1913—Chapter 243—244. 681
Sec. 5. That all laws aud clauses of laws in conflict with this
act are hevebj- repealed.
Sec. 6. That this act shall be in force from and after its rati-fication.
Katifletl this the 3d day of March, A. D. 1913.
CHAPTER 244.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF
ROXBORO SO AS TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONERS OF
SAID TOWN TO CONSTRUCT. SIDEWALKS AT THE EX-PENSE
OF PROPERTY-OWNERS.
The General AsscinhJy of \orth Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The commissioners of the town of Roxboro may. Authority to order
upon the written petition of a majority of the persons owning sidewalks.
land abutting on the proposed sidewalk, cause sidewalks of con-crete
or other approved material to be laid along one or both
sides of any street, or section of any street, of said town at the
expense of the persons owning said property in the manner here-inafter
provided : Provided, such sidewalks shall be laid only in Proviso: power
continuation or extension of other paved sidewalks on the same ^i^^^
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or from intersection with other streets whose sidewalks,
on one or both sides, shall have been thus improved at the point
of intersection.
Sec. 2. Sidewalks constructed under this act, on any street, shall Continuity.
be continuous from one intersecting street to another, or from
the corporate limits of said town to the nearest Intersection of
the street on which said sidewalk is being constructed bj^ another
street : Provided, that where same would not occasion a break Proviso: power to
in the continuity of the sidewalk, the commissioners, at the request
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of any person owning property adjacent to said proposed side-walk,
may exempt said property, either entirely or in part, from
the provisions of this act : Provided, the commissioners may Proviso: power to
withdraw said exemption, and. after notice to said owner, cause ^i^n
"^"^^^ exemp-the
sidewalk to be extended along the line of said property.
Sec. 3. The width, material, grades, and manner of construct- Width, material,
ing said sidewalks shall be within the discretion of the commis- ftruc^ion.*^
sioners; and when any sidewalk shall have been constructed Power of recon-otherwise
than under the supervision of the said town, the said
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commissioners may, if they deem it necessary, cause same to be
taken up and reconstructed in the manner required, aud the owner
or owners of the property abutting ou such sidewallv shall be
assessed with the cost of same in the manner hereinafter provided.
Where such sidewalk forms a part of a line of sidewalk, a part Sidewalks ordered
of which is, according to the requirements of the town, or where it
^''^l^^^* petition.
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