12-604.   State or federal lands.Whenever any lands owned by the state of Kansas or the government of theUnited States are situated within the corporate limits of any city, andsuch city desires to grade or regrade, pave or repave, curb or recurb, orgutter or regutter the streets, avenues or alleys adjacent to such lands,it may proceed to do so under the laws in force in reference to grading orregrading, paving or repaving, curbing or recurbing, or guttering orreguttering streets, avenues or alleys in such cities; and such cities arehereby authorized and empowered for the purpose of grading or regrading,paving or repaving, curbing or recurbing, or guttering or reguttering theone-half street, avenue or alley adjacent to said lands, or the entirestreet, avenue or alley in case the adjacent lands on both sides of saidstreet, avenue or alley are owned by the state of Kansas or the governmentof the United States, to contract for the grading or regrading, paving orrepaving, curbing or recurbing, or guttering or reguttering and pay for thesame in the manner that they contract and pay for the grading or regrading,paving or repaving, curbing or recurbing, or guttering or reguttering theintersections of streets, avenues or alleys.

      History:   R.S. 1923, § 12-604; Dec. 27.