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Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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17-8-24 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road Assembly of Pedestrians or Vehicles in Obstruction of Traffic Pedestrians and drivers of automobiles and other vehicles shall not congregate or assemble such automobiles or other vehicles upon, travel upon, or otherwise oc… Proofed
17-8-25 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road No Vehicle to be Operated by Person Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Drugs or Narcotics; Revocation of Operator’s or Chauffeur’s License No person shall drive or operate any vehicle, motor driven or otherwise, upon any public road or street in this State, while intoxicated, or under the influence… Proofed
17-8-26 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road Transcript of Judgment for Violation of Motor Vehicle Laws to be Transmitted to Commission Whenever a conviction is had in any court of record, or in a justice’s court, or in the police court of any incorporated municipality, for the violation of any … Proofed
17-8-27 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road Department of Public Safety, Sheriffs, Constables, Justices and Other Officers to Assist in Policing Roads It shall be the duty of the department of public safety of the State, its officers and police, all sheriffs, deputies, constables, justices of the peace, mayors… Proofed
17-8-28 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road Traffic Regulations Prescribed by Commission; Penalties The state road commission, in collaboration with the superintendent of public safety, shall adopt and promulgate regulations, not in conflict with any law, to b… Proofed
17-9-1 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Classification of Roads The public roads of this State shall be divided into two classes, to be known, respectively, as “state roads” and “county-district roads.” “State roads” shall i… Proofed
17-9-2 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Where Road Authority Vested The authority and control over the construction, maintenance and regulation of all public roads within the State is hereby vested in the state road commission, … Proofed
17-9-3 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Jurisdiction of Highways Transferred to Counties by State All roads, bridges and landings which have heretofore, by legislative enactment, been transferred from the State to the several counties thereof, and their cont… Proofed
17-9-4 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Right of Eminent Domain The state road commission, as to state roads, and the county court of any county, as to county-district roads, may acquire by right of eminent domain any land o… Proofed
17-9-5 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Power to Classify Roads and Streets and Regulate Use of Same by Tractors, Traction Engines and Commercial Vehicles The legislature hereby confers upon, and expressly delegates to, the state road commission, as to state roads, the several county courts of this State, as to co… Proofed
17-9-6 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Use of Roads or Streets May be Restricted or Prohibited When Damages Likely to Accrue Thereto The legislature hereby confers upon and expressly delegates to the state road commission, as to state roads, the several county courts of this State as to count… Proofed
17-9-7 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Restricted Authority of Counties and Cities to Regulate Traffic and the Use of Vehicles The provisions of this chapter shall apply in general throughout the State, and, except as a provided in the two preceding sections of this article, no politica… Proofed
17-9-8 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Damage to Roads by Heavy Loading or Unusual Traffic; Assessment of Cost of Repair and Maintenance Whenever any person, firm or corporation has damaged or is likely to damage, by means of heavy loading or unusual traffic, any county-district or state road to … Proofed
17-9-9 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Prohibition of and Liability for Destructive Use of Highway Nothing in the general rules contained in this chapter regulating traffic shall be so construed as to authorize the use of any road, street or alley by any pers… Proofed
17-9-10 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Notice of Maximum Weight on Bridge; Liability for Injury From Excessive Weight It shall be the duty of the commission, the county court of each county, and the incorporated towns and cities of this State, to post and keep posted on or at e… Proofed
17-9-11 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Sidewalks Along Public Roads; Penalty for Injuring Whenever, in the judgment of the state road commission or the county court of any county, the safety or convenience of the traveling public demands it, the stat… Proofed
17-9-12 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Protection of Roadbed; Crossings by Railroads, Pipe or Other Lines No railroad or electric or other railway shall be constructed upon the roadbed of any state or county-district road, except to cross the same, nor shall any per… Proofed
17-9-13 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets When Railroads Are Required to Mak State or County-District Roads Safe for Travel; Procedure The circuit court of the county in which is located any state or county-district road, or any portion thereof, which has been taken for electric or other railwa… Proofed
17-9-14 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Elimination of Grade Crossings; Jurisdiction The state road commission, as to state roads, the several county courts, as to county-district roads, and the councils or other governing bodies of the municipa… Proofed
17-9-15 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Same; Order; Contents Whenever, in the judgment of the state road commission, the several county courts, or the several councils or other governing bodies of the municipal corporatio… Proofed
17-9-16 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Protest Against Order; Review by State Road Commission; Appeal to Supreme Court Any railroad company dissatisfied with the order of the state road commission, county court or municipal corporation, as the case may be, directing the separati… Proofed
17-9-17 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Plans for Elimination of Grade Crossings Within sixty days after the entry of any order by the state road commission, the county court or municipal corporation, as the case may be, directing a separati… Proofed
17-9-18 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Bids Upon the approval of such plans and specifications by the state road commission, the county court or the municipal corporation, as the case may be, the railroad… Proofed
17-9-19 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Cost of Plans and Work; How Borne The cost of preparing the plans, specifications and estimates of cost, of securing bids, and of the work of separating the grades, shall be borne equally by the… Proofed
17-9-20 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Rejection of Bids; Work Done by Commission, County Court, Municipality or Railroad Company The state road commission, the county court or the municipal corporation, as the case may be, shall have the authority to order the rejection of any or all bids… Proofed
17-9-21 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Payment Upon Estimates; Right of Commission, County Court or Municipality to Furnish Engineer In all cases the state road commission, county or municipality shall, as the work progresses, pay to the railroad company affected its share of the cost of such… Proofed
17-9-22 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Maintenance by Railroad Company All that part of the work constructed under this article, lying within the right of way of the railroad company, after the construction of the same, shall be ma… Proofed
17-9-23 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Authority to Change or Divert Streams The state road commission and the several county courts of the State, incidental to the construction and maintenance of state and county-district roads, shall h… Proofed
17-9-24 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Regulations Concerning Dams; Penalties The owner or occupant of every dam shall, as far as the road passes over the same, keep such dam in good order at least fourteen feet wide at the top, and also … Proofed
17-9-25 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Bond Issues by Political Subdivisions Any county, district, group of districts or municipal corporation may, in the manner provided by law, vote bonds or provide funds by levy or otherwise for the i… Proofed
17-9-26 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Paving Contracts Before the state road commission or any political subdivision shall let any contract for the paving of any road or highway, it shall determine upon and approve … Proofed
17-9-27 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Unlawful Combinations; Penalties No contract authorized by this chapter shall be let to any person, association of persons, firm, company or corporation, who, or which, is or are connected, dir… Proofed
17-9-28 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Certificate by Seller of Purity of Road Materials or Supplies; Penalty Any person, firm or corporation offering for sale or selling any paints, metal or metal culverts, fence or fencing, or any other materials or supplies for use u… Proofed
17-9-29 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Complaints of Road Commission and County Courts to Public Service Commission In the matter of intrastate freight rates, car service and movement of road making material and machinery to be used in the construction of roads, the state roa… Proofed
17-9-30 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Commission to Devise and County Courts to Install a Uniform System of Accounting It shall be the duty of the state road commission to devise a uniform system of accounting for road moneys expended by the several county courts of this State, … Proofed
17-9-31 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Conflict of Authority Whenever in any of the provisions of this chapter the same powers and duties have been conferred on, or prescribed for, two or more officials or agencies, or wh… Proofed
17-9-32 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Duties of Officers on Expiration of Term Every state or county road official who is now in office or who may hereafter be in office by virtue of this chapter shall, at the expiration of his term of off… Proofed
17-9-33 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Action for Injury From Defective Highway or Street; Levy to Pay Judgment; Mandamus Any person who sustains an injury to his person or property by reason of any county-district road or bridge, or any street, sidewalk or alley in any incorporate… Proofed
17-9-34 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets Injury From Defective Road or Bridge Belonging to Company or Person Any person who may be injured as aforesaid by reason of a turnpike, road or bridge belonging to any company or person, or to any county in its corporate of capa… Proofed
17-10-1 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Control and Supervision of County-District Roads The several county courts of the State, under regulations provided in this chapter, shall have the superintendence and administration of the construction, recon… Proofed
17-10-2 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Authority Over Class A Roads Until Taken Over by State Road Commission The county courts of the several counties in the State shall continue in charge of the construction, improvement and maintenance of all roads heretofore known a… Proofed
17-10-3 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Records It shall be the duty of each of the county courts of this State to procure a record book to be kept in the office of their respective county clerks, to be known… Proofed
17-10-4 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Duty to Repair Highways; Rights, Powers and Duties as to Roads Acquired From State or Others So far as any road, bridge or public landing belongs to or is under the care or control of a county, it shall be the duty of the county court to cause the same … Proofed
17-10-5 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Supervision of Employees The county court shall see that all its appointees and employees faithfully perform their respective duties, obey its orders and expend all moneys and perform l… Proofed
17-10-6 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Road Signs; Designation and Name of Roads; Records Thereof It shall be the duty of the several county courts to erect, and thereafter maintain, a system of signs designating directions and distances to given points, and… Proofed
17-10-7 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Gates Across Roads The county court of a county may, upon petition, permit gates be erected across any county-district road therein, or cause any gate erected across a county-dist… Proofed
17-10-8 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County Courts; General Authority Powers of County Court in Obtaining Materials for Roads For the purpose of training materials to be used in the construct and maintenance of county-district roads, county court is hereby authorized and empowered, on … Proofed
17-11-1 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County and District Road Signs Annual Estimate for Road Purposes It shall be the duty of the county road engineer or its or supervisor at the end of each fiscal year to ascertain and report in writing to the county court of t… Proofed
17-11-2 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County and District Road Signs County Road Levy and County Road Fund In addition to the general county or district levy, the county court may lay a county road levy not to exceed twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars’ ass… Proofed
17-11-3 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS County and District Road Signs District Road Fund; Emergency Levy; General Limitations on Levies In addition to the general county and district levy, the county court shall lay a district levy not to exceed fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars’ assesse… Proofed
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