231:1 Class IV, V and VI. – All class IV highways not financed in whole or in part with federal aid highway funds, and class V and VI highways shall be laid out by the mayor and aldermen of the city, the selectmen of the town or the commissioners of a village district formed […]
231:10 Owner of Property; Notice. – Owners shall include tenants for life or years, remaindermen, reversioners, or holders of undischarged mortgages of record whose mortgages are dated not earlier than 20 years prior to date of filing such petition. I. When the owner resides or lives within the state, notice shall be given to […]
231:10-a Expenses Paid by Petitioner. – All expenses in connection with any title search and notice to abutters and landowners required under this subdivision shall be borne by the petitioner requesting the reopening of an existing highway which has been subject to gates and bars. Source. 1987, 17:1, eff. June 2, 1987.
231:105 Liability of 2 or More Towns. – If 2 or more towns are chargeable with the expense of repairing and maintaining a highway they shall be liable for such damages and all costs and expenses of suits for the recovery thereof, in the proportion in which they are required to contribute towards its […]
231:106 Notice; Appearance. – In case the proceedings are begun against the town in which the highway is situated only, the selectmen thereof shall cause true copies of all statements, petitions, writs and other papers served upon them or their town to be given to, or left at the usual place of abode of, […]
231:107 Settlement by One Town. – Any such town may settle with the claimant its proportion of the damages claimed; and the settlement shall be a full discharge of its proportional share of the damages and costs as against both it and the other towns; but the same shall not affect the claimant’s rights […]
231:108 Apportionment. – Whenever final judgment is to be entered up in any such action the court, upon notice to all the towns interested, shall determine the amount to be paid by each to either of the others to adjust all matters of damage, cost and expense according to the provisions of the preceding […]
231:109 Liability of Persons for Damages on Bridges, Culverts, and Embankments. – Any person or corporation, except municipal corporations, through whose negligence or carelessness any obstruction, defect, insufficiency, or want of repair is caused upon any highway, shall be liable to any person injured by reason thereof, and the damages may be recovered in […]
231:11 Hearing. – At the time and place so appointed the selectmen shall make a personal examination of the several routes proposed, and of the highways for which such new highway is designed to be a substitute, shall hear all parties interested who may attend and any evidence they may offer, and may adjourn […]
231:110 Venue. – All actions for damages brought under the provisions of this subdivision shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the injuries were received. Source. 1878, 35:4. GL 75:14. PS 76:16. PL 89:18. RL 105:18. 1945, 188:1, part 18:34. RSA 247:34. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.
231:111 Construction of Sidewalks. – The mayor and aldermen of any city, upon petition, may construct sidewalks therein, with or without edgestones, and covered with any appropriate material, and for that purpose may widen and straighten any highway as in other cases, except that the notice of proceedings shall state that the construction of […]
231:112 Assessing Abutters. – In constructing such sidewalks such board may assess upon the owners of the property abutting on such street a portion not exceeding 1/2 of the expense of constructing the same, and the amount so assessed upon each of such owners shall be reasonable, and proportional to the benefits accruing to […]
231:113 Repair and Maintenance. – The highway agent, under the direction of the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town shall have charge of the repair of all sidewalks therein constructed under the provisions of this subdivision, and such sidewalks shall be maintained, repaired and reconstructed by the city […]
231:114 Findings and Declaration of Necessity. – It is hereby found and declared: I. That the free circulation of traffic of all kinds through the streets of the municipalities of this state is necessary for the rapid and effective fighting of fires, disposition of police forces, and transit of other emergency vehicles in said […]
231:115 Definitions. – Terms used in this subdivision shall have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or is otherwise inconsistent with the manifest intention of this subdivision: I. "Public parking facilities" shall mean any lots, garages, parking terminals and other structures of one […]
231:116 Plan. – I. When the legislative body of any municipality finds that the public health, safety, morals and general welfare so requires, it may undertake to study the question of providing public parking facilities. For the purpose of such study said legislative body may appoint or authorize its governing board to appoint an […]
231:117 Construction and Operation. – Pursuant to a plan adopted under RSA 231:116 a municipality is empowered, subject to the fiscal and other pertinent requirements of law: I. To construct or contract for the construction of public parking facilities and shall have the right to acquire or agree to acquire when completed in the […]
231:118 Eminent Domain. – If the legislative body of a municipality which has adopted a plan as described shall determine to acquire pursuant to said plan any real property or interest therein, including air rights, necessary for or incidental to the construction, maintenance or operation of public parking facilities, it may proceed to take […]
231:119 Borrowing Power. – Municipalities may finance the construction of public parking facilities by issuing bonds or notes, which bonds or notes shall conform to and be issued in accordance with the provisions of RSA 33 insofar as the same may be applicable. All such bonds or notes shall be issued for public parking […]
231:12 Layout. – They may lay out such highway over any ground they may deem most suitable, and alter any highway as they judge proper, without regard to intermediate limits or particular monuments described in the petition. Source. RS 49:8. CS 52:8. GS 61:8. GL 67:8. PS 67:9. PL 74:9. RL 90:10. 1945, 188:1, […]
