Kansas Statutes 68-109. Road on county or city line; petition; viewers; filing survey and plat
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 68-109
- Board: means the board of county commissioners of counties such as defined in subsection (b) hereof;
(b) "county" means any county in which there is located any land which has been or is to be inundated as a result of the construction of any dam or reservoir by the federal government or in which there is any land which is within the "take line" of any such reservoir, and in which as a result of such construction any county road or bridge has been or is to be abandoned or relocated or is to be constructed or reconstructed on the same or another site or right of way;
(c) "federal government" shall mean the government of the United States or any agency, department or officer thereof. See Kansas Statutes 68-151m
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
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.