highway a new or an existing road in that county, they
may apply by petition in writing to the Massachusetts
highway commission, stating the road they recommend,
and setting forth a detailed description of said road by
metes and bounds, together with a plan and profile of the
same. Said commission shall consider such petition, and
if they adjudge that it ought to be allowed, they shall in
writing so notify said county commissioners. It shall
then become the duty of said county commissioners to
cause said road to be surveyed and laid out in the manner
provided for the laying out and alteration of highways,
the entire expense thereof to be borne and paid by said
county. Said county commissioners shall preserve a copy
of such petition, plans and profiles with their records for
public inspection. When said commission shall be sat-
isfied that said county commissioners have properly sur-
veyed and laid out said road, and set in place suitable
monuments, and have furnished said commission with
plans and profiles, on which shall be shown such monu-
ments and established grades, in accordance with the
rules and regulations of said commission, said commis-
sion may approve the same, and so notify in writing said
county commissioners. Said commission shall then pre-
sent a certified copy of said petition, on which their ap-
proval shall be indicated, together with their estimates
for constructing said road and the estimated annual cost



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