23 §3604. Collection procedure
§3604. Collection procedure All assessments and charges made under sections 3601 to 3603, shall be certified by the municipal officers and filed with the tax collector for collection. If the person assessed, within 30 days after written notice of the amount of such assessments and charges, fails, neglects or refuses to pay said municipality the […]
23 §3605. Action for collection; amount recovered
§3605. Action for collection; amount recovered If said assessments under section 3601 are not paid and said city does not proceed to collect said assessments by a sale of the lots or parcels of land upon which such assessments are made, or does not collect, or is in any manner delayed or defeated in collecting […]
23 §3606. Assessment for improvements
§3606. Assessment for improvements Whenever a majority of the abutters in number and value upon any street or road in the thickly settled portion of any city or town shall in writing petition the city government or municipal officers of the town to improve said street or road by grading, parking, curbing, graveling, macadamizing, paving […]
23 §3607. Damages for raising or lowering streets
§3607. Damages for raising or lowering streets When a way or street is raised or lowered by a road commissioner or person authorized to the injury of an owner of adjoining land, he may within a year apply in writing to the municipal officers, and they shall view such way or street and assess the […]
23 §3651. Failure to provide safety and convenience
§3651. Failure to provide safety and convenience Highways, town ways and streets legally established shall be opened and kept in repair so as to be safe and convenient for travelers with motor vehicles. In default thereof, those liable may be indicted, convicted and a reasonable fine imposed therefor. [PL 1977, c. 363, §5 (AMD).] […]
23 §3652. Notice of defect; hearing on petition
§3652. Notice of defect; hearing on petition When a town liable to maintain a way unreasonably neglects to keep it in repair as provided in section 3651, after one of the municipal officers has had 5 days’ actual notice or knowledge of the defective condition, any 3 or more responsible persons may petition the county […]
23 §3653. Manner of presenting petition
§3653. Manner of presenting petition The petition provided for in section 3652 may be presented to the county commissioners at any of their sessions, or in vacation to their chairman, who shall procure the concurrence of his associates in fixing the time and place in the order of notice and cause the petition to be […]
23 §3654. Failure to comply with commissioners’ order; warrant of distress
§3654. Failure to comply with commissioners’ order; warrant of distress If the town neglects to make the repairs prescribed by the commissioners under section 3652, within the time fixed therefor in such notice to the town, they may cause it to be done by an agent, not one of themselves. Such agent shall cause the […]
23 §3655. Personal injury actions; limitations; damages; notice
§3655. Personal injury actions; limitations; damages; notice A person who receives any bodily injury or suffers damage in the person’s property through any defect or want of repair or sufficient railing in any highway, town way, causeway or bridge may recover for the same in a civil action, to be commenced within one year from […]
23 §3656. Repair within 6 years; location conclusive
§3656. Repair within 6 years; location conclusive When on trial of any such action or indictment as provided for in section 3655 it appears that the defendant county or town has made repairs on the way or bridge within 6 years before the injury, it shall not deny the location of such way or bridge. […]