23 §2054. Proceedings; return; durable monuments erected
§2054. Proceedings; return; durable monuments erected The county commissioners shall meet at the time and place appointed and view the way, and there, or at a place in the vicinity, hear the parties interested. If they judge the way to be of common convenience and necessity or that any existing way shall be altered, graded […]
23 §2055. Return filed; appeal
§2055. Return filed; appeal The return of the commissioners, made at their next regular statute session after the hearing provided for in section 2054, shall be placed on file and remain in the custody of their clerk for inspection without record. The case shall be continued to their next regular term of record, and at […]
23 §2056. Damages; increase
§2056. Damages; increase When a notice of appeal for increase of damages is presented within the time allowed, the case shall be further continued until a final decision respecting damages is made. If the county commissioners then are of opinion that their proceedings, or any part thereof, ought not to take effect, subject to such […]
23 §2057. — estimation and award
§2057. — estimation and award If any person’s property is damaged by laying out, altering or discontinuing a county highway, the county commissioners shall estimate the amount, and in their return state the share of each separately. Damages shall be determined as if the land were taken for highway purposes under chapter 3. Damages shall […]
23 §2058. — appeals
§2058. — appeals Any person aggrieved by the estimate of damages by the county commissioners, on account of the laying out or discontinuing of a way, may appeal therefrom, at any time within 30 days after the commissioners’ return is made, to the Superior Court, in the county where the land is situated, which court […]
23 §2059. Removing growth and opening way
§2059. Removing growth and opening way The owners of land taken under sections 2051 to 2060 shall be allowed not exceeding one year after the proceedings regarding the location are finally closed to take off timber, wood or any erection thereon. A time not exceeding 2 years shall be allowed for making and opening the […]
23 §2060. Discontinuance where new state highway
§2060. Discontinuance where new state highway 1. General procedures. When the Department of Transportation has constructed a highway over substantially the same route as that of a county or town way and has recorded the plans of that highway in the registry of deeds, the county commissioners or municipal officers may, on their own motion, […]
23 §2061. Discontinuance before damages paid; proceedings
§2061. Discontinuance before damages paid; proceedings When the way is discontinued before the time limited for the payment of damages, the commissioners may revoke their order of payment, and estimate the damages actually sustained and order them paid. Any person aggrieved may have them assessed by a committee or jury as provided.
23 §2001. Organized plantations have same liability and powers as towns
§2001. Organized plantations have same liability and powers as towns Organized plantations have like powers and are subject to like liabilities and penalties as towns, respecting ways. Their assessors have like powers and shall perform like duties as municipal officers of towns, respecting them.
23 §2062. Same petition for towns, plantations or outside lands; appeals (REPEALED)
§2062. Same petition for towns, plantations or outside lands; appeals (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 711, §5 (RP).