206 – Highways in Lands Acquired by the United States for Fortification Purposes Deemed Abandoned.
§ 206. Highways in lands acquired by the United States for fortification purposes deemed abandoned. When land sought to be acquired by the United States of America for the purpose of fortifications includes a highway or portion thereof, the condemnation proceedings may include such highways or portion thereof, and the people of the state of […]
207 – Discontinuance of Highway.
§ 207. Discontinuance of highway. Whenever the town superintendent of any town shall determine that any portion of any highway or street, not within the limits of an incorporated village, which is the terminus of such street or highway, is unnecessary for highway purposes, and said town superintendent may, by an order to be duly […]
208 – Description to Be Recorded.
§ 208. Description to be recorded. Immediately upon making and entering the order mentioned in section two hundred and seven of this chapter, the said town superintendent shall cause a written description of that portion of the street or highway ordered to be discontinued to be filed and recorded in the office of the town […]
209 – Damages Caused by Discontinuance.
§ 209. Damages caused by discontinuance. Any person or corporation interested as owner or otherwise, in any lands and claiming any loss or damages, legal or equitable, by reason of the discontinuance, abandonment or closing of any street or highway, not within the limits of an incorporated village, under or pursuant to the provisions of […]
210 – Papers, Where Filed.
§ 210. Papers, where filed. All applications, certificates, appointments and other papers relating to the laying out, altering or discontinuing of any highway shall be filed by the town superintendent as soon as a decision shall have been made thereon in the town clerk’s office of the town.
211 – Costs of Motion.
§ 211. Costs of motion. Costs of a motion to confirm, vacate or modify the report of commissioners of appraisal appointed by the court to lay out, alter or discontinue a highway may be allowed in the discretion of the court not exceeding fifty dollars. On an uncontested motion to confirm the report of the […]
211-A – Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
§ 211-a. Abandonment of certain town highways. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and upon the request of the county superintendent of highways, any town board may, by resolution duly adopted, declare any town highway or portion thereof in the town running through forest or forest lands not necessarily for ingress to or egress […]
203 – Widening, How Constructed.
§ 203. Widening, how constructed. The town superintendent shall construct such widening of the highway according to plans and specifications adopted by the county superintendent and approved by the town board of his town. The bills and expenses incurred in such work shall be audited by the town board and paid in the same manner […]
204 – Actions to Compel Widening; How Affected by Petition.
§ 204. Actions to compel widening; how affected by petition. In case an action might lie in any court of this state against the town superintendent of any town or towns to compel such superintendent to widen a part of a highway, the width of which has become less than that required by statute, or […]
192 – Adjournments.
§ 192. Adjournments. If any accident shall prevent any of the proceedings required by this chapter relating to the laying out, altering or discontinuing of a highway, or the laying out of a private road, to be done on the day assigned, the proceedings may be adjourned to some other day, and the town superintendent […]