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Commissioners, &c. may dig for and take materials for making any road or bridge, making satisfaction.
If amount of satisfaction is disputed, it shall be decided by justices at quarter sessions.
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71. It shall be lawful for the said commissioners, their contractors, agents, surveyors, workmen, and all other persons by them employed and authorized, to cut, dig, take, and carry away, or cause to be cut, dug, taken, or carried away, any quantity of earth or materials proper for the purpose of making any road or bridge, in, upon, out of, or from any lands or grounds of any person or persons whomsoever where the same can be found; and such reasonable satisfaction for digging and taking of earth or other materials therefrom for the purpose of making such road or bridge shall be made to the owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of such lands, for the damages he, she, or they shall thereby sustain, as shall be agreed upon between the said commissioners and the owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of such lands and grounds; and if such owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, cannot agree concerning the amount of such damages, then the same shall be assessed, adjudged, and finally determined by the justices assembled at the next or some other general quarter sessions of the peace for county or place in which the said lands shall lie, upon complaint thereof made at such quarter sessions by such owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, notice thereof in writing being given by him, her, or them to the commissioners for the execution of this Act, or their known agent or surveyor engaged in the construction of such road or bridge, at least seven days before such complaint is made.
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