§ 790. Laying out highway or bridge on or near line between two towns
§ 790. Laying out highway or bridge on or near line between two towns The selectboards of two adjoining towns may, by agreement, lay out, reclassify, or discontinue a highway on the line between the towns, or erect a bridge over a stream between the towns, if a majority of the selectboard members of each […]
§ 791. Apportioning expenses
§ 791. Apportioning expenses When a highway is or has been previously laid out on the line between the towns, the towns may agree as to what part of the highway shall be built and repaired and what share of the damages paid by each town. When a bridge is so erected, the towns may […]
§ 792. Petition to selectboard
§ 792. Petition to selectboard When the public good or convenience of the inhabitants requires a highway to be laid out, altered, reclassified, or discontinued on, or intersecting the line between two towns, or a bridge across a stream between two towns to be built, persons who are either voters or landowners, and whose number […]
§ 793. Proceedings by selectboards
§ 793. Proceedings by selectboards The selectboards shall proceed in the same manner as the selectboard of one town in laying out highways or building bridges. A copy of the selectboards’ findings shall be filed with the clerk of each town within six months from the time of final hearing on the application and the […]
§ 794. Highway near but not on line between towns
§ 794. Highway near but not on line between towns (a) When the public good or the convenience of the inhabitants requires a highway to be laid out, reclassified, or altered so that it shall be near the line between two towns instead of on the town line, on account of the position of the […]
§ 781. Assessment
§ 781. Assessment When a town does not perform the order of the Supreme or Superior Court as to building a highway or building a bridge, the court may, on application, assess the town a sum sufficient to build and complete the highway or bridge. The assessment shall be spent in building the highway or […]
§ 782. Application; service of citation
§ 782. Application; service of citation The application may be made by one or more of the original petitioners for the highway or bridge within three years from the expiration of the time prescribed by the court order for the performance, and, with a citation, shall be served on one of the selectmen of the […]
§ 783. Trial by jury; costs
§ 783. Trial by jury; costs The town may have a trial by jury regarding its neglect to perform the order of the court and the court may award costs to either party. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 784. Suspension of assessment upon discontinuance of highway or bridge
§ 784. Suspension of assessment upon discontinuance of highway or bridge When a highway or bridge established by a court is discontinued in whole or in part and before the assessment under section 781 of this title has been spent according to the court order, the town assessed may apply to have the court suspend […]
§ 776. Damages for highways discontinued before completion
§ 776. Damages for highways discontinued before completion When a public highway is laid out and damages are assessed to the owners of the land or rights acquired and the highway is legally discontinued before being worked or opened, the assessment of damages shall become void. Damages from the laying out, less actual damages accrued […]