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N.Y. Highway Law § 184: When officers of different towns disagree about highway

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  1. Highway Law
  2. Article 8. Town Highways

§ 184. When officers of different towns disagree about highway. When

the town superintendent of any town or officers of any village or city

having the powers of town superintendents shall differ with the town

superintendent or superintendents of any other town or with the officers

of such a village or city having the powers of town superintendents in

the same county, relating to the laying out of a new highway or altering

an old highway, extending into both towns, or a town and a village or

city, or upon the boundary line between such towns or such town and a

village or city, or when a town superintendent of a town in one county

shall differ with the town superintendent of a town or the officers of a

village or city having the powers of town superintendents in another

county, relating to the laying out of a new highway, or the altering of

an old highway, which shall extend into both counties, or be upon the

boundary line between such counties, the town superintendents of both

towns or the officers of the village or city having such powers shall

meet on five days' written notice, specifying the time and place, within

some one of such towns, villages or cities, given by either of such town

superintendents, or officers having powers of town superintendents, to

make their determination in writing, upon the subject of their

differences. If they cannot agree, they or either of them may certify

the fact of their disagreement to the supreme court in the judicial

district where all or part of the proposed highway is located; and upon

due notice to all persons interested view the proposed highway, or

proposed alteration of a highway, and take such evidence as it deems

proper, and shall decide all questions that shall arise on the hearing,

as to the laying out or altering of such highway, its location, width,

grade and character of roadbed, or any point that may arise relating

thereto; if supreme court determines in favor of opening or altering any

highway it shall order that all proceedings thereto are in conformance

with the eminent domain procedure law.

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