Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05


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Section TO- Sections twenty-four,
twenty-five and twenty-six OF chaptef
three Of the Revised Statutes: chapter
fifty-two, one hundred thirty-eight ana
one hundred fifty-fve OF the pupnc
laws Of nineteen hundred and hve; cnap-
tiers thirty-two and one hundred seven
ty-six of the public laws OF nineteen
hundred seven, and all other acts anu
parts Of acts inconsistent with this act,
are hereby repealed-(ApproVed April 2
Chapter 31e.
An Act to provide for State and county
aid in the construction OF highway
bridges.
Section /. When public convenience
and necessity require rad the IN oa anV town
or city, said bridge being located on any
main thoroughfare and the cost OF said
construction together 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 made by the board Of state
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.
Section 2. When the municipal officers
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
the municipality to State and county
act. they shall petition the commits
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 determin-
ing whether public convenience and ne
eessity require the building or rebuild
ing of said bridge; said petition to be
as may be directed to be made by the
state highway commission. The said
municipal officers together with the
county commissioners and the State
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 time and place for the meet
Ing of said board and give such notice
thereof as they shall see fit
Section g. If the board shall decide
require the building or REBUILDING Of
n" 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 d
subsequent meeting of the board sub
mt the same for approval. Upon ap-
proval OF said plans and specification.
by a majority of the board, the State
highway commission shall proceed 70
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
the construction. In case any county
or town unreasonably neglects or re-
fuses to pay into the State treasury its
proportionai 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
deduct 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
alton Or otherwise such reasonable sums
as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act.
Section 4. The State highway COM
mission shall have supervision of all
construction work and no payment shall
until the same has been approved by
said State highway commission. Or
completion of any bridge the State
highway commission shall render an
of the construction to the town OF
towns and the county or counties inter-
ested and to the State treasurer. II
there remains uneXpended balances o!
towns and the county or counties they
shall be Immediately returned. If the
cost Of construction has exceeded the
estimated cost. the town or towns and
forthwith. on receipt of said itemizcd
statement. forward to. the treasurer o.
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 bridge is to
be built or rebuilt. which cross the
boundary line between said towns or be-
tween said towps and said counties and
the proportion of the cost of construc
ton watch either town would legally
bear under agreements or Legislative
enactments in effect January first, nine
teen hundred seventeen, will in addi-
ton to the other highway taxes Of the
said town make a tax rate in excess OF
five mills. In such cases the municipal
officers of each of said towns and the
shall sit upon the board provided for IN
section two and all plans and specfica-
lions shall be approved by majority
of said board. Notice of complete cost
Of construction shall be forwarded t.
each town and each county interested.
The proportional parts of the cost tt
be borne by the towns or by the coull-
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
sence of any legal agreement or legis-
lative enactment in effect January one
nineteen hundred seventeen, regulating
such division of cost
Section 6. All cost of maintenance OF
bridges built or rebuilt under the provi-
town or towns in which they are To-
Gated. apportioned upon the basis Of val
uation as last made by the board OF
State assessors where more than on,
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.
towns fail to obey. within a reasonable
time, such order Of the State highway
commission, then the commission may
proceed to do such maintenance work
and the amounts payable by SAID
towns under the provisions of this act
shall be certified by the commission tc
amount correct shall certify to treasure,
of State. and unless sooner paid 1t shall
be collected and paid in the sam
manner as any State tax against sucf