The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-04-12

and county aid, as provided In sec
ton one of this act they. shall noti-
fy the municipal officers of the town
or towns or the county commission
ers having Jurisdiction of the roads
in any unorganzed township, In
which said bridge is located. and the
county commissioners Of the county
or counties in which said bridge Is
located, to meet with them for the
purpose Of examining into and deter
mining whether public convenience
and necessity require the building or
rebuilding of said bridge and the
state highway commission shall
make necessary surveys and plans OF
said bridge for the use OF said board
The decision of the board or ma
iority thereof, as provided for in this
section IS to be final and conclusive
50 that said section as amended shall
read as follows:
Section q When the municipal
officers Of any town deem that any
bridge on any main thorughfare must
be built or rebuilt and, in their judg
mcnt the expense Of the construction
Will entitle the municipality to state
and county aid az provided in section
one Of this act. they shall petition
the commissioners of the county or
counties in which said\bridge is, orl
NAV be built or rebuilt and the state
highway commission to meet with
them for the purpose of examining
into and determining whether pubic
convenience and necessity require the
building or rebuilding Of said bridge;
said petition to be accompanied by
such plans OF survey as may be d.
rected TO be made by the state high
way commission. The said municipal
officers together with the county
commissioners and the state highway
commission, shall constitute board
to determine the necessity OF build
ing or rebuilding said bridge. also
the form OF construction The deci-
sion of said board or a majority
thereof is to be final and conclusive.
The state highway commission
shall appoint a time and place for
the meeting of said board and give
such notice thereof as they Shall sec
fit.
When the county commissioners of
any county deem that any bridge on
any main thoroughfare in any unor-
ganized township in said county,
must be built or rebuilt, and in their
judgment the expense of the con-
struction will cntitle the owners
thereof to state and county aid as
provided in section one of this act,
they shall petition the state highway
commission to meet with them fpfI
the purpose OF examining into and
determining whether public conyen-
fence and necessity require the build
ing or rebuilding Of said bridge; SAID
petition TO be accom- panied by such
plans Of survey as may be directed
to be made by the state highway
commissions The said county COM
missiouers and state highway com
mission shall constitute a board to de-
terrnine the necessity of building or
rebuilding said bridge also the form
OF construction Tho decision of said
board or a majority thereof is to bel
final and conclusive.
Tho state highway commission
Shall appoint a time and place for
the meeting Of said board and giveI
such notice thereof as they shall see
fit.
When the state highway commission
shall deem that any bridge on any
state or state aid highway must be
built or rebuilt and. in their judg-
ment, the expense Of the construction
will entitle the town, or owners OF
the unorganiZed township, TO state
and county aid, as provided in sec
ton one of this act they shall notify
the municipal officers of the town or
towns, or the county commissioners
having Jurisdiction OF the roads IN
any unorganized township. in which,
said bridge is located, and the coun-
ty commissioners Of the county orr
counties in which said bridge Is To-
Gated. to meet with them for the
purpose Of examining into and deter
mining whether public convenience
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or rebuilding OF said bridge and theI
state highway commission snail make
necessary surveys and plans OF said
bridge for the use OF said board. The
decision of the board or majority
thereof. as provided for in this sec
ton Is. To he final and conclusive
Section ,. Section three. of said
chapter three hundred and nineteenI
OF the public laws OF nineteen humid
red and fifteen, is amended by in
sorting at the end OF the first para
graph OF said section the following
paragraph:
The county commissioners OF any
county whore Il bridge is TO be built
or rebuilt In any unOrganized town
ship are authorized and required to-
assess upon said township such sums
as may be required to build or re
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last state valuation the whole ex-
pense thereof shall be added to their
next assessment on said township
for repairs authorized by sectionI
sixty OF chapter ten of the revised
statutes which assessment shall
create a lien upon said township for
tho whole amount thereof as effect
ualy as Is now provided in relation
to repairs on such county road. That
portion of said assessment which is
for building or repairing said bridge
aforesaid, shall be set down in the
assessment in distinct items in a sep
arate column and shall be enforced
as Is provided in section stxty-one
OF chapter ten OF the revised stat
utes. 50 that said section. as amend
ed, shall read as follows;
Section g. II the board shall de-
eide that public convenience and
necessity require the building or re-
building Of the bridge, it shall be
the duty of the state highway COM
mission to prepare plans. specifica-
lions and estimates of the cost OF
said construction and at a subse-
quent meeting Of the board submit
tho same for approval. Upon ap-
proYal OF said plans and speciflea-
tons by a majority Of the board, the
state highway commission shall pro-
coed 10 let contracts for all work
called for by said plans and specifi-
cations as soon as the town or towns
and the county or counties Interested
shall have paid into the state treasury
their proportional shares of the es-
tmated cost OF the construction In
case any county or town unreas3n-
ably neglects or refuses TO pay into
the state treasury its proportional
part OF the estimated cost of con-
struction which may be due and pay
able under the provisions of this act.
then the state treasurer ma? out OF
any funds in the state treasury due