N.Y. Highway Law § 154: Erection of guide boards

§ 154. Erection of guide boards. The town superintendent may, with the

consent of the town board, cause guide posts with proper inscriptions

and devices to be erected at the intersections of such highways therein,

as may be necessary, which shall be kept in repair by him at the expense

of the town. Upon written application to him, of five resident taxpayers

of any town or twenty resident taxpayers of the county in which such

town is located, requesting the erection of one or more guide boards at

the intersection of highways in such town, it shall be his duty to cause

to be erected at the intersections mentioned in such application, such

guide boards indicating the direction, distances and names of the towns,

villages or cities to or through which such intersecting highways run.

Such application shall designate the highway intersections at which such

guide boards are requested to be erected, and may contain suggestions as

to the inscriptions and devices to be placed upon such boards. The cost

of the erection and maintenance of such boards shall be a town charge.

If the town superintendent refuses or neglects for a period of sixty

days after receiving such application to comply with the request

contained therein, he shall, for such neglect or refusal, forfeit to the

town, the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered by the supervisor

in the name of the town and the amount so recovered shall be set apart

for the erection of such guide boards.