Pennsylvania Act 1931-203 — TOWNSHIP STATE HIGHWAY LAW

Act text

TOWNSHIP STATE HIGHWAY LAW
                 Act of Jun. 22, 1931, P.L. 594, No. 203              Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     Establishing certain township roads as State highways;
        authorizing their construction, maintenance, and improvement
        under certain conditions and restrictions; limiting the
        obligation of the Commonwealth in the construction of certain
        structures located on such highways; conferring certain
        powers upon the Department of Highways and local authorities,
        persons, associations and corporations for sharing the cost
        of the maintenance and construction of such highways; and
        making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of said
        act.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the following sections
     of township roads are hereby adopted by the Commonwealth as
     State highways, to be taken over upon the terms and conditions
     and subject to the limitations hereinafter contained, and
     thereafter to be maintained and constructed at the expense of
     the Commonwealth upon the terms and conditions and subject to
     the limitations hereinafter provided.

        Compiler's Note:  Pursuant to the provisions of Concurrent
     Resolution No. 131, approved June 22, A. D. 1931, authorizing
     the Secretary of the Commonwealth, with the approval of the
     Governor, to print only the general sections of Act 203 in the
     Pamphlet Laws, sections two to sixty-seven, inclusive,
     describing the various State highway routes in each county, have
     been eliminated. Act 203 has been printed in its entirety in a
     separate volume as authorized by said resolution. Only those
     portions of Act 203 which were printed in the Pamphlet Laws are
     carried in the database.
        Section 68.  The township roads hereinbefore described shall
     be taken over by the Commonwealth, through the Department of
     Highways, not later than the fifteenth day of August, one
     thousand nine hundred thirty-one, subject, however, to the
     following exceptions:
        (a)  No township road, or part thereof, described in the
     foregoing sections of this act, shall be taken over by the
     Commonwealth, if an order or decree for the improvement thereof
     has been issued, until there has been full compliance with the
     terms of such order or decree.
        (b)  No township road, or part thereof, described in the
     foregoing sections of this act, shall be taken over by the
     Commonwealth, if a contract for the improvement thereof has been
     entered into between a contractor and the Commonwealth or the
     local authorities, or both, until the contract has been
     completed.
        (c)  No township road, or part thereof, described in the
     foregoing sections of this act, shall be taken over, if an
     agreement has been entered into between the local authorities
     and the Commonwealth or any other party for the maintenance or
     construction of such road, even though no formal contract has
     been executed pursuant to such agreement and no work has been
     done, until the terms of the agreement have been fulfilled or
     the agreement has been cancelled by the local authorities.
        Section 69.  (69 repealed June 1, 1945, P.L.1242, No.428)
        Section 70.  (70 repealed June 1, 1945, P.L.1242, No.428)
        Section 71.  (71 repealed June 1, 1945, P.L.1242, No.428)
        Section 72.  (72 repealed June 1, 1945, P.L.1242, No.428)
        Section 73.  It is the intention of the General Assembly,
     that, if this act cannot take effect in its entirety because of
     the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction holding
     unconstitutional any part or parts thereof, the remaining
     provisions of the act shall be given full force and effect as
     completely as though the part or parts held unconstitutional had
     not been included herein.
        Section 74.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     be and the same are hereby repealed.
        Section 75.  This act shall become effective upon its
     approval by the Governor.