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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For the purpose of opening and keeping in repair any road now or hereafter to be laid out, by authority of law, on the line between the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, it shall be the duty of the road supervisors, or other officer or officers having charge of the public roads in any two adjoining townships through which such road may pass, one of which shall be on either side of said line, to meet annually on the first day of April, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, and lay off so much of said road as shall lie between such adjoining townships into sections not exceeding one mile in length, as they may think most convenient, and suitably mark the same, and divide said sections equally between said adjoining townships, and cause a record thereof to be made on the book of the township clerk of said adjoining townships, respectively; and it is hereby made the duty of said clerks to make such record; and thenceforth it shall be the duty of such supervisors, or other officer or officers as aforesaid, to open and keep in repair such portion or portions of such road, as may thus be allotted to the township of which they may be supervisors, or other officers as aforesaid, respectively, under the same penalties as or may be imposed upon such officers by the road laws of said states, respectively.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 2361. Repair of roads on state line - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-36-ps-highways-and-bridges/pa-st-sect-36-2361/
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