Section 67-5-12 - Duties of road viewers; plats. - New Mexico Statutes

67-5-12. [Duties of road viewers; plats.]

The viewers shall meet at the time and place specified in the warrant, and commence at the place designated in said petition, as the starting point of the road sought to be altered, widened, changed or laid out and established, the said viewers shall proceed to view and mark out the same by setting stakes, blazing trees, turning a furrow or other appropriate monuments to the terminus named in the petition by the most practicable and convenient route that they in their judgment can find. They shall assess the benefits and damages accruing to all persons by reason of the alteration, widening, changing or laying out of such road, and award to any person damages in excess of the benefits accruing to him or them a sum equal to such excess. And if the viewers or a majority of them, be of the opinion that the road should be altered, widened, changed or laid out and established, they shall cause a survey and plat of the same to be made by the county surveyor, or other competent person, giving the courses and distances and specifying the land over which the road extends.