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§  212-a.  Abandoning of parts of town highways. Whenever, pursuant to  this chapter or under the provisions of any statute, any town road shall  have been widened, straightened, extended, drained, paved  or  otherwise  improved  and  in the process thereof a town shall have acquired from an  adjacent  owner  certain  lands  necessary  for  said  right-of-way   by  purchase,  condemnation  or as a gift and where under such circumstances  either the grantor of said new right-of-way shall own  the  property  on  both  sides thereof for the full length of the new taking or the consent  in writing of any and all other owners within such area  be  given,  and  there  shall  be  sections  of  the  old  road as it existed before said  improvement which are of no further use for  highway  purposes  to  said  town,  the  town board of said town in which said land is situated, upon  the recommendation of the town superintendent of highways, may  adopt  a  resolution,  with  the consent of the county superintendent of highways,  to abandon to the abutting owner or owners such sections or parts of the  old road as it existed before said improvement which are of  no  further  use  for  highway  purposes,  providing  the road after such abandonment  shall be not less than three rods in width, and the supervisor  of  said  town  is hereby authorized to execute and acknowledge in the name of the  town and affix the seal of the town to a quit-claim deed or deeds of the  land so abandoned and to deliver the  same  to  the  abutting  owner  or  owners  for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the  town board of the said town shall deem proper.    The adoption of the hereinbefore  mentioned  resolution  by  the  town  board  shall  be  an immediate abandonment and discontinuance of the use  for highway and street purposes of said sections or  parts  of  the  old  road   described  in  said  resolution  without  any  further  or  other  proceedings.

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Statutes > New-york > Hay > Article-8 > 212-a

§  212-a.  Abandoning of parts of town highways. Whenever, pursuant to  this chapter or under the provisions of any statute, any town road shall  have been widened, straightened, extended, drained, paved  or  otherwise  improved  and  in the process thereof a town shall have acquired from an  adjacent  owner  certain  lands  necessary  for  said  right-of-way   by  purchase,  condemnation  or as a gift and where under such circumstances  either the grantor of said new right-of-way shall own  the  property  on  both  sides thereof for the full length of the new taking or the consent  in writing of any and all other owners within such area  be  given,  and  there  shall  be  sections  of  the  old  road as it existed before said  improvement which are of no further use for  highway  purposes  to  said  town,  the  town board of said town in which said land is situated, upon  the recommendation of the town superintendent of highways, may  adopt  a  resolution,  with  the consent of the county superintendent of highways,  to abandon to the abutting owner or owners such sections or parts of the  old road as it existed before said improvement which are of  no  further  use  for  highway  purposes,  providing  the road after such abandonment  shall be not less than three rods in width, and the supervisor  of  said  town  is hereby authorized to execute and acknowledge in the name of the  town and affix the seal of the town to a quit-claim deed or deeds of the  land so abandoned and to deliver the  same  to  the  abutting  owner  or  owners  for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the  town board of the said town shall deem proper.    The adoption of the hereinbefore  mentioned  resolution  by  the  town  board  shall  be  an immediate abandonment and discontinuance of the use  for highway and street purposes of said sections or  parts  of  the  old  road   described  in  said  resolution  without  any  further  or  other  proceedings.

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Statutes > New-york > Hay > Article-8 > 212-a

§  212-a.  Abandoning of parts of town highways. Whenever, pursuant to  this chapter or under the provisions of any statute, any town road shall  have been widened, straightened, extended, drained, paved  or  otherwise  improved  and  in the process thereof a town shall have acquired from an  adjacent  owner  certain  lands  necessary  for  said  right-of-way   by  purchase,  condemnation  or as a gift and where under such circumstances  either the grantor of said new right-of-way shall own  the  property  on  both  sides thereof for the full length of the new taking or the consent  in writing of any and all other owners within such area  be  given,  and  there  shall  be  sections  of  the  old  road as it existed before said  improvement which are of no further use for  highway  purposes  to  said  town,  the  town board of said town in which said land is situated, upon  the recommendation of the town superintendent of highways, may  adopt  a  resolution,  with  the consent of the county superintendent of highways,  to abandon to the abutting owner or owners such sections or parts of the  old road as it existed before said improvement which are of  no  further  use  for  highway  purposes,  providing  the road after such abandonment  shall be not less than three rods in width, and the supervisor  of  said  town  is hereby authorized to execute and acknowledge in the name of the  town and affix the seal of the town to a quit-claim deed or deeds of the  land so abandoned and to deliver the  same  to  the  abutting  owner  or  owners  for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the  town board of the said town shall deem proper.    The adoption of the hereinbefore  mentioned  resolution  by  the  town  board  shall  be  an immediate abandonment and discontinuance of the use  for highway and street purposes of said sections or  parts  of  the  old  road   described  in  said  resolution  without  any  further  or  other  proceedings.