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requoraing our opinfon oourt hat* hho attthor- d tro tha aouaty by on roads wh.toh led 8fgnaWd ooua$y road8 f owned and inelosed mob or other pointr oh hourrr CuriMfla(t~ 8ur.a thue l lf* mr quer*lon are rubrbutbhl4 *2 _- 23 Ronorsblr 3, 8. Buohhan, Jr., pa&@ 88

to bo deolgnatod as oouaty roads after fmprovumnt. Ssld to publla use, but are not us04 to a rado are not barred great extent by the general publla an& mah wo 88 ir made by the publlo muld be oonoldeml a pennloslre use on the pmrt or tbo lanndfmor. They are not roads rhloh the Cm- Ipiooionero* Court lmn deobirod to be publlo road8 by mason of pub110 moeoolt~ or upon proper applloatlon nude bF free- holdora.

It @ems eleu t&t the above dooorlbed rota b nothla( Bore than a prlv8trly omod or oontrolled thorough- far0 fat the use of the omero of ouoh la&. Artlolb 6b9Sa-1 deflaea t&r words l rd tumo as w8d in suoh law, and uulor oub- s8otlon (8) pub110 highway, as used In thr Aot, lo defined 80 as to lnoluU0 any rod, street. nap. thorouahien or brldm to tbla State not klvatai awmd~or hwollrd, for the urooi +ehloleo mu vlikzn? 0 JurloUlotlon whz ‘loglrlatlrr Its polio* pwu* Artlole 6674q-t drfino8 later.1 roads u&u as r0iiw0:

*All rabo which prior to January 8, lOSO, of State do- hod not beoome a part of the l yotom ri&natod highways, iOr oonveienoo in this Aot are rello4 *l8teral roads’ “. roads to rhloh the Aot re-

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