(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any road, street, path, way or land to be a highway.
(2) Such notification may specify the boundaries of such ighway.
(3) The Highway Authority may demarcate the boundaries of the highway by placing and maintaining stones or other suitable marks at intervals all along the highway in such manner as may be prescribed.
4. The right of the public to use a highway shall be snbject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
CHAPTER III.
Appointment of Highway Authority and his functions.
6. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint one or more officers to be Highway Authority for the purposes of this Act.
6. Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the Highway Authority shall exercise powers and discharge duties in accordance with the provisions of this Act.relating to the maintenance and control of the highways, the prevention of encroachments thereon and the removal of encroachments therefrom, and matters incidental thereto.
7. The State Government may appoint such staff as it deems necessary to assist the Highway Authority.
CHAPTER IV.
Prevention and removal of encroachment.