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23 §3152. Town regulations apply

§3152. Town regulations apply Bridle paths and trails, when laid out and accepted under section 3151, shall be subject to such regulations as to use as may be established by the city or town laying them out.  

23 §3153. No obligation to keep open in winter; bridges to be safe; signs

§3153. No obligation to keep open in winter; bridges to be safe; signs Cities and towns maintaining bridle paths and trails mentioned in sections 3151 and 3152 shall not be under any obligation to keep them in repair or to break them out in winter. If any city or town shall erect a bridge on […]

23 §3201. Removal required; damages

§3201. Removal required; damages When any ways are blocked or encumbered with snow, the road commissioner shall forthwith cause so much of it to be removed or trodden down as will render them passable. The town may direct the manner of doing it. In case of sudden injury to ways or bridges, he shall without […]

23 §3202. Mail routes; snow fences

§3202. Mail routes; snow fences There shall be furnished and kept in repair in each section of the town through which there is a mail route some effectual apparatus for opening ways obstructed by snow, to be used to break and keep open the way to the width of 10 feet, and the municipal officers […]

23 §3251. Ditches, drains and culverts; control; damages

§3251. Ditches, drains and culverts; control; damages The municipal officers of a town may at the expense of the town construct ditches, drains and culverts to carry water away from any highway or road therein, and over or through any lands of persons or corporations, when they deem it necessary for public convenience or for […]

23 §3252. Drainage or obstruction of public ways

§3252. Drainage or obstruction of public ways 1.  Change in drainage; obstruction.  A person, personally or through the person’s agents or servants, may not do any of the following acts in a manner that changes the drainage of a public way or obstructs a public way:   A. Cultivate, in connection with the improvement of […]

23 §3254. Complaints

§3254. Complaints When the attention of a municipal officer, or, for an unorganized place, a county commissioner, is directed to a violation of section 3252 within the municipal officer’s or county commissioner’s jurisdiction, the municipal officer or county commissioner shall enter a complaint against the offender and prosecute the violation to final judgment.   [PL […]

23 §3255. Watercourses not to injure property; remedy

§3255. Watercourses not to injure property; remedy No road commissioner, without written permission from the municipal officers, shall cause a watercourse to be so constructed by the side of a way as to incommode any person’s house or other building or to obstruct anyone in the prosecution of his business. Any person so aggrieved may […]

23 §3271. Definitions

§3271. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words have the following meanings.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).] 1.  Barrier.  “Barrier” means any wire, cable, cable wire, chain link, lumber, gate or other similar device placed or erected across a town way for the purpose of barring access […]