Milford chronicle., 1911-03-24
STATE TO MAINTAIN ROAD.

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signed by the Governor and the
, Highway Commission and having
.. vouchers attached.
At the session of the Legislature
.. the Highway Superintendent shall
present a detailed report of what has
been done during the preceding two
years and an estimate ofwhat amount
shall be needed for repairs and main
tenance the ensuing two years. The
Legislature shall make an appropria-
ton for repairs and maintenance for
the two years.
The Highway Superintendent
shall receive 81, 500 a year, payable
by the State.
/ In case the State should neglect
or omit to repair the road or any
portion thereof, or any bridge, cross
ing or culvert, for a period of six
months after the same shall become
in need of repair, and upon thirty
days notice having been given to do
such work. the Boulevard corporation
may make such repairs, to be paid
for out Of the State Treasury upon
the presentation of itemized bills,
properly verified with six per cent
interest thereon as to date of pre-
sentation.
Articles of fassociation shall not be
/ filed and recorded in the Office of Sec
retary of State until at least $500 of
stock for every mile of road pro-
posed is subscribed anu paid in cash
to the directors named. and until the
directors shall have deposited the
said money so SUBSIDIZED with the
State Treasurer, to be paid back in
sums of $500 for each mile Of road
built.
STATE OFFICIALS ON COMMISSION.
The Governor, Lieutenant Cover
nor and Secretary of State are consti-
tuted a commission to determine
the width of the road between u and
IS feet, the road building materials,
and to obtain opinions of competent
road engineers for their information,
( the character of bridges, culverts and
crossings. The lieutenant-governor
shall receive compensation similar to
that as President of the Senate for
acting on the commission. Thirty
DAYS after the articles of association
are filed the directors of such boule-
ward corporation shall organize by
electing a president secretary and |
treasurer, and perfect organization.
Power is given to boulevard corpora
tions to institute proceedings for the
condemnation of lands, in the man
ner now provided for by law.
Any boulevard, built or located |
under the provisions Of this act shall |
not exceed two hundred feet and |
shall not be less than one hundred |
feet in width, unless more land shall |
be required for cuts and slopes and
embankments
FILING OF SURVEYS.
There is a provision that shall not
be necessary for the boulevard cor
poration to deposit a survey for the
entire length or route of the road
with the Secretary Of State at one
time, but surveys may be deposited
for sections of twenty or more miles
in length, to form one continuous
boulevard when completed. Section
155 also provides:
"And, provided further, however,
that no route or routes for such
boulevard, or for any such sections
can be finally determined-
upon by any such boulevard corpor-
alton until such route has been sub
mitted to the Commission. Created
by section 149 hereof for the ap-
proval of said Commission. and no
survey of any such route, or routes, {
or sections thereof, shall be deposi-
ted in the Office of the Secretary Of ]
State, as aforesaid, unless such sur
vey bears mdorsed thereon the ap
Droval of said Commission. F" =
PAY DAMAGES FIRST FOR LAND.
1t also is provided that any land
shall not be entered 1
ipon and broken until all damages
incurred are paid to the owner or un-
ess the consent Of the owner shall be
btained
The boulevard corporation is en-
covered to use and to widen existing
Dads and bridges, and the right to
ross railroads, railways and streams.
Such corporation shall commence
urvey within two months from the E,
ate of organization and shall com
lete the whole road for vehicular y
ravel within a reasonable time. l.,
o CONSOLIDATION WITH RAILROADS.
The construction and operation of :
always on the strip shall be in ac-
ord with the existing laws of the