2006 Minnesota Statutes

164.13 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.13 EXPENSES OF CERTAIN TOWN LINE ROADS.
    Subdivision 1. Bridges. In all cases where a road other than a county road, a county state-aid
highway or trunk highway is on the line between two towns, whether the towns are in the same
county or not, it shall be the duty of the towns to bear jointly and in equal shares the expense
of constructing and maintaining any bridge on the road as made necessary by the construction
of a drainage ditch or by reason of the changing, widening or alteration of any drainage ditch,
or by reason of the altering or changing of any watercourse.
    Subd. 2. Ditches. In any proceeding for the establishment and construction of any drainage
ditch or the changing, widening or alteration of any such ditch, or the altering of any watercourse,
as specified in this section, each of the towns charged by the provisions of this section with the
obligation of constructing and maintaining any bridge because of any such improvements, shall
be awarded and paid one-half of the total damages awarded for the construction of the bridge by
reason of the obligation to construct and maintain the bridge.
History: 1959 c 500 art 5 s 13