Section 231:60 – Insufficiency of Taxes.
231:60 Insufficiency of Taxes. – If the highway taxes in any town are insufficient for the suitable repair of highways and bridges therein the selectmen may cause them to be put in repair at the expense of the town. Source. RS 55:11. CS 59:11. GS 66:15. GL 72:15. PS 73:19. 1899, 29:9. PL 80:24. […]
Section 231:61 – Repair by Contract.
231:61 Repair by Contract. – Towns may, by vote or bylaw, authorize their selectmen to contract for keeping their highways and bridges, or any part thereof, in repair for a term not exceeding 5 years. Source. 1858, 2110. GS 66:25. GL 72:25. PS 73:7. PL 80:7. RL 96:7. 1945, 188:1, part 16:5. RSA 245:5. […]
Section 231:47 – Consent of Court.
231:47 Consent of Court. – Towns may not discontinue or discontinue as an open highway and make subject to gates and bars any highway concerning which proceedings are pending in court against the town for neglect or refusal to lay out, make or repair such highway, without the consent of the court. Source. RS […]
Section 231:48 – Appeal From Discontinuance; Damages.
231:48 Appeal From Discontinuance; Damages. – Any person or other town aggrieved by the vote of a town to discontinue any highway, or discontinue any highway as an open highway and made subject to gates and bars, may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the county in which such highway is situate by […]
Section 231:49 – Petition for Assessment of Damages.
231:49 Petition for Assessment of Damages. – Any person who sustains damages by the discontinuance of a highway, or by the discontinuance as an open highway and made subject to gates and bars, by vote of the town, and from which no appeal has been taken, may petition for the assessment of damages to […]
Section 231:50 – Towns Not Liable After Discontinuance.
231:50 Towns Not Liable After Discontinuance. – Towns shall be relieved of all obligation to maintain, and all liability for damages incurred in the use of, discontinued highways or highways discontinued as open highways and made subject to gates and bars. Source. RS 54:1. CS 58:1. GS 65:1. GL 71:1. PS 72:1. 1903, 14:1. […]
Section 231:51 – Dedicated Ways.
231:51 Dedicated Ways. – Any street, lane or alley within this state which has been dedicated to public use by being drawn or shown upon a plan of lands platted by the owner, and the sale of lots in accordance with such plan, may be released and discharged from all public servitude by vote […]
Section 231:52 – Release by Town.
231:52 Release by Town. – The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town may release and discharge any way dedicated as aforesaid from all public servitude at any time after such dedication, upon petition by any interested party and notice and hearing thereon, whenever in their opinion such way […]
Section 231:53 – Limited Access Highways.
231:53 Limited Access Highways. – Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, selectmen of towns and mayors and aldermen of cities are hereby authorized to lay out limited access highways. Source. RSA 236-A:1. 1961, 25:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.
Section 231:54 – Definition.
231:54 Definition. – A limited access highway as authorized by RSA 231:53 is defined as a highway especially designed for through traffic and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or […]