The petitioners shall deposit with the county clerk of the county in which any road is sought to be altered, widened, changed or laid out and established, a sufficient sum of money, which shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners, to defray the expense of viewing the proposed road, which sum shall be paid into the county road fund in case the prayer of the petitioner is refused, but if the board of county commissioners alter, widen, change or lay out such road, then such sum shall be returned to the person or persons depositing the same. The petitioners in lieu of such deposit may file with the county clerk aforesaid, a good and sufficient bond conditioned for the payment of the expenses of viewing such road should the prayer of the petitioner be refused.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 5; Code 1915, § 2657; C.S. 1929, § 64-706; 1941 Comp., § 58-406; 1953 Comp., § 55-4-6.
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