of a highway, a considerable alteration has been made, the question as to the highway being nearer or more commodious being to be decided by a Jury instead of by the Court of Quarter Sessions; the mode of presentment by a Justice, in case a highway is out of repair, is repealed, and instead thereof a summary mode of proceeding before two Justices is substituted, unless the obligation to repair is disputed, in which case, the party supposed to be liable to repair must be indicted. The statute labour and composition in lieu thereof having been taken away, it follows that after March, 1836, no order can be made for any part of the highway rate to be applied to the repair of the turnpike roads, and which Justices are now required to make pursuant to the provisions of the General Turnpike Acts. The following pages have been carefully examined and compared with the Statute 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50. NOTES have been added with a view to explain the provisions. REFERENCES have been made to the Statutes respecting the allowance, publication, recovery of, and appeal against poor rates, &c. and the provisions thereof, with the cases decided thereon, being applicable to the highway rate, are inserted in the Notes. A TABLE of CONTENTS and FORMS, together with a COPIOUS INDEX, have been added, so as to render the Work useful and easy of access to Magistrates, as well as to Surveyors and others, on whom the duties, &c. imposed by the Act may devolve, or who may be interested therein. 4, ELM COURT, Temple, October, 1835. Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England.-5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50 page 1 1.-Repeal of 6 Geo. 1, c. 6, except as to London.-18 Geo. 2, c. 33, except, &c.-24 Geo. 2, c. 43, except, &c.- 30 Geo. 2, c. 22, except, &c.-13 Geo. 3, c. 78.— 34 Geo. 3, c. 64.-34 Geo. 3, c. 74.-42 Geo. 3, c. 90, Proviso for election of surveyor, where there is no nomi- nation in the year of overseer of the poor Surveyor to repair highways 8.-Penalty on surveyor not acting when chosen Deputy to be subject to discharge of duty of surveyor Such surveyor to be invested with same powers as elected s. 13.-Parishes may be united for purpose of forming a district, on application to be made to Justices at quarter sessions s. 14.-Justices at sessions to unite parishes into districts, and to select and appoint a district surveyor When parish is situate in more than one county s. 15.-Names of parishes and of district surveyor to be sent to each Parishes when united to form a district for purposes of this ib. Salary of district surveyor how to be paid s. 17.-When parishes are united, a surveyor to be appointed to s. 20.-Surveyor, &c. for every neglect of duty shall forfeit not ex- s. 21. As to repair of highways at ends of bridges hereafter to be Not to extend to raised causeways, &c. s. 22.-Powers for getting materials and preventing nuisances to extend to county bridges and roads at the ends thereof.. - Justices to determine as to utility of road.. s. 24.-Direction posts, where and how to be erected To secure horse causeways and foot causeways s. 25.-Power to use adjoining ground as a temporary road s. 31.-Errors in rate may be rectified s. 32.-Persons may be excused by Justices from payment of high- Rate-payers may divide among themselves the conveyance s. 37. Security to be taken from collector s. 38.-Collector to give to surveyor ib. |