The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-05-05
s. r. No. SIS.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PtTR-
&. CHASE OR CONDEMNATION BY
4 BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS OF
I.AND FOR II, MIGH WAY rNRr ,}:s,s
sARILY EXPENSIVE BRIDGES OR
GRADES AND 10 AvOlI1 RAILROAD
1 CROSSINGS AND 10 sTKAIGHTEN
ANY ROAD OR TO CUT OFF DAN
G MAYs sR eo To Wb 81 T TNE H R6A
ABOVE STATUTORY WIDTH OR
ING THE ENcRoAciiMENT OF a
STREAM Upon a EuBtIG HIGH
AiaNT OF SUCH CHANGES, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE ABANDON
MENT OF HIGHWAYS ALREADY
ESTABLISHED AND TO PROVIDE
FOR THE PROCEDURE THEREFOR.
AND TO REPEAL SECTION ONE:
THOUSAND FIVE NDRED
TWENTY-SEvEN (l527-a) SUP
pLEMEST 70 THE CODE. 1918.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE GENERAL.
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
4 IOWA:
Section l.. Ten freeholders OF any
county by a petition to the board OF SUI
pervisors of said county or the county
The eSpediency and saslvixability of
changing the course Of my part OF any
road or stream within any county. in
order to avoid unnecessarilH expensive
ibridges, grades or railroad crossings, or
TO strnighten any road. or TO cut on dan
gerous corners on the highwuy or to
widen uny road above statutory width.
or for the purpose OF preventing the en-
croachment OF q stream upon public
highway, snecifyinI clearly the change
any highway already established should
lie vacated ana abandoned. and W.
part. The board may. thereupon. order
the engineer To make survey and re-
order 10 comply with such order. tie
engineer shall have q right TO enter mp
on the premises proposed 70 be taken
mud make said survey II. from COM
sideration Of the survey and report on
the change advisable. II shall have row
er 10 biiy such right Of why and luke
conveyance thereof In the name OF tho
county and to pay for the same out Of
either the county road or bridge fuNd
or ont of both Of said funds. as may APP
pear advisable.
Gee. q IL, for any reason, the; hnar1
is unable ~ acquire such right OF way
by agreement with the owner. the county
ed appraisers WIN shall apprnise tho
damages s,iHtnlned' by the land owners
through whose land said proposed right
OF way extends and who shall within
ten Gays maze FctuVU OK ynoaT 1ppINis0-
iraent TO the county auditor. and the
hoard shalt fix a day al such place IN
the county as Ii may determine, at
which II Will hear all objections 10 said
and NJ which time II VIII de-
,tern,ine ull damages to each claimant
by reason or such proposed change,
Such hearing. shall not he less than ten
days after completed service on the
owner. All owners ~ land bordering or
abutting upon such proposed change. Of
road or stream ana all owners through
whose land such change will extend AZ
shown by tho trnnsfer books In the Of
ice Of the county auditor, shall he
served with notice Of s,ch hearing
Such owners who are residents OF the
county shall be personally served IN the
manner original notices are required to
be served. Such owners who do not re-
side Ia the county AID such owners who
reside in the county. when the officer
returns that they cannot he found In
the county. shall lie served by publish
Ing the notice In some newspaper In the
county, once each week. Tor two weeks,
and In addition. notice shall he served
,pereonally Supon the actual occupant %
the land. Personal notice outside the
county but within the state, In the man