228.040. County commission required to open road, when. - Missouri Statutes

County commission required to open road, when.

228.040. When the petition required by section 228.020 is presented,and upon proof of notice having been given as required in section 228.030,if no remonstrance is filed and if the petitioners give the right-of-wayfor the proposed road or pay into the county treasury an amount of moneyequal to the whole amount of damages claimed by landowners through whoseland the proposed road would run, the county commission may open said roadif the commission determines that it is in the public interest of thecounty, and thereupon the commission shall proceed as in sections 228.010to 228.190 provided in cases where upon a hearing the commission finds* itnecessary to establish a road.

(L. 1949 p. 551 § 8475, A.L. 2006 S.B. 932)

*Word "find" appears in original rolls.