Pennsylvania Act 1927-290 — GRASS AND SHRUBS AUTHORIZED TO BE PLANTED ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS

Act text

GRASS AND SHRUBS AUTHORIZED TO BE PLANTED ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS
                 Act of Apr. 27, 1927, P.L. 450, No. 290              Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Highways to cause grasses, shrubs,
        and vines to be planted and maintained along State highways,
        and providing penalties for the unauthorized trimming,
        removing or damaging the same.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Department of
     Highways may cause grasses, shrubs, and vines to be planted and
     maintained along State highways, the same to be paid for as a
     part of the cost of construction or maintenance of the road, and
     may enter into agreements with the Department of Forests and
     Waters regarding the planting and maintenance of such; and it
     shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or
     corporation, to cut, trim, remove, or otherwise damage any
     grasses, shrubs, or vines growing within the limits of a State
     highway, and which have been heretofore or shall hereafter be
     planted by any person or agency other than the abutting property
     owner, and without first having obtained the consent of the
     Secretary of Highways in writing, and any person or persons,
     firm or corporation who shall cut, trim, remove, or otherwise
     damage such grasses, shrubs, or vines without first having
     obtained such written consent, shall be subject to a fine of not
     less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or more than one hundred
     dollars ($100.00), for each and every act of cutting, trimming,
     removal, or damaging: Provided, however, That this act shall not
     be construed to permit the department to interfere with the
     right of any abutting property owner to establish entrances to
     his property from State highways at any point or points at which
     such owner may desire to establish such entrances.