309, 33 N. E. 966; Abbott v. Duluth MS C.) 104 Fed. 887: Heninger v. Peery, 102 Va. 896,47 S. E. 1018.—Road districts. Public or guasi municipal corporations organised or authorized by statutory authority in many of the states for the special purpose of establishing, maintaining, and caring for public roads and highways within their limits, sometimes invested with powers of l taxation, and generally having elective officers styled “overseers’” or “commissioners” of roads.