§ 24-3-102 — Requiring deposit by petitioners

The board of the county commissioners may require, in their
discretion, that the petitioners for the establishment,
alteration or vacation of a public road, shall deposit with the
county clerk, a sufficient sum of money to defray the expenses
of laying out, vacating or altering such road, and such expense,
when so incurred, shall be paid out of such deposit. If the road
is finally established, altered or vacated, the money so
deposited shall be returned to the person who deposited the
same.