. . .and be kept in repair, as other public highways are

Sec [Section]4 The said Commissioners, shall make out and present, to the County Commissioners Court, of each County, through which such road may pass, a Certified Copy of the time, and hands necessarily employed in each County: And thereupon it shall be the duty of said Courts to make a Compensation for the sums severally due, allowing to each Commissioner One dollar and fifty Cents per day, and to the Surveyor two dollars per day, and all other hands, one dollar per day, to be paid out of the County Treasuries of each County, according to the time employed therein, in making such view[,] survey[,] and location.

Sec 5 This act, to take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May next,