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§ 1988. Widening of roads; power of courts

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges
Chapter 6. Public Roads in General (Refs & Annos)
Changing and Vacating Roads (Refs & Annos)
Jurisdiction and Powers of Courts
36 P.S. § 1988
§ 1988. Widening of roads; power of courts
Currentness
In addition to the powers now given to the courts of quarter sessions by the act of June 13, 1836,1 it may be lawful for them on petition under the same rules and restrictions regulating proceedings for laying out and vacating public roads, to grant the orders for widening all such roads as are now, or hereafter may be laid out, reserving to those persons who may consider themselves damnified, the right of submitting their claims to a board of viewers, as is now provided in cases of laying out roads: Provided, That no road shall in any case exceed fifty feet in width.

Credits

1850, May 8, P.L. 713, § 8.

Footnotes

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See 36 P.S. § 1981 et seq.
36 P.S. § 1988, PA ST 36 P.S. § 1988
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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