents per day, while engaged in locating the same. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to file in the Plat filed. office of the register of deeds in each county through which said road passes, a plat of so much of said road as is contained in the respective counties. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 13, 1862. Take effect, when. W. JAYNE, Governor. |