The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon

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Section
1

Jurisdiction; Notice; Hearings

Section
2

Petition; Recognizance

Section
3

Notice of Proposed Taking and View or Hearing; Publication

Section
4

View of Premises; Adjudication

Section
5

Procedure on Objections to Proposal

Section
6

Changes Between Termini; Establishment of Building Lines

Section
7

Taking Land or Easement by Eminent Domain; Damages

Section
8

Construction Requirements; Payment of Expenses

Section
9

Culverts and Cattle Passes

Section
10

Specific Repair of Ways

Section
11

Relocation

Section
11a

Entry Upon Private Lands for Purpose of Reconnaissances, Surveys, Soundings, Inspections and Examinations

Section
12

Payment of Damages and Costs of Construction

Section
13

Payment of Expenses of Rejected Petitions

Section
14

Failure by Municipalities to Construct Highways Laid Out by Commissioners

Section
15

Remedy Against Delinquent Municipalities

Section
16

Payment of County's Share of Expense

Section
17

Jurisdiction

Section
18

Notice to County Commissioners of Final Action on Petitions

Section
19

Appeal to County Commissioners

Section
20

Applicability to Railroad Crossings

Section
21

Authority to Lay Out Ways

Section
22

Notice of Intention

Section
23

Filing and Acceptance of Plan

Section
24

Taking by Eminent Domain; Damages

Section
25

Sewers and Pipes

Section
26

27 - Repealed, 1985, 276

Section
28

Completion of Way by County Commissioners

Section
29

Private Ways; Laying Out, Relocation or Alteration by Commissioners

Section
30

Discontinuance by Commissioners

Section
31

Costs for Hearing Petitions; Recognizance

Section
32

Report of Laid Out, Relocated or Altered Roads; Recordation

Section
32a

Abandonment of Municipal Ways

Section
32b

Taking Slope Easement to Protect Ways

Section
32c

Easements for Erection of Snow Fences

Section
33

Footways

Section
34

Reserved Spaces Along Ways; Rights of Pedestrians Injured by Streetcars

Section
35

Bicycle Paths

Section
35a

Laws Relative to Public Ways; Definition

Section
36

Penalty for Misuse of Bicycle Paths

Section
37

Building Lines

Section
38

Acquisition of Land for Road Materials

Section
39

Commencement of Proceedings

Section
40

Definitions

Section
40a

Excavations; Notice

Section
40b

Designation of Location of Underground Facilities

Section
40c

Excavator's Responsibility to Maintain Designation Markings; Damage Caused by Excavator

Section
40d

Local Laws Requiring Excavation Permits; Public Ways

Section
40e

Violations of Secs. 40a to 40e; Punishment

Section
41

42 - Repealed, 1980, 502, Sec. 2