1919_public local laws_365_12
CHAPTER 364 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A NEW HIGHWAY COMMISSION FOR WAYNE COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ROAD BUILDING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
For the purpose of constructing, improving or repairing public roads the superintendent of road work or other person engaged in or connected with the road work, after first consulting the owner or his agent, shall have authority to enter upon any land, to cut or carry away any timber except trees left for ornament or shade; to dig or cause to be dug or carried away any gravel, earth or sand which may be necessary to construct, improve or repair said roads, and enter upon any land adjoining or lying near the roads; to make such drains or ditches through the same as may be necessary for the benefit of the roads, doing as little injury to the land as possible; and any person wilfully obstructing such drains or ditches shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars for each day the obstruction remains. Any landlord considering himself damaged by reason of acts authorized in this section, may within sixty days from the commission of the acts complained of, present his claim to the highway commission, who shall pass thereon within twenty days thereafter, and the owner may, within ten days from the notice of the decision, appeal to the Superior Court. If the owner shall not recover a greater amount than that offered in the decision of the board, shall be taxed with all costs of the appeal.