Pennsylvania Act 1903-99 — TOWNSHIP ROADS, WIDENING AND ALTERATION

Act text

TOWNSHIP ROADS, WIDENING AND ALTERATION
                  Act of Apr. 3, 1903, P.L. 137, No. 99               Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     To widen and alter, or to widen or alter, public roads, in
        townships in this Commonwealth, connecting a city with a
        city, a city with a borough, or a borough with a borough; and
        providing for the assessment of damages, and their payment to
        persons injured by such altering or widening.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases where
     public roads, or parts thereof, in townships of this
     Commonwealth, connecting a city with a city, a city with a
     borough, or a borough with a borough, or connecting one part of
     a city with another part of the same city, shall have become
     inconvenient and burdensome, and shall require altering and
     widening, or either altering or widening, to meet the
     requirements of public travel thereon, it shall be lawful for
     the court of quarter sessions, by the same process now provided
     for opening and laying out public roads, to alter and widen, or
     either alter or widen, such roads, vacating such part or parts
     of the said old roads as are rendered useless by such
     alteration: Provided, That upon a petition, the width of the
     road so widened shall be fixed by the court, on recommendation
     of the viewers, and damages, taking into account benefits
     conferred, shall be awarded and paid according to the provisions
     of the act of June thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and
     thirty-six, and its supplements: Provided further, That in
     addition to the powers conferred upon the viewers by this act,
     they are hereby authorized and shall assess the cost of such
     widening and altering, or either widening or altering, of such
     road to the respective cities and boroughs, or city and borough
     and townships, or township, as the case may be, in such
     proportion as to them may seem equitable and just, taking into
     consideration benefits derived by such widening and altering, or
     either widening or altering, to the cities or borough, or city
     and borough and townships, or township, connected by and through
     which said such road may pass; and in case such widening or
     altering, or either, is made necessary in part by the use of
     such road by a corporation, or corporations, then the viewers
     shall have further power to assess such corporation, or
     corporations, such part of the cost of widening and altering, or
     either, as the viewers may agree is just and reasonable.
        (1 amended Jun. 1, 1907, P.L.372, No.267)