65-7-5 - Order of board of supervisors necessary to change road.
§ 65-7-5. Order of board of supervisors necessary to change road.
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 for each offense; and an old road shall not be obstructed until the new road is in all respects fit for travel.
Sources: 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.