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Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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17-16-1 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Obstructions Defined; Abatement by Injunction Obstructions, within the meaning of this chapter, shall include trees which have been cut or have fallen either on adjacent land or within the bounds of a publi… Proofed
17-16-2 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Duty of Landowner, Occupant and Public Utility to Remove Obstructions and Fill Excavations It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of land situated along any state or county-district road to remove all obstructions within the bounds of the road … Proofed
17-16-3 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Right of Commission or County Road Engineer to Remove Obstructions; Proceedings; Expenses If such obstructions, poles, wires or pipe lines are not removed, or such poles with wires reset, or such excavations are not properly filled and maintained, or… Proofed
17-16-4 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Assessment and Collection of Costs of Removing Obstructions The state road commission by its engineer or engineers in charge, as to state roads, and the county road engineer or supervisor, as to county-district roads, sh… Proofed
17-16-5 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Liability for Failure to Remove Obstructions If any obstruction, such as is mentioned in section one of this article, be not removed by the person who, by himself or agent, caused the same, within ten days… Proofed
17-16-6 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Permit by Commission or County Court for Openings in, or Structures on, Public Roads No opening shall be made in any state or county-district road or highway, nor shall any structure be placed therein or thereover, nor shall any structure, which… Proofed
17-16-7 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Certain Permits or Franchises Prohibited It shall be unlawful for any county court of this State, or other tribunal acting in lieu thereof, to grant any permit or franchise to any corporation, individu… Unreviewed
17-16-8 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Duty of Railroad Company to Keep Road in Good Condition Every railroad company heretofore or hereafter incorporated which has, by the building of its road, or otherwise, obstructed, or shall hereafter obstruct, any s… Proofed
17-16-9 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Obstructions Private Driveways or Approaches to Roads; Obstruction of Ditches The owner or tenant of land fronting on any state road shall construct and keep in repair all approaches or driveways to and from the same, under the direction … Proofed
17-17-1 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Toll Prohibited Except Over Toll Bridges No tolls shall be charged or collected for travel upon any of the public roads, streets or highways of this State, except such tolls as may be authorized under … Proofed
17-17-2 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Bridges Over Ohio, Great Kanawha or Big Sandy Rivers; Corporations for Such Purposes Corporations may be formed under the provisions of chapter thirty-one of this Code for the purpose of bridging the Ohio river. Any such corporation or any railr… Proofed
17-17-3 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Bridge Corporation May Borrow Money Mortgage or Deed of Trust Every corporation formed under the law of this State for the purpose of the construction and maintenance of a bridge or bridges, in addition to the powers here … Proofed
17-17-4 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges When Such Bridge a Nuisance; Abatement Every bridge across the Ohio river hereafter erected or commenced, wholly or in part within the jurisdiction of this State, contrary to the provisions of the tw… Proofed
17-17-5 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Obstruction of Navigation by Bridge Every such bridge shall be so made as not to obstruct the navigation of the watercourse over which it is erected at any ordinary stage of water. Proofed
17-17-6 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Unsafe Toll Bridge Whenever complaint is made to the county court of any county wherein a toll bridge is, that the same is not in a safe condition, it shall order its road enginee… Proofed
17-17-7 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Purchase, Construction or Repair of Toll Bridge When it is necessary to build or repair a toll bridge on any county-district road, or to purchase any existing toll bridge on such road within any county, or ac… Proofed
17-17-8 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Termination of Privilege to Erect and Maintain Toll Bridge; Toll Rates When a certificate of incorporation is hereafter obtained for the erection of a toll bridge, if the work be not commenced within one year from the date thereof,… Proofed
17-17-9 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Toll Rates for Troops The tolls for troops or persons in the military or naval service of this State, or of the United States, with their arms, munitions and baggage, shall not excee… Proofed
17-17-10 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Prepayment of Tolls The proprietor of any toll bridge may require lawful toll to be paid previously to a passage thereover. But if there be demanded at any such bridge more than is… Proofed
17-17-11 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Gatekeeper to Keep Small Change A gatekeeper on any toll bridge shall keep such money of small denomination on hand, as may reasonably be required in the ordinary course of business, for makin… Proofed
17-17-12 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Prompt Passage; Penalty If at an toll bridge there be a failure to give any person or property a passage over the same in a reasonable time, the proprietor thereof shall forfeit to suc… Proofed
17-17-13 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges State Bridge Commission; Definitions As used in this and the following sections of this article, the word “bridge” shall be deemed to include all property, rights and franchises relating thereto, i… Proofed
17-17-14 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications and Salary of Members; Employees There shall be a commission known as the “West Virginia Bridge Commission,” which shall be a corporation, and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleade… Proofed
17-17-15 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Authority to Purchase Toll Bridges The commission may purchase, when ever it shall deem such purchase expedient, but solely by means of or with the proceeds of the bridge revenue bonds hereinafte… Proofed
17-17-16 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Repair of Toll Bridge Before Purchase At or before the time any such bridge shall be acquired by purchase by the commission, it shall determine what repairs, replacements, additions or betterments w… Proofed
17-17-17 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Construction of Toll Bridge; Purchase of Land, Etc., Therefor The commission may construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, but solely by means of or with the proceeds of the bridge revenue bonds herein… Proofed
17-17-18 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Power of Eminent Domain Whenever it shall become necessary, the commission may condemn any interest, franchise, right of privilege, land or improvement which may in its opinion be nece… Proofed
17-17-19 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Bridge Revenue Bonds; Proceeds The commission may pay the cost as de fined hereinabove of any one or more such bridges by the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of the State, by a resolution of… Proofed
17-17-20 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Trust Agreement Respecting Bonds The commission may enter into an agreement or agreements with any trust company or with any bank having the powers of a trust company, either within or outside … Proofed
17-17-21 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; General Supervision of Bridges Under Its Jurisdiction The commission shall properly maintain, repair, operate, manage and control the bridges, fix the rates of tolls and establish by-laws and rules and regulations … Proofed
17-17-22 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Tolls to be Charged; Disposition Thereof Tolls shall be fixed, charged and collected for transit over such bridges and shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of tolls from the brid… Proofed
17-17-23 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; When Tolls to Cease When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for th… Proofed
17-17-24 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Construction of State Bridge Commission Law in Relation to State Debt Nothing in this article contained shall be so construed or interpreted as to authorize or permit the incurring of state debt of any kind or nature as contemplat… Proofed
17-17-25 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; State Bridge Commission Law a Alternate Method; Construction of Competitive Bridge Sections thirteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, of this article shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things author… Proofed
17-17-26 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; When Consent of Other Officers and Boards Not Required It shall not be necessary to secure from any officer or board not named in this article any approval or consent or any certificate or finding, or to hold an ele… Proofed
17-17-27 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; State Bridge Commission Law to be Liberally Construed Sections thirteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, of this article, being necessary for the health, welfare and convenience of the citizens of the State, shall be li… Proofed
17-17-28 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Toll Bridges Same; Provisions of State Bridge Commission Law Separable The provisions and parts of sections thirteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, of this article are separable and are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and … Proofed
17-18-1 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Ferries; Discontinuance by Disuse Every ferry established and not discontinued before this Code takes effect may continue to be kept. But if any such ferry, or any ferry that may hereafter be es… Proofed
17-18-2 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Application for Establishment of Ferry; Notice A person desiring to establish a ferry across any watercourse, whether it be a stream bounding the State or not, who owns or has contracted for the use of land … Proofed
17-18-3 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves View of Ferry Site The county court, after notice has been given as aforesaid, shall appoint two or more viewers, or a committee of their own body, to view the place and report th… Proofed
17-18-4 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Decision on Application Upon such report, and on any other proper evidence, the court may reject the application, or may, unless the watercourse at such place be the division line betw… Proofed
17-18-5 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Ferry Where Watercourse County Boundary If, however, the watercourse be such division line, and the court be of opinion that the application ought to be granted, they shall certify such opinion to the… Proofed
17-18-6 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Unauthorized Ferry; Penalty If any person or corporation shall, without having obtained the privilege to do so, as provided in the four next preceding sections, establish, keep or maintain… Proofed
17-18-7 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Operation of Private Boats The preceding section shall not be construed to prevent a person from going across any watercourse in his own boat, or taking therein his own property, or the m… Proofed
17-18-8 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Forfeiture for Unlawful Transportation In the case of a watercourse over which there is a lawfully established ferry, if any person, his horse or carriage, be unlawfully transported for reward over s… Proofed
17-18-9 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Ferry Landings The proprietor of every ferry shall have a convenient wharf or landing made so as to be firm and dry. He shall also put up and maintain, at or near each landing… Proofed
17-18-10 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Establishment of Wharf at Public Landing; Regulation Any person desiring the privilege of erecting a wharf at or on any public landing, not a part of a state road, may present a petition to the county court of suc… Proofed
17-18-11 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Wharf or Pier on Land Along Watercourse; Abatement Any person owning land upon a watercourse may erect a wharf on the same, or a pier or bulkhead in such watercourse, opposite his land, provided the navigation b… Proofed
17-18-12 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Duty to Have Boats and Hands at Ferry Within Six Months After Order Establishing It; Cessation of Rights If any person to whom leave may be granted to establish a ferry shall not, within six months thereafter, have at such ferry the number and kind of boats, and th… Proofed
17-18-13 Ch. 17 — ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Ferries and Wharves Ferry Permit; Bond; Duties of Ferryman; Hours The proprietor of every ferry shall keep at the same the number and kind of boats, and the number of competent hands prescribed by the order under which such fe… Proofed
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