NY Hwy L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 122 - Duties of Commissioners of Appraisal.

§  122.  Duties  of  commissioners  of appraisal. The commissioners of   appraisal shall take the oath of office prescribed by the  constitution,   which  oath  shall  be  filed  in  the office of the county clerk of the   county. Upon the filing of such oath the title to the lands described in   the petition and map filed in the office of the county clerk shall  vest   in the county for the purpose of a highway forever. The commissioners of   appraisal  shall, with all reasonable diligence, proceed to examine such   highway and lands. The commissioners of appraisal shall cause  a  notice   to  be published in two such newspapers as aforesaid, once each week for   two weeks successively next preceding the day of  meeting  mentioned  in   such  notice,  that  at  a stated time and place within such county they   will meet for the purpose of hearing the parties claiming an interest in   the compensation to be awarded for the lands taken  for  such  highways.   Said  notice  shall  also  state the fact that a map or maps showing the   land acquired had been filed in the county clerk's office. At  the  time   and  place  of  said  meeting  and at any adjournment thereof which said   commissioners of appraisal shall publicly  make,  they  shall  hear  the   proofs  and  allegations of all interested parties. They may adjourn the   proceedings before them from time to time, issue subpoenas or administer   oaths in such proceedings; and shall keep minutes of  their  proceedings   and  reduce  to  writing all oral evidence given before them. They shall   thereafter make and sign a  report  in  writing,  to  which  they  shall   assess,  allow  and  state the amount of compensation to be sustained by   the owners of the several lots, pieces or parcels of land taken for  the   purposes aforesaid. Such report shall contain the names of the owners of   any  parcel  of  land  acquired  as  aforesaid,  except that in case the   commissioners of appraisal are unable to ascertain  the  names  of  such   owners,  they  may  in  place  of the names of such undiscovered parties   insert the words "unknown owners, " in their report.  The  commissioners   of  appraisal shall file their said report, together with the minutes of   their proceedings, in the office of the county  clerk  of  such  county.   After  said report shall have been completed and filed as aforesaid, the   commissioners of appraisal shall, after  publishing  a  notice  in  like   manner  as  that  provided  in  section one hundred twenty, apply to the   county court of the county or to the supreme court, at  a  special  term   thereof  to  be  held in the judicial department in which said county is   located, to have the said report confirmed. If no sufficient  reason  to   the  contrary  shall  appear,  the  court  shall  confirm  said  report.   Otherwise it may refer the  same  back  to  the  said  commissioners  of   appraisal  for  revision  or  correction;  and  after  such  revision or   correction the same proceedings  shall  be  taken  as  are  hereinbefore   provided  for,  and  the  commissioners  of  appraisal shall in the same   manner make renewed application for the confirmation of such report, and   the court shall thereupon confirm or refer back the said report and such   proceedings shall be repeated until a report shall  be  presented  which   shall be confirmed by the said court.