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Section 1Repair of highways and town ways at expense of towns
Section 2Repair of bridge by two or more towns; repair of drawbridge
Section 3Enforcement of order for repair
Section 4Warrants against delinquent towns
Section 5Appropriation for construction, repair, and maintenance of highway through two or more towns
Section 5ARemoval of snow or ice; equipment and employees
Section 6Sanding of tarred ways
Section 7Duties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners
Section 7ANotice of repair, construction or reconstruction of road or highway
Section 8Fences, gates or bars to prevent spread of disease; removal
Section 9Ditches by side of ways
Section 10Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages
Section 11State aid for keeping highway open in winter
Section 11AMaintenance of highways constructed or improved in whole or in part by county
Section 12Meeting of proprietors and occupants of private way or bridge; warrant; clerk and surveyor
Section 13Refusal or neglect of proprietor or occupant to comply with vote
Section 14Financing repairs
Section 15Personal injuries or property damage from defective ways
Section 16Damage caused by excessive load
Section 17Injury or damage caused by snow or ice
Section 18Notice of injury; contents; limitation of action
Section 19Service of notice
Section 20Omissions in notice; notice of insufficiency
Section 21Notice to owner of private property
Section 22Neglect to repair way; penalty
Section 23Dedicated ways
Section 24Damage from defects in dedicated ways
Section 25Repairs made on way within six years of injury
Section 26Liability of abutting lot owner
Section 27Excavations abutting public way; liability of owners
Section 27AErection of barriers at excavations abutting public ways; duty of owner; penalty