East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-25
SYNOPSIS OF THE FUTILE ROAD LAW
Prepared by Request Commercial Association


Section /. That the county court
shall have power to lay out, locate,
construct and improve county roads
by grading, draining, graveling. plank
ing, corduroying or matchmaking or
to improve any county road by
Strengthening, changing, grading, ETC.,
within county.
Section 2. Resident owners of real
estate of any county in this state stu
ated within two miles on either side
and one mile beyond the terminus of
the proposed road or Improvement
and to have the cost and expense paid
by assessments upon the real-estate
adjacent and benefited shall present
to the proper county court a petition
signed by a majority of the resident
land owners of the county whose
lands are within two miles OF the pro-
posed road or improvement which
said petition shall describe the place
of beginning, intermediate points and
terminus as nearly as practicable
with the width of proposed road that
IA to change, plank, gravel, etc, and
describe the work to be done
whether planked, graveled, etc., the
above matters required to be stated
in petition may be stated generally.
Upon filing of petition county court
shall inspect the same and IL in the
judgment of the county court the
proposed road, etc, will be a benefit,
the county court shall appoint three
disinterested householders of the
county as viewers and appraisers to
nttt atn
time shall appoint competent survey
or engineer, who shall be under con-
troll of viewers and appraisers. With
in five days after the county clerk
shall call viewers, appraisers, survey
or or engineer to be notified OF their
appointment and requiring them to
meet a day and place designated and
shall estimate the cost and expenses
of proposed Improvements and the
damages sustained to persons owning
land over which the proposed roads
shall run and shall also make an es-
innate of the value of the benefits to
all lands within two miles of such i'm
provement and they shall estimate
the costs expenses and damages up
on all lands within two miles on either
side and one miles beyond the termi-
nus.
Section 3. Viewers and appraisers
within thirty days after shall make a
report in writing, and file the same
with the county clerk, which report
shall show the public utility and con-
venience of the proposed improvement,
also estimate OF the cost and expenses.
also damages sustained to the several
tracts of land and benefit to each
tract OF land including lots, If any,
within limits of city or town. Lands
and town lots shall be described suf-
ficiently for Identification as usually
described in deeds OF conveyances,
and unplatted lands shall be assessed
in such quantities as may be practic-
al, not to exceed 100 acres in any one
tract.
Section 4. The county court shall.
as soon as convenient, adopt plans
and specifications for the proposed
improvement.
Section g. County court shall have
power to permit amendments to be
made to the petition or report and to
extend the time to the viewers to
make their report.
Section G. on or before the day
fixed for the hearing of such petiti-
on. the owner of any lands affected
by the work proposed may remon-
strate against the report, which re-
monstration shall be verified by affi-
davit for any of the following causes:
II the assessment upon the lands OF
any remonstrant. Is not decreased
twenty per cent or II his damages are
not increased twenty per cent, such
remonstrant shall pay all costs oc-
casoned by such remonstrance, II
visa versa the remonstrant shall re-
cover costs.
Section I. If the county court finds
that the benefits assessed exceed the
expenses and damages, and that no
remonstrance has been filed against
said petition and report, signed by