Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11


hundred and nineteen. is hereby fur
ther amended by striking out all Of
said section, and substituting there
for the following section. so that said
section as amended. shall read as fol-
lows:
Sec. L.. The state highway COM
mission shall have supervision OF all
construction work and no payment
shall be made on account of any Of
proved by said state highway COM
mission. On completion of any
bridge the state highway commission
shall render an itemized statement
/ of the complete cost of the construc-
ton to the town or towns and the
county or counties interested and to
the state treasurer. If there remain
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 es-
timated cost. the town or towns and
the county or counties. interested
shall forthwith. on receipt of said
ltemized statement. forward to the
| treasurer of state their proportional
| shares OF such additional cost. Any
material saivaged from an existing
| structure rebuilt under the provi-
sions Of this act shall be the prop
| erty of the town or towns in which
the bridge is located. providing the
town or towns use such material for
bridge structures; otherwise the
| state highway commission may dis
pose of the material in any manner
1t deems proper. creditins any
amount received from the sale there
| of to the joint fund for the con-
struction of the bridge. In case any
county or town unrcasonably ne
| elects or refuses to pay into the state
| treasury Its proportional part of the
estimated cost of construction which
| may be due and payable under the
| provisions Of this act or its proper
| tlonal part OF the excess cost of
| construction above the estimated
cost. then the state treasurer shall,
! out OF any funds in the state treas
| ury. due said county or town. pay
| such proportional part and deduct
me amount SO paid from any sum
| IN the state treasury due said county
or town. In case such funds due or
| to become due any town or county
| from the state treasury in any one
year do not equal or exceed the
| towns or countNs share of either
| the estimated cost or the actual cost
| of a bridge. the construction of
which is provided for under the terms
or TINS act then an action of debt in
| the name of the state treasurer may
| be maintained against such dein-
| Quent county or town to recover any
| sum so due the state. but these rene
! dies shall he in addition to. and not
| exclusive of, other remedies afforded
by law for. the proper enforcement
of the provisions of this chapter
| , Sec. .. Section five of chapter
| three hundred and nineteen of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
! hfteen, as amended by section four
or chapter TWO hundred and forty
| three Of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and nineteen is hereby fur
| ther amended by striking out all of
| SAID section and substituting there
/ for the following section. so that sa id
section as amended, shall read as fol-
Sec. 5. When a bridge is to be
| built or rebuilt under the provisions
| or this act. which bridge crosses the
boundary line between Two or more
| towns. IN the same or different
counties. all the foregoing provisions
shali apply to each or all towns and
70 the county or counties involved
| IN such cases the municipal officers
or each of said towns and the com
! mIssioners of the county or counties
shail sit upon the board provided for
| IN section one. Notice of compIetc
cost Of construction shall be for
warded to each town and each coun-
! ty involved. The proportional part.
Of the cost borne by the towns or
| by the counties under the provisions
| or section two 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 absence
OF any legal agreement or Legislative
enactment in effect January one,
| ulatine si,rh di,ieinn Of cn.t H. ies
! Sec. 6. Section Nina
| three hundred and nineteen of tho
| fifteen. is horchv an,onaad ~. ~ anu
| ing the follow inc. nnra,-,a ~ t'i,,t.
| the frSt sentence of said section:
| w heneNcr temporary means are
| over ar .rn,,nd . h,i.a - ram
| highway co,nIni.sio,' h,,t ,ne >t"',
cause to be erected ca,iti,, si,sn. ~ ~
be conspicuousIy nIaced at oarh 'a cd NJ
| of the constructioi1 ,yorl, ma - 49,
| tances of ,xo bm,droI - at us
! dred feet thcrofran, ,,ho, W. ~ w nun
bic. These signs shall dis nj pos ~
following words: .Erfdgo ''"I 49, d,r
| Construction paes -. uII'
/ Maine Stat" IIirhwa, ro ,omf r1s rvs, i;
! coniunntinn Va. ~. iiaS uIHpidT Signs, IN
limitims the sr re-, 'h Iood Mafnlh hs Signs,
| ferrod over tcmnorarU , -" ~ =. rs
J detours TO such Uaieh, os ~ - i anu
| necessary for tbo % 81 uteiIs
! property so that said e oi nie or
amended. shall read as foIlow si'" as
| Sec. o The atatn tajI
liable to any nerson or r" oi,.r, not ne
struct i ,aS 90, at1Sihg from The con
ment of anv bridge bIilt or rah,,;It
! under the farms ~ VI Isplllle
ever temporary means 40 VIM
| for .ba trau 'iieeHS are provided
around a hridae ~; ~ trainc over or
| way commissions Sail ' 49, sac nlsh-
| to be erected cartion -; OK cause
| conspicuoIIslv nlacnd ~, s,s, h TO De
the constructinn waril "a adli eiia Oh
| tances of two hundred tn 'u tiya , us
| dred feet therefrnn, NJ uI ha ~ I'VE nun
| BILE. These signs shall dis pI posIio
| foJiowin~ n,orI, si:all utspidy the
| struction. Pass at vn,.r IN, u.lier Ioh-
| State Highway Commission III
| commission NAV dierin, me
! conjunction with the wta,,,i 1s NJ; III