nt the approving officer must indorse on its
back the following words:) "I hereby approve the within bond and the
sureties therein contained, this _____ day of __________, 18_____."

(Signed officially by the approving officer.)

NOTICE TO CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT OF ELECTION OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

State of __________, county of __________, town of __________, ss.

To H.A.B., (address,) clerk of the district court of the county of
__________.

You are hereby notified that at the _____ town meeting held in the town of
__________, in the county of __________, and state of __________, on the
_____ day of March, A.D. 18_____, P.E.C. was duly elected to the office of
justice of the peace, for the term of two years. (If elected to fill a
vacancy, state who was the last incumbent.) Given under my hand, this
_____ day of March, A.D. 18_____.

A.R., Town Clerk.

_III. Roads._

PETITION.

To the supervisors of the town of __________, in the county of __________,
and state of __________:

The undersigned, legal voters (who own real estate, or who occupy real
estate under the homestead or pre-emption laws of the United States, or
under contract from the state of __________, within one mile), (or who are
freeholders and residents of the town within two miles) of the road to be
laid out (or altered, or discontinued), hereby petition you to lay out a
new road (or alter, or discontinue a road) as follows: Beginning (give the
point at which it is to commence, its general course and its termination.)

The description of the lands over which the said (new) road passes, and
the names of the owners thereof which are known, as well as the lands
whose owners are unknown, are as follows: (Give the owners of the lands
that are known and describe the lands whose owners are unknown.)

And your petitioners pray that you will proceed to lay out said new road
and cause the same to be opened (or alter, or discontinue said road)
according to law. (Dated, and signed by at least six resident legal voters
owning real estate or occupying United States or school lands within one
mile, or at least eight resident freeholders within two miles of the
road.)

PROOF OF POSTING.

State of __________, county of __________, town of __________, ss.

D.S. being sworn, says, that on the ______ day of __________, 18______, he
posted copies of the within petition in three of the most public places of
said town, to-wit: At (naming the places