CHAPTER 106.

ROADS AND BRIDGES. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 55 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, by defining what highways shall be deemed to be public roads.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That 1566 Section 86, of Chapter 55 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of said Section 86 and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to be known as 1566 Section 86.

"All public roads, causeways and bridges heretofore laid out as such, or made by lawful authority, or which have been used as such and maintained at the public charge for twenty years or more are declared to be common highways. But the usage by the public for twenty years or more of any road shall not cause the said road to become a common highway or public road, unless the same has been maintained at the public charge for twenty years or more."

Approved April 2, A. D 1917.