1905 public laws – Ch.7 Sec.4
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CHAPTER 7 AN ACT TO REPEAL THE HENDERSON COUNTY ROAD LAW, AND TO ENACT A NEW ONE IN SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The road-bed shall not be more than sixteen feet wide, unless otherwise ordered by the board of county commissioners, and in opening new roads not more than five jurors shall be summoned or required, and it shall be the duty of each and every road overseer to open or cause to be opened all public roads and highways which shal] have been or may hereafter be laid out and established in his road district, and keep the same in repair, and remove or cause to be removed all obstructions that may from time to time be found thereon, and he shall cause all water to be drained into its natural course.