Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 2616. Acceptance of bridge donated to county

(a) The commissioners of any county may accept, take charge of and enter upon the records as a county bridge, any bridge within the county which has been built at the expense of private persons or by public subscriptions, and has been opened to free public travel, used by the public and become necessary and convenient for the use of the public, upon notice in writing of the persons who built it or of the subscribers to the original subscription on which the money was raised to build the same, or the heirs or assigns of such persons or subscribers, or of a duly authorized board of trustees representing such persons or subscribers, that they desire to give the bridge to the county in which it is located. Where the bridge crosses the boundary line between two counties, the person or the person's heirs or the assignees, subscribers or trustees representing the person shall give notice in writing to the county commissioners of each county of the intention to donate the bridge to the counties jointly.

(b) Deleted by 1981, May 1, P.L. 25, No. 11, § 6, imd. effective.

(c) All costs shall be paid out of the treasury of the county. The commissioners may require the owner of said bridge to file, together with their notice, a bond sufficient to secure payment of the costs.