It shall not be lawful for any person to turn, alter, or change any public road unless by order of the board of supervisors, under penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense; and an old road shall not be obstructed until the new road is in all respects fit for travel.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7 (35); 1857, ch. 15, art. 7; 1871, § 2335; 1880, § 822; 1892, § 3888; 1906, § 4395; Hemingway's 1917, § 7075; 1930, § 6314; 1942, § 8288.
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