Ordered to be established. Commissioners appointed. AN ACT to locate a Territorial Road. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That a territorial road be and is hereby ordered to be established from Ossawattomie, in the county of Lykins, on the nearest and best route to the town of Paris, in Linn county. SEC. 2. That R. E. Elliott, James Driskell and Wm. King are hereby appointed commissioners to survey and mark out the same in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 20th, 1857. Declared a territorial road. To be kept open and in repair. AN ACT to declare the Military Road from Fort Riley to Bent's Fort a Territorial Road. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. The road as now located and opened as a militaroad from Fort Riley to Bent's Fort, is hereby declared a territorial road. ry SEC. 2. Said road shall be kept open and in repair, as may be provided for by the laws regulating roads and highways. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17th, 1857. AN ACT to declare the Military Road from Fort Riley, north-west to the Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of SECTION 1. The road as now located and opened as a military road from Fort Riley, north-west to the Nebraska line, is hereby declared a territorial road. SEC. 2. Said road shall be kept open and in repair, as may be provided for by the laws regulating roads and highways. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 5th, 1857. To be kept open and in repair. AN ACT to locate a Territorial Road from the town of Palermo westward to the town of Claytonville, in Browne county. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: Board of commissioners; du SECTION 1. William Matthews, Hampton Kent and Frank This act to take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT to establish a Territorial Road from Wakarusa City to Council Grove. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That a territorial road is hereby established from Wakarusa city to Brownsville, via Robert Summerwell's, thence on the nearest and most practicable route to Council Grove. SEC. 2. That Mathew Rule, John W. Brown and A. J. Baker are hereby appointed commissioners to survey and establish said road in accordance with the act in such cases made and provided. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 19th, 1857. Road established. Commissioners appointed. AN ACT to locate and establish a Territorial Road from the city of Lecompton to the county seat of Allen county. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That William P. Fain, of Lecompton, James B. Davis, of Franklin county, and John Dunwoody, of Allen county, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish a territorial road from the city of Lecompton to St. Bernard, and thence to the county seat of Franklin county; thence to Pierce, in the county of Anderson; thence to Shannon, the county seat of Anderson, and thence to Cofachique. SEC. 2. That said commissioners shall meet in the city of Lecompton, on or before the first Monday of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and proceed to locate and establish said road on the nearest and best route between the points aforesaid. SEC. 3. That the commissioners shall have power to appoint one surveyor and two chain bearers, whose duty it shall be to survey and measure said road under the direction of said commissioners; and said surveyor shall make out a plat thereof and file the same in the office of the tribunal transacting county business in each county through which said road passes. SEC. 4. That any one of the commissioners may act as surveyor, and, in the absence or non-attendance of any one or more of the commissioners, a majority of the number appointed shall have power to appoint others, and fix the day on which they will meet; and any one of said commissioners, in the absence of others, shall have power to adjourn from time to time until a quorum shall meet; that each commissioner, the surveyor and chain carriers shall each receive the same fees as are allowed for such services by the general law regulating the location of territorial roads. SEC. 5. That the road shall be laid off through the prairies with a prairie plough, and be blazed through the timber. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 14, 1857. AN ACT to locate a Territorial Road from Marysville in Marshall County, Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of SECTION 1. That Daniel Chandler, Daniel Mitchell, and W. S. Brewster, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a territorial road from Marysville, thence to Ogden, thence to Council Grove. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall, in the location of said road, comply with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the location of territorial roads in the territory of Kansas," which act was made and provided in chapter one hundred and forty of the acts of the territorial legislature, A. D. 1855. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17th, 1857. Commissioners to locate. Duty of commissioners. AN ACT to establish a Territorial Road from opposite St. Joseph, Missouri, to St. George, in Kansas Territory. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That a territorial road be and the same is hereby declared established from Roseport, opposite St. Joseph, Missouri, via St. George, to Council Grove. SEC. 2. That John A. J. Chapman, Thomas C. Huffaker, and Mark Vagan, are hereby appointed commissioners to view the same, with power to appoint a competent surveyor, chain carriers and markers. ed. Road establish Commissioners appointed. Failing to act, others to be ap SEC. 3. That if any of the commissioners herein named fail to comply, the remaining ones may appoint others to fill their pointed. place. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17th, 1857. Declared a territorial road. AN ACT to declare the Military Road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Laramie a Territorial Road. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. The present military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Laramie, as far as Marysville, in the county of Marshall, passing through the counties of Leavenworth, Atchison, Browne, Nemaha, and Marshall, is hereby declared a terPenalty for ob- ritorial road; and any person obstructing the said road shall be liable to indictment, and punished as prescribed for the obstruction of roads and highways in this territory, and the several counties through which said road runs shall appoint overseers thereon. structing, &c. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved, February 10th, 1857. Names of commissioners, to view, &c. Where and when commissioners shall meet. Commissioners to take an oath. Of vacancy, how alled. AN ACT to locate and establish a Territorial Road from the Missouri State line, at or near Fail's store, via Barnesville and Miller's store,in Bourbon County, to Cofachique, in Allen County, Kansas Territory. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That James S. Barbee, of Allen county, Frederick Barnes and Henry Miller, of Bourbon county, be and the same are hereby appointed commissioners to view and mark out a territorial road from a point on the Missouri state line at or near Fail's store, thence to Barnesville, thence to Miller's store, thence to Cofachique. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall meet at Barnesville, in Bourbon county, on the first day in April next, or on some day that may be fixed by said commissioners as soon as convenient, and thence proceed to view and mark out the said road according to law. SEC. 3. Said commissioners, before entering upon their duty, shall each take an oath, to be administered by some officer authorized by law to administer the same, faithfully to perform the duties assigned them by this act. SEC. 4. Should a vacancy occur in said board of commissioner, the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall appoint some suitable person or persons to act as such. |