Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29

IMAM TWO FOuS WluE connecting MS idIU
with a public road, The amount of
damages, IL any, to be paid by the petit
tloner TO the town before such cart
way is opened.
! Amy town board may expend road or
bridge funds upon Il legally established
cartway the same az on town roads TX
In the Judgment of such board the pub
lie interests require. It,
Section II. That Subdivision / OF Sec
ton so Of Chapter 235, Laws 1913, be
and the same Is hereby amended so as
to read as follows;
! Section 50. Drainage of Town Roads
Subdivision %. Whenever the town
or district oyerseer Of roads shall file
with the town board his affidavit stat
/ ing that road passing through or into
said town runs into or through a
swamp bog or other low land and that
/ II liz necessary or expedlent that ditch
should be opened through private
lands the probable length, width, and
depth Of such ditch, the termini and
general course Of the same, a descrip-
ton OF the land over which said ditch
VIII pass, the names Of the owners
! thereof, IL known, and that such road
| through such low ground cannot, with
out extraordinary expense. be made
! passable unless such ditch or bitches
are opened, the chairman OF said board
shan prepare notice. therein fixing a
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sixty days from the date thereof, when
said board will meet at place to be
described In the notice. and personally
examine the premises Such chairman
shall cause said notice, together with
/ the aifidavit, to be filed In the office Of
the town clerk, who shall make true
copies Of such notice and deliver them
TO said overseer. Said overseer shall
personally serve the same upon each
| OF such land owners, II residents of the
county. and upon the occupants Of such
lands where the owners are not resi-
dents OF such county. Such ditch or
bitches shall be laid out upon such lines
as the owners of the land desire, when
| Ii Is practicable and can be done with
out extra cost.
Section IL. That Section 50 Of Chap
ter 235. Laws 1913. he and the same is
thereby further amended by adding
| thereto a new subdivision as follows:
Subdivision s. State Roads The
foregoing provisions of this section
shall be applicable TO state roads, and
! In such cases the powers and duties
hereinbefore conferred and imposed
upon town boards shall be and they
are hereby conferred and imposed upon
county boards; the powers and duties
conferred and imposed upon a town
clerk are hereby conferred and imposed
upon the county auditor. The affidavit
| TtfGEI6h 10 III HNbulNEHIbn l HAY ne
made by any member of the county
board, II shall be the duty Of the coun-
ty board to keep any ditch opened by
IL under the provisions OF this section,
in good condition and free from OBJ
strnctions The notices specified In the
foregoing subdivisions may be served
by any person designated by the county
board for that purpose.
Section 49, That Section so OF Chap
ter 235, Laws 1919. be and the same Is
hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 90. Special Duties OF Over
seer--Whenever any public road In a
town becomes obstructed or unsafe
from any cause, the overseer shall i'm
mediately repair such road, and render
his account therefor to the town board,
in case Of town or county road. and
4 to the county board In case Of state
read.
Section II. That Section ~ Of Chap
ter 2s5, Laws 1913, be and the same Is
hereby amended so as to. read as fol-
lows:
Section rs. Town and County Boards
May Cut Down Hedges and Trees
Within Road Observation-Disclosures "a.
/ The town boards of superv lsors, as to
town and county roads, and tho county
board as to state roads. are hereby Civ
en- the right and power TO determine
upon the necessity and order the cut
| ting down OF hedges and trees within
road limits. Provided, that trees, other
\ than willow trees, shall not be so cut
down unless the center of such trees
Is more than six t6l feet from the side
OF any road as established by statutory
proceedings or dedicated specifically
to public use; provided. such trees or
hedges, or either of them, interfere
with keeping the surface of the road
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drift onto or accumulate upon said road
In quantities that materially obstruct
travel
Subdivision q. owner to be Notified
When board shall determine that
such cutting down of hedges or trees
within the limits OF such roads Is nee
essary, or that the same would aid ma
terially In keeping such roads In re-
pair or free from snow, IL shall notify
the owner or owners Of the abutting
lands of such decision and order the
trees or hedges cut down within nine
\ ty days after such notice. Ii the said
owner or owners fail or refuse TO com
ply with such notice and order within
the time specified the said board shall
have the power to cause such trees or
hedges To be cut down at the expense
OF the town or county. The timber and
wood of such trees shall belong to the
said owner or owners of the ahutting
land, provided they pay the expense OF
cutting down said trees or hedges and
remove the same from the roadside
within sixty (6oe days. IL such timber
or wood Ia not removed within said
time. the board shall sell the same or
destroy IL IL 1t cannot be sold at a
profit. and II sold. pay the proceeds
thereof into the road and bridge fund
OF said town or county as the ease may
be.
! Subdivision ca Expenses to be Paid
Out OF Road and Bridge Fund-~The
town boards of supervisors and the
county boards are hereby granted the
further right and power to appropria
ate and pay out Of their respective road
and bridge fund, or from any other
fund available, the cost of cutting down
such trees and hedges and the removal
or destruction of the same, IL done a,
puzzle expense
ter 2sa, Laws 1918, be and the same Is
/ hereby amended So as to read as fol-
lows:
Section so. Town and County Boards
to Construct Culverts--The town
boards, as to town roads, and the coun.
~ boards. as to county and state roads
are hereby required TO install one sub.
stantial culSert for an ahutting owner
, In cases where by reason of grading q
; public highway, the same il rendered
! necessary for a suitable approach upor
said highway over driveways from
, abutting lands,
section 10. That Section Sc of Chap.
> ter sSs, Laws 1913, be and the same Is
hereby amended SO as to read as fol,
lows,