68-527. Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on county or township lines. - Kansas Statutes

68-527

Chapter 68.--ROADS AND BRIDGES PART I.--ROADS Article 5.--COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS

      68-527.   Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on countyor township lines.Where any township or county road is located as by law provided,upon the dividing line between two townships or two counties, it shallbe the duty of the township boards of highway commissioners, or theboards of county commissioners of the townships or counties betweenwhich such road may be located to maintain, repair or improve said roadbetween the two townships or counties, and it shall be the duty of thetownship boards or boards of county commissioners to supervise andprovide for the maintenance, repair and improving of such roads:Provided, That in case such road or roads do not, in the judgmentof the two county boards having jurisdiction, have sufficient travel tomake their upkeep sufficiently necessary to the public, the countycommissioners of the two counties may, when both boards concur, causesuch road or roads to be vacated according to law and closed under thesame conditions as provided by statute for the closing of a road withinthe county: And provided further, That in case a road is located onthe dividing line of two counties and is a county road, then it shall bethe duty of the adjoining counties to repair, maintain and improve saidroad as above provided, but if the road be a township road, then itshall be the duty of the adjoining townships to repair, maintain andimprove such road.

      History:   L. 1917, ch. 264, § 34; R.S. 1923, 68-527; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 1;June 1.