Pennsylvania Act 1899-70 — TURNPIKES - REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF

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TURNPIKES - REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF
                  Act of Apr. 28, 1899, P.L. 79, No. 70               Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     Supplementary to an act approved the second day of June, Anno
        Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, entitled
        "An act authorizing the condemnation of turnpikes, roads or
        highways, heretofore or hereafter constructed, wholly, or in
        part, in any county of this Commonwealth, for public use,
        free from tolls and toll gates, and the assessment, upon the
        proper county, of the damages to which the owner or owners
        thereof may be entitled, by a jury of viewers, duly appointed
        by the court of quarter sessions of the proper county, and
        providing for the maintenance of any such condemned turnpike,
        road or highway by the proper city, township or district,"
        extending its provisions, so as to authorize the
        condemnation of any turnpike, road or highway, in whole or in
        part located upon the line dividing two counties, and to
        assess the damages, payable to the owner or owners thereof
        equitably between such two counties.

        Section 11.  Repair and maintenance of condemned turnpike
        When any turnpike, or portion thereof, shall have been
     condemned, under the provisions of this act, for public use,
     free of tolls or toll gates, and the assessment of damages
     therefor shall have been paid by the proper county, such
     turnpike, or portion thereof, shall be properly repaired and
     maintained at the expense of the proper city, township or
     district, as other public roads or streets therein are by law
     repaired and maintained.  1899, April 28, P.L. 79, Sec. 11.