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KS Stat § 68-109 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-109 Road on county or city line; petition; viewers; filing survey and plat.

68-109. Road on county or city line; petition; viewers; filing survey and plat. When it shall become necessary to establish a road on a county line, the inhabitants along such line may petition the board of commissioners of their respective counties for a view of said road in the manner hereinbefore provided; and it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners for each of the counties interested to act as viewers, or they may appoint three disinterested householders of the county, and they or a majority of each of them shall meet at the time and place named in the order of the county interested as in alphabetical order, together with the county surveyor of such county, and the commissioners or viewers shall assess all damages, and shall in all respects be governed by the preceding provisions of this act; and the commissioners or viewers and surveyor aforesaid shall make their report and certificate, in writing, for or against such road, which shall be filed and recorded in each of the counties as hereinbefore provided for. And when it shall become necessary to establish a road on the line of any city, the board of commissioners of the county, together with three householders appointed by the corporate authorities of such city, shall act as a board of viewers, who shall proceed as directed herein to lay off a road of the width that may be agreed upon by said commissioners and said corporate authorities, half on the side of the city and the other half on the side of the county, or the county commissioners and the viewers appointed by the corporate authorities may act separately in laying off so much of said road as lies within their respective jurisdictions; and the certificate of said commissioners in regard to said road and the survey and plat of the same shall be filed and recorded as in other cases, and said road shall be opened in the manner hereinbefore provided for.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 9; R.S. 1923, 68-109; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-110 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-110 Compensation of commissioners; viewers, chainmen, flagmen and markers; payment of costs and expenses.

68-110. Compensation of commissioners; viewers, chainmen, flagmen and markers; payment of costs and expenses. All persons required to render services under chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall receive compensation for each day they shall necessarily be employed, as follows, to wit: On the part of the board of county commissioners while acting as viewers, the usual salary as a county commissioner and their actual expense in going to and returning from such view. Viewers, other than members of the board of county commissioners, chain carriers, flagmen, markers, and such other labor as may be necessary, shall receive the usual prevailing wages for such employees, as determined by the board of county commissioners. The payment of said services shall be charged as costs and expenses, and paid as other costs and expenses, on the order of the commissioners: Provided, That the surveyor shall be paid for his services in the manner prescribed by law.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 10; R.S. 1923, 68-110; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 4; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-113 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-113 State-line roads; establishment; width limitation.

68-113. State-line roads; establishment; width limitation. The boards of county commissioners of counties along the state line may establish a road in the state of Kansas along such state line in the manner provided by law for the laying out of other public highways: Provided, That the portion of the road established and located on the Kansas side of the state line shall not exceed sixty (60) feet in width: Provided further, The adjacent state shall make provision for the establishing of its proportionate share of such road.History: L. 1915, ch. 292, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-113; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 5; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-114 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-114 Proceedings for change in roads; eminent domain.

68-114. Proceedings for change in roads; eminent domain. When it is found necessary to lay out, relocate, alter, widen or vacate a road or highway for the purpose of eliminating sharp turns or other dangerous places, or for the proper construction of a highway, or for the extension of a bridge or culvert, the board of county commissioners shall by order of said board lay out, relocate, alter or widen a public road and may vacate an existing road. All land required for the laying out, widening or altering of a road shall be acquired by the board of county commissioners by purchase, donation or, if the owner or owners of the land shall refuse to sell or donate said land, by exercise of the right of eminent domain pursuant to article 5 of chapter 26 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.History: L. 1921, ch. 220, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-114; L. 1976, ch. 293, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-115a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-115a Township minimum maintenance roads.

68-115a. Township minimum maintenance roads. The township board of each township may establish by resolution of the board minimum standards for road beds and road drainage.History: L. 1995, ch. 232, § 2; May 4.
KS Stat § 68-116 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-116 Prescribed width of county roads; hedges; increase of width, when.

68-116. Prescribed width of county roads; hedges; increase of width, when. The width of all county roads shall be determined by the viewers at the time of establishing the same, and shall not be more than one hundred and twenty (120) nor less than sixty (60) feet and in cases where a growing hedge or permanent improvement on or near one side of the proposed road precludes the road being laid equally on both sides of the line, the viewers may establish all or any part of said road on the side of the section line not encumbered by such improvement. The board of county commissioners shall have authority to increase the prescribed width of any existing county road or highway in any county where such board of county commissioners deem it necessary for public safety, or proper construction of such road or highway, and shall have authority to lay out, establish and construct new county roads and highways in excess of the width prescribed in the preceding sentence where necessary for public safety, or for the proper construction of such road or highway.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 12; R.S. 1923, 68-116; L. 1933, ch. 96, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1957, ch. 353, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 331, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-117 Access to public highway, when; petition; width of road and plat; payment of expenses.

68-117. Access to public highway, when; petition; width of road and plat; payment of expenses. Whenever the premises of any person shall be so completely surrounded by adjoining lands, the property of others or by such lands and water, as to be without access to any public highway, then such person may petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such premises lie for a road, and one road only, through some portion of the adjoining lands. The petition shall set forth the use and purposes of such proposed road. Upon presentation of such petition, the commissioners shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 68-101 to 68-110, both sections inclusive, and K.S.A. 68-115 and 68-116, to lay out such road, make returns of plats, and allow damages, if any should be held or allowed: Provided, Said road shall not be less than forty (40) feet nor more than one hundred (100) feet in width and shall be laid out upon the quarter or quarter-quarter section lines when practicable.The said road when so ordered by the board of county commissioners shall be platted and recorded in the office of the register of deeds and shall become a public way, subject to restrictions contained in the petition: And provided further, That the owner or owners, their grantees, successors or assigns, of the land specifically benefited by the establishment of such public road, shall forthwith pay all expenses of establishing said road, including all damages, if any should be held or allowed and thereafter forever maintain and keep the same in repair and without any expense or liability to the township or other municipality in which such road is so laid out and established.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 13; L. 1913, ch. 261, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 291, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-117; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 6; L. 1967, ch. 352, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-117a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-117a Counties having a township of 10,000 or over with no city or town; petition for laying out, viewing or altering roads; bond.

68-117a. Counties having a township of 10,000 or over with no city or town; petition for laying out, viewing or altering roads; bond. In all counties in which there is a township with a population of ten thousand or more outside of the limits of any incorporated city or town, applications for laying out roads, or for viewing, reviewing, widening or altering any road, shall be by petition to the board of county commissioners signed by the owners of not less than fifty percent of the land abutting that part of the road sought to be laid out, viewed, reviewed, widened or altered; and one or more of the signers of any petition presented as aforesaid shall enter into a bond with sufficient sureties payable to the state of Kansas for the use of the county, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned that the persons signing such bonds shall pay into the treasury of the county the amount of all costs and expenses accruing on said location, view, review, widening or alteration in case the proceedings had in pursuance of said petition shall not be finally confirmed and established; and on neglect or refusal of the persons so bound, after a liability shall have accrued, the county clerk of the county shall collect or cause to be collected such costs and expenses, and pay the same into the county treasury.History: L. 1947, ch. 352, § 1; Apr. 15.
KS Stat § 68-117c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-117c Same; hearing; publication of notice; copy of proceedings to owners; limitation on time for appeal.

68-117c. Same; hearing; publication of notice; copy of proceedings to owners; limitation on time for appeal. The board of county commissioners shall set a day for a hearing in connection with the establishment of the benefit district, and the fixing of damages and benefits, which date of hearing shall be not less than three weeks subsequent to the date of fixing of such damages and benefits.It shall thereupon be the duty of the county clerk to insert in the official county paper an appropriate notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing, which notice shall appear in such official county paper at least twice, and the date of the last notice shall be at least three days before the date set for the hearing. The county clerk shall also mail to the owner of each tract of land for which damages have been allowed, or against which benefits have been assessed, a summarized copy of the proceedings insofar as the fixing of the benefit district, and of damages and benefits is concerned, and which notice shall also set forth the time and place and purpose of the hearing. This notice shall be mailed at least five days before the date of the hearing to all owners of land taken, or within the benefit district, as shown on the records in the office of the county treasurer at the last address given at the time of the payment of the taxes: Provided, however, That failure to receive said notice shall not affect the validity of any of these proceedings. Copies of said notice, with an affidavit or affidavits of service attached, shall be filed in the county clerk's office before the date of the final hearing.Upon the date provided for above, there shall be a final hearing before the county commissioners or viewers, at which time said findings contained in said certificate of view shall be considered, and the final order entered in the record of the board of county commissioners, which may amend, modify, approve or disapprove the findings contained in the certificate of the commissioners or viewers. If no appeal to the district court is had within a period of ten days from the date of the final hearing as fixed by the county commissioners, then the award of damages and the assessment of benefits shall become final.History: L. 1947, ch. 352, § 3; Apr. 15.
KS Stat § 68-118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-118 Informational signs at intersections on township roads.

68-118. Informational signs at intersections on township roads. Each township trustee within his township is authorized to cause to be erected and kept up at the expense of the township, informational signs at the intersection of any roads under his supervision, containing an inscription in legible letters, directing the way and naming the distance to such cities as are situated on said road.History: R.S. 1923, 68-118; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 7; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-124 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-124 Private roads as public highways, maintenance.

68-124. Private roads as public highways, maintenance. Where under the laws of the state of Kansas, now in existence, or that may hereafter be enacted, any road or highway that is not a county road has been declared to be a public road or highway, it shall be the duty of the township board of the township in which such road is located to repair, place and keep in condition for travel such roads or highway. If such township board shall neglect, refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of this act, the board of county commissioners of the county may repair and put in good condition for travel such road or highway, and shall charge the expenses therefor to the township in which such road is located.History: L. 1919, ch. 250, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-124; L. 2003, ch. 115, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-126 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-126 Fences across public highways; gates; county commissioners' powers and duties.

68-126. Fences across public highways; gates; county commissioners' powers and duties. The county commissioners of any county are hereby empowered, where lands are used largely as pasture lands and wherever in their judgment the convenience of the traveling public will not be materially affected thereby, to authorize and permit the construction and maintenance of fences across public highways under their jurisdiction. Wherever such fences are permitted the board of county commissioners shall require and it shall be the duty of the person constructing or maintaining such fences to construct and maintain therein sufficient gates to accommodate travel, which gates shall be either swinging on hinges or gates that may be opened by the driver of a vehicle without alighting therefrom, or the ordinary wire gate, as the county commissioners may require. The board may also require the owner or other person constructing or maintaining such fence to construct upon such road an auto gate sufficient to enable automobiles to pass over or through such fence upon such road without stopping, and sufficient also to prevent stock passing through said fence.All orders allowing the construction of such fences and requiring the gates herein provided shall be entered upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. The said board may, in its discretion, order and direct that any gates shall remain open during certain portions of the year, the time to be fixed by said board, or in its discretion and where there is a reasonable necessity therefor and the convenience of the traveling public would not be materially affected thereby, it may order such gate or gates to be kept closed during the entire year.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 38; L. 1915, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 248, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-126; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 9; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-127 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-127 Same; penalty.

68-127. Same; penalty. Any person who shall injure or destroy, at any time, or who shall leave open any gate constructed under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-126, contrary to the intent and the purpose of said order, and at a time when by the terms of said order such gate or gates are to remain closed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $100 and costs of prosecution.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 39; L. 1915, ch. 289, § 2; Mar. 27; R.S. 1923, 68-127.
KS Stat § 68-128a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-128a Highways through pastures; maintenance, auto gates and passes; cost; liability for damages to livestock.

68-128a. Highways through pastures; maintenance, auto gates and passes; cost; liability for damages to livestock. (a) Whenever by license or custom the public is permitted to travel through any pasture lands enclosed by fences, and the owner or owners of such land shall give their consent in writing to the designation and laying out of a road across such lands, the board of county commissioners may designate such road as a public highway. After such road has been regularly designated or laid out as a public road it shall be improved and maintained in the manner and by use of the funds now provided for improving and maintaining other public roads, and the municipality charged with the improvement and maintenance of such road may construct convenient auto gates or automobile passes, or both, and pay the cost of maintenance thereof out of road maintenance funds of such municipality.(b) Where travel is through pasture lands lying west of range 15 west of the sixth principal meridian, the township board of any township or the county commissioners of any county in which any such pasture land is wholly or partially located may construct convenient auto gates or auto passes, or both, and pay the cost and maintenance thereof out of road funds without designating such road as a public highway; and upon petition signed by twenty (20) or more legal voters of a township asking the board for a road of convenience through pasture land, to be confined to section lines, the township board or county commissioners, as the case may be, may construct and maintain necessary auto gates or passes.Any user of such a road shall be personally liable for any damages to livestock caused by him while traveling such road, and no liability shall be incurred by the county, township, or landowner.History: L. 1929, ch. 231, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 10; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-131 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-131 Township sidewalks and crossings; petition; special assessments.

68-131. Township sidewalks and crossings; petition; special assessments. (a) It shall be lawful for the township board of any township to establish and maintain a sidewalk not more than five feet in width in and along the outer edge of any highway or across the same whenever a petition for such sidewalk or crossing is signed by the resident owners representing 51% or more of the property abutting upon the improvement sought to be made, and when such petition is filed with the clerk of the township board, the township board shall cause such improvement to be made and shall contract therefor and shall levy a tax for the actual cost of such improvement against the lots, parcels or pieces of land abutting upon such improvement on the front-foot basis, and the clerk of the township board shall certify the amount so levied against each lot, parcel or piece of land for such improvement to the county clerk, who shall place the same upon the assessment rolls and such tax shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes. The owner of any lot, parcel or piece of land liable to any such special assessment may redeem such owner's property from such liability by paying the entire amount chargeable against such owner's property at the time the amount of such tax is ascertained or after the issuance of the sidewalk scrip by paying the full amount of such special assessment represented by such scrip, together with the accrued interest.(b) The owners shall designate in their petitions the width and kind of sidewalks, and the board shall determine the plans and specifications and material for such improvement in accordance with such petitions, and shall issue scrip to contractors for the payment of the same for five years with interest at the rate of not to exceed 5%, 1/5 of such scrip and interest payable each year. Resident owners in this act shall be considered residents of the township wherein the improvement is sought to be made.History: L. 1919, ch. 313, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 26; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-132 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-132 Same; contracts; specifications and bids; publication notice; bond of contractor; inspector.

68-132. Same; contracts; specifications and bids; publication notice; bond of contractor; inspector. All contracts for such improvements costing more than $100 shall be in writing. At least twenty (20) days before the township board shall let any contract for such improvement, they shall cause accurate plans and complete specifications therefor, together with a detailed estimate under oath of the cost of such improvement, to be made by some competent persons and filed with the clerk of the township board, for the inspection of all persons interested therein.The township board shall advertise for bids to do such work in accordance with such plans and specifications in a newspaper in general circulation in the county where such improvement is sought to be made at least ten days before the letting. All bids shall be in writing and signed by the bidder and presented to the township board by the bidder, his agent or attorney, at a public meeting thereof, and all bids shall be considered and accepted or rejected at such meeting. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the township board may reject any and all bids and shall not accept a bid in excess of the estimated cost of such improvement. The township board shall require the successful bidder to furnish a bond in equal amount of the cost of the improvement for the full and faithful performance of the contract, and another bond running to the people of the state of Kansas, conditioned for the payment of wages earned and material furnished in the performance of the contract. Said bond shall be for the full amount of said contract and shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the county in which said township is situated.The township board shall select a competent inspector, who shall inspect and see that said work is being done in accordance with the plans and specifications; said inspector shall receive for his services the sum of three dollars ($3) per day to be taxed as costs for such improvement and said cost shall be included in the bids of the contractors.History: L. 1919, ch. 313, § 2; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-132.