Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-25

nor shall any right thereto accrue to
the claimant, until the land or other
property SO taken, has been entered up
on and possession taken, for the pur-
pose of construction or use.
Section 5. When 10 or more inhabi-
tants of any town or towns petition for
the construction of new bridge so feet
or more in length, exclusive of neces-
sary approaches, on any legally estab-
lisheG road in said town or towns, the
county commissioners shall give the
notice now required by law for laying
out, altering or disseminating high
ways, and if, after hearing the parties,
they decide that public necessity re-
quires the construction of such bridge,
they shall render to the municipal Of
ficers Of the town or towns where such
bridge is located, an estimate of the
amount necessary to build the same. If
said commissioners decide that such
bridge is not required by public neces
sity, the petitioners, within 60 days af-
ter such decision, may appeal to a COM
mittee of three members of the EXecu-
tive Council, to be appointed by the
Governor to hear and determine said
appeal Said committee after reason
able notice shall hear the parties, and
determine whether such public neces-
sity exists, and its decision thereon
shall be final. II said committee de-
cides that such public necessity exists,
it shall so certify in writing to the
commissioners of the county, and the
municipal officers of the town or towns,
interested. The county commissioners
shall thereupon estimate% the cost of
building such bridge, and certify the
same, in writing, to the municipal Of
ticers of the town or towns interested.
When said town or towns shall raise
and pay to the county treasurer one
third of the amount so certified by the
county commissioners, the commission
ers shall, at the expense of the county,
build such bridge. Upon the compile
ton of said bridge said commissioners
shall certify to the Governor and
Council and the municipal officers of
said town or towns, the cost of said
bridge. The Governor and Council
shall thereupon authorize and direct
the State treasurer to pay to such
county one-third of the cost certified,
in the manner hereinafter provided. If
the total cost shall exceed the estimate
certified to the town or towns, said
town or towns shall pay to their re-
spective county treasurers the differ
ence between the amount originally
paid by them and one-third of such ex-
cess. If the cost is less than the origi-
nal estimate the county commissioners
shall repay to said town or towns
one-third of such excess. When any
s,un is to be paid to two or more
towns or counties hereunder, such sum
shall be apportioned and paid in the
ratio of the last preceding State valua-
tons of said towns or counties.
Section 6. When a petition is pre-
scented to the commissioners of any
county praying for the construction of
bridge so feet or more in length, ex-
elusive of necessary approaches, on
any legally established road, to be To-
Gated in two or more counties, the
the commissioners receiving the petit
ton shallrcall meeting of the commits
sioners of all said counties to be held
at a time and place named. by causing
an, attested copy of such petition and
their order thereon, to be served upon
their Northumberland they shall give no.
tice of such meeting by causing like
copy to be. published in at least one pa
per printed in every such county, and
by posting it in three public places
in each town in which said bridge is
asked to be located and serving it on