The Republican journal., 1915-04-08

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Office or bindery in which the super
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ested.
Section 10. Sections twenty-four,
twenty-five and twenty-six, Of chapter
three Of the Revised Statutes; chapter
fifty-two. one hundred thirty!eigh and
laws of nineteen hundred and Ave: chap
tiers thirty-two and one hundred seven
ty-six Of the public Jaws OF nineteen
hundred seven, and all othet acts and
i ISIS A' ~ .
Chapter 3f9.
An Act to provide for State and county
aid in the construction of highway
Bridges.
and necessity require the building or
rebuilding of any bridge in any town
or city, said bridge being located on any
main thoroughfare and the cost of said
construction together get .s with all other
repair of ways. highways and bridges
in said town makes. a tax rate in excess
of five mills on the valuation Of the
town last maze by the poard OF state
assessors. the cost Of the constitute
ton of said bridge shall be borne as
follows: Fifty percentum by the town,
thirty percentum by the county in which
said town is located and twenty per-
centum by the State.
of any town deem that any bridge on
any main thoroughfare must be built
or rebuilt and in their judgment the
expense of the construction will entitle
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aid as provided in section one Of this
sioners Of the county or counties in
which said bridge is. or may be built or
sion to. meet with them for the pur-
pose of examining into and deterinin-
ing whether public convenience and ne
cessity require the building or rebuild
ng saa o bT SAID al petition to be
as may be directed to Be made s BY ETH the
State highway commission. The said
municipal officers together with the
highway commission. shall constitute a
board to determine the necessity of
building or rebuilding said bridge, also
the form of construction. The decision
of said board Of a majority thereof is
to be final and conclusive.
The State highway commission shall
appoint a time and place for the meet
Ing of said board and give such notice
thereof as they shall see At.
Section 3. If the board shall decide
that public convenience and necessity
Inc bridge. it shall be the duty of the
state highway commission to prepare
plans, specifications and estimates of
the cost of said construction and at a
subsequent meeting Of the board sub
init the same TO, approval. Upon ap-
proval of said plans and specification
by Il majority Of the board, the state
highway commission shall proceed to
let contracts for all work called for by
said plans and specifications as soon
as the town or towns and the county
or counties Interested shall have paid
INTO the State treasury their proper
tional shares of the estimated cost of
the construction. In case any county
or town unreasonably neglects or re-
fuses to pay into the State treasury it's
p pr ,a part of the estimated cost
which may be due and payable under
the provisions of this act, then the
state treasurer may out Of any funds
IN the State treasury due said county
or town pay such proportional part and
ueduct the amount so paid from any
such sum in the State treasury due
SAID county or town
All counties and all towns are hereby
authorized and required to raise by tax
aeion or otherwise such reasonable sums
provisions of this act
Section 4. The State highway COM
mission shall have supervision of all
construction work and no payment shall
be made on account Of any of said work
said State highway commission. On
completion of any bridge the State
highway commission Shall render an
itemized statement of the complete cost
towns and the county Or counties inter
ested and to the State treasurer. II
there remains unexpended balances of
the moneys advanced by the town or
towns and the county or counties they
shall be Immediately returned. II the
cost OF construction has exceeded the
estimated cost, the town or towns and
the county Or counties interested shall
statement, forward to the treasurer OF
State their proportional shares of such
additional cost.
Section 5. All the foregoing provi-
sions shall apply to either or all towns
IN the same county or to either or all
towns in different counties, and to the
county or counties when a bridge is to
be built or rebuilt, which crosses the
boundary line between said towns or be-
tween said towns and said counties and
the proportion of the cost of construc-
ton which either town would legally
bear under Agreements or legislative
enactnents In effect January first nine
teen hundred seventeen will in addi-
said town make a tax rate In excess Of
five mills. In such caseS the municipal
officers of each Of said towns and the
commissioners of each of said counties
shall sit upon the board provided for in
section two and all plans and specifica-
tions shall be approved by a ma joritv
of said board. Notice of corClete cost
of construction shall be forwarded to
each town and each county interested,
The proportional parts of the cost to
be borne by the towns or by the coun-
ties under the provisions of section one
Of this act shall be apportioned between
said towns and between said counties In
proportion to their valuations last made
by the board of State assessors, in alb
ssence of any legal agreement or legis-
lat1ve enactment in effect January one,
nineteen hundred seventeen, reguIatin.
such division of cost
Section G. All cost Of maintenance Of
bridges built or rebuilt under the provi-
sions of this act shall be borne by the
town or towns in which they are To-
Gated, apportioned upon the basis Of val
uation as last made by the board of
town Is involved; provided, however,
that in case of neglect or failure by any
town or towns to properly maintain any
bridges built or rebuilt under the pro-
visions of this act, the State highway
commission may order such mainte-
deemed necessary. II any town or
towns fail to obey, within a reasonable
time, such order of the State highway
commission, then the commission may
and the amounts payable. by said
towns, under the provisions Of this act,
shall be certified by the commission to
the State auditor, who, If he finds the
amount correct shall certify to treasurer
of State, and unless sooner paid 1t shall
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