27:7-38.Ā  Return of roads formerly maintained by state;Ā  resurfacing When the commissioner determines to abandon a county, township or borough road or highway which, prior to March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred andĀ  twenty-seven, was maintained by him, he shall, upon the request of the governing body of the county or municipality, provide for the surfacing thereofĀ  with the same material with which it was surfaced when taken over by the state. The work shall be done before the road or highway is returned to the county orĀ  municipality in which it is located.
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