N.Y. Highway Law 242 – Supervisor to institute proceedings
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§ 242. Supervisor to institute proceedings. The supervisor of any such town shall, when directed by the town board, institute and prosecute proceedings under this chapter, in the name of the town, to compel the town board of such adjoining town or towns to cause the town superintendents thereof to join in the building, rebuilding or repair of any such bridge, in like manner as freeholders are thereby authorized.
Terms Used In N.Y. Highway Law 242
- Bridge: means a structure including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction such as water, highway, or railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having an opening measured along the center of the track or roadway of more than twenty feet between under croppings of abutments or spring lines or arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes and may include multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening. See N.Y. Highway Law 230
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.