The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-10


the same manner as provided by statute
IN respect to laying out highways. II
sion shall judge that the public neces-
sity requires that such way be. altered,
widened. changed or graded, or that a
new way be laid out, established and
opened as State or State aid highway,
it shall proceed TO perform the duties
required, and make a correct return of
plan of such highway as laid out or al
tered: and shall proceed to estimate and
award such damages i'll the same man
ner provided by statute in respect to
highways. The return of the commits
sion aud all rights of appeal by parties
aggrieved by their proceedings shall be
the same as provided by statute in re-
spect to highways. Damages found as
above provided shall be apportioned by
the commission as law and justice may
require and shall be paid accordingly.
Section Is BY consent of all parties
in interest any investigation, inquiry or
hearing which the commission is author
lied to hold may be held by a single
member of the commission, and his find
ing, when approved by the commission
and so shown on its records shall be
deemed to be the finding of the COM
mission.
Section &c. The provisions of section
seven of chapter fifty-fve of the Revised
Statutes and of chapter thirtyfour of
the public laws of nineteen hundred and
dug into may be enforced by the COM
mission wherever State or State aid
highways are effected. No town in
Which Il state or State aid highway lies
shall be relieved from any obligations
of statute relating to ways blocked or
encumbeied with snow. anything To the
contrary elsewhere in this act notWl1h-
standing.
Section II. Municipal officers shall de-
signate such practicable systems of
public ways within their jurisdiction as
connect adjoining towns and villages.
and facilitate travel in reaching mai
kets, railroad connections and State
roads: due consideration being given to
cost is well as distance and volume of
travel y suitable description of each
such way shall be thereupon present
and upon the same being approved and
accepted by the commission said way
shall be established and known as n
voters in amy such town by written petl-
ton, presented within thirty DAYS after
the description of such WAY has been
right to be heard on the acceptance
thereof, and the commission may ac-
Cept or reject any part or al of Slrh
way and impose terms II respect
section u.s. state aid hghwa $ shall be
continually maintained under the direc-
the Joint expense of the state and town
in which the same are l"t atcd: the
charge against such town for mainte-
nance of its state aid hShMa yS shall
not exceed fifty per centum Of the ac-
tual cost of such maintenance nor an
average of thirty dollars per mile per
anmum. The provisions Of this section
shall apply only to those state ala high
WAYS constructed and improved by the
state under this act, and to such other
portions of designated state aid high
Ways, to the inproN encnt OF winch the
state has heretofore contributed, as IN"
commission may hereafter Indicate as
taken over by it, and the commission
shall as rapidly it deems advisable so
of maintenance as herein prov ided.
Section l4,-lf amy town desires state
aid IS provided by ms act. for the
building OF permanent improvement OF
one or more of its state aid highways.
such town may raise and appropriate IN
addition to the amounts regularly raised
and appropriated ful' the care Of WAYS.
hi2ilwuNs aud bridges the following
amounts on account Of Which state aid
shah h, paid.
Towns having n valuation of two hun
dred thousand dollars less may appro
priatc any amount not exceeding three
hundred dollars; towns having Nalla-
tion of over two hundred thousand dol
lars and not over eight hundred thuus-
and dollars may appropriate any amount
not cXceetiing five hundred thlrtN-thiet'
dollars: towns having 4 valuation OF over
eight hundred thousand dollars and pot
over one million dollars may appropriate
an amount not exceeding SIN hundred do
lars: and towns having a valuation OF
over one million dollars and not over
three million dollars may appropriate
i'll addition to the sum of >iN hundred
dollars an additional sum OF SiNtN-slX
dollars for each two hundred thousand
dollars or fraction thereof valuation in
excess of one million; towns having
valuation of over three million dollars
and not over four million dollars may
three hundred and thirty-three dollars:
and towns having valuation of over
four million dollars may appropriate IN
addition to the sum of one thousand
three hundred and thirty-three dollars
an additional sum not exceeding one hun
bred and thirty-three dollars for each
additional one million dollars of addi-
tiOnal valuation.
Section 20 on or before the thirty
first day of December in the year nine
teen hundred thirteen, and thereattei
annually between the fifteenth day OF
July and the fifteenth DAY of August IN
each year. municipal officers shall pre-
pare and file with the commission Su%-
sestions for the Improvement during the
nex1 calendar year of State aid high
ways located in each town accompan-
led by plans so far as practicable. set
ting forth the location of the highway
and the nature of the Improvement de
sired. The commission shall examine
and report thereon with its recommends
tons to such municipal officers on or
before the twentieth day OF February
following. such reports shall be sub
mitted to the voters of such towns at
the next regular meeting Of such town
The municipal officers shall insert in
the warrant for each annual town meet
ing an article calling upon the voters 10
vote yes or no on the question Of
the appropriation of money necessary to
entitle the town TO state aid tor state
aid highways for that year II any such
town then appropriates money for work
contemplated in such report, and for the
purpose of securing State aid as proVld-
ed in this act, the municipal officers
shall forthwith notify the commission
Of the amount so appropriated. The
commission shall thereupon finally ap-
prove, change or disapproVe such action,
in whole in part, as the approprla-
ton and conditions require. and shall
notify the municipal officers of its ac-
ton This section shall not prohibit
towns from voting to do either more or
less highway improvement than that
contemplated in such report or from
making any appropriation under the
terms of this act. Towns failing to COM
ply with the provisions hereof shall not
be entitled to state aid for the year
when such state aid otherwise would be
available under this section.
Section u. The commission from the
fund for state aid construction provided
by this act shall to each town which
has conformed to the provisions OF sec
tions nineteen and twenty for each dol
lar SO appropriated apportion the fol-
to,