253 – Use of Toll Bridge by Public Service Corporations; Conditions; Powers of Town Board.
§ 253. Use of toll bridge by public service corporations; conditions; powers of town board. After a bridge shall be acquired by the state under the provisions of this article, the same shall not be used by any railroad, telephone, gas, electric light, heat or power company or any other public service corporation, for any […]
254 – Acquisition of Certain Toll Bridges at the Expense of the State.
§ 254. Acquisition of certain toll bridges at the expense of the state. 1. If a toll bridge for the traffic of vehicles and foot passengers is located on a state highway or constitutes a connecting link between two state routes as described in section three hundred forty-one of this chapter, or constitutes a part […]
255 – Unsafe Toll Bridge.
§ 255. Unsafe toll bridge. Whenever complaint in writing on oath, shall be made to the town superintendent, of any town in which shall be in whole or in part any toll bridge belonging to any person or corporation, representing that such toll bridge has from any cause become and is unsafe for the public […]
249 – Investigation by the Department of Transportation.
§ 249. Investigation by the department of transportation. The department of transportation shall upon the receipt of such resolution or concurrent resolution, investigate and determine whether the bridge so sought to be abolished is of sufficient public importance to come within the provisions of this article, taking into account the use, location and value of […]
250 – Acquisition by Attorney General.
§ 250. Acquisition by attorney general. Upon the receipt of such certification of approval the attorney general shall, in the name of the people of the state, acquire title to said toll bridge and its franchise rights in accordance with the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law for the acquisition of property for public […]
251 – Payment of Expense of Acquisition.
§ 251. Payment of expense of acquisition. One-half of the expense incurred in the condemnation and acquirement of said toll bridge shall be paid by the department of taxation and finance upon the warrant of the comptroller out of any specific appropriations made to carry on the provisions of this article, but no such payment […]
252 – Maintenance of Bridge.
§ 252. Maintenance of bridge. When a toll bridge shall have been acquired by the state under the provisions of this article it shall be maintained as a free bridge and the expense thereof shall be a charge upon the town or towns or city or cities within which it is situated. Upon the acquisition […]
239 – Joint Liabilities of Towns and Their Joint Contracts.
§ 239. Joint liabilities of towns and their joint contracts. Whenever any two or more towns shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge or bridges, the same shall be built and maintained at the joint expense of such towns, without reference to town lines, except where the board of supervisors has otherwise apportioned […]
240 – Refusal to Repair.
§ 240. Refusal to repair. If the town board of either of such towns, after notice in writing from the town board of any other of such towns, given by the town clerk thereof, shall not within twenty days give their consent in writing to build or repair any such bridge, and shall not within […]
241 – Proceedings in Court.
§ 241. Proceedings in court. Whenever two or more adjoining towns which, under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge whether in the same or different counties, three freeholders in either of such towns may, by petition signed by them, apply to the town board in each of […]