KRS 179.360: Engineer to examine toll bridges -- Owner to repair bridge -- Engineer to

repair bridge when owner fails.

(1) Whenever complaint in writing, on oath, is made to the county engineer that a

privately owned toll bridge in the county is unsafe for public use, the county

engineer shall immediately cause an examination of the bridge to be made, and if he

finds that the bridge is unsafe for public use, he shall immediately notify the owner

of the toll bridge or an agent of the owner that he has carefully exam ined the bridge

on complaint and found it unsafe for public use. The owner shall immediately

commence repairing the bridge and cause the necessary repairs to be made within

one (1) week from the day the notice is given, or within reasonable time thereafter .

No toll shall be charged for the use of the bridge until it is fully repaired.

(2) When the owner fails to repair the bridge as provided in subsection (1) of this

section, the county engineer shall cause the repairs to be made and the owners of the

bridge shall be liable for the expense thereof and for the services of a foreman at

three dollars ($3) per day, and upon the neglect or refusal to pay such expenses

upon presentation of any account thereof, the county engineer may recover expenses

by action in the name of the county.