24-07 Opening and Vacating Highways

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CHAPTER 24-07OPENING AND VACATING HIGHWAYS24-07-01. Public roads by prescription. All public roads and highways within this statewhich have been or which shall be open and in use as such, during twenty successive years,<br>hereby are declared to be public roads or highways and confirmed and established as such<br>whether the same have been laid out, established, and opened lawfully or not.24-07-02. Established roads are public highways. Every road laid out by the properauthorities, as provided for in this chapter, from the laying out of which no appeal has been taken<br>within the time limited for taking such appeal, hereby is declared a public highway to all intents<br>and purposes, and all persons having refused or neglected to take an appeal, as provided for in<br>this chapter, are debarred forever from any further redress.24-07-03. Section lines considered public roads open for public travel - Closingsame under certain conditions. In all townships in this state, outside the limits of incorporated<br>cities, and outside platted townsites, additions, or subdivisions recorded pursuant to sections<br>40-50.1-01 through 40-50.1-17 or recorded prior to July 1, 1987, under former chapter 40-50, the<br>congressional section lines are considered public roads open for public travel to the width of<br>thirty-three feet [10.06 meters] on each side of the section lines.The board of county commissioners, if petitioned by a person having an interest in theadjoining land or a portion thereof, after public hearing and a finding by the commissioners of<br>public benefit, may close section lines or portions thereof which are not used for ten years, are<br>not traveled due to natural obstacles or difficulty of terrain, are not required due to readily<br>accessible alternate routes of travel, or are intersected by interstate highways causing the section<br>line to be a deadend, providing the closing of the dead-end section line does not deprive adjacent<br>landowners access to the landowners' property. After the section lines are closed, they may be<br>used to the benefit of the adjacent landowners.However, survey or property referencemonuments may not be disturbed, removed, or destroyed. If drainage is interfered with due to<br>the farming operations, alternate means of drainage must be provided for by the landowners or<br>tenants farming the lands.24-07-03.1. Improvement of section line by landowner. A person having a surfaceinterest in a parcel of land connected by a section line to another parcel of land in which that<br>person has a surface interest or to a highway may petition the board of county commissioners in<br>an unorganized township or the board of township supervisors in an organized township to<br>authorize the petitioner to improve the section line or a portion of the section line for the purpose<br>of travel for agricultural purposes. The petition may be approved if the section line cannot be<br>traveled due to natural obstacles or difficulty of terrain and if the petitioner does not have a<br>readily accessible alternative route of travel to the parcel of land. The petitioner must improve<br>the section line or a portion of the section line at the petitioner's expense.24-07-04.Jurisdiction of proceedings to open or vacate highway.Except asotherwise provided in this title, all proceedings for the opening, vacating, or changing of a<br>highway outside of the limits of an incorporated city, including the acquisition of right of way when<br>necessary, must be under the charge and in the name of:1.The board of county commissioners, if the road is in territory not organized into a<br>civil township.2.The board of township supervisors of an organized township.3.The board of county commissioners of each county in case the road is between or in<br>two or more counties.Page No. 14.The board of township supervisors of each organized civil township in which any part<br>of the road is situated if the road is situated between two civil townships or in more<br>than one civil township.5.The board of township supervisors of each organized township and of the board of<br>county commissioners in case the road is situated partly in an organized township<br>and partly in an unorganized township.6.The board of county commissioners in any case arising under subsection 4 when the<br>boards of township supervisors of the respective civil townships cannot agree or will<br>not take action on petition so to do.24-07-05. Petition for laying out, altering, or discontinuing roads. The board havingjurisdiction as provided in this chapter may alter or discontinue any road or lay out any new road<br>upon the petition of not less than six qualified electors who have an ownership interest in real<br>estate in the vicinity of the road to be altered, discontinued, or laid out. Said petition must set<br>forth in writing a description of the road and what part thereof is to be altered or discontinued, and<br>if for a new road, the names of the owners of the land, if known, over which the road is to pass,<br>the point at which it is to commence, its general course, and the point where it is to terminate.24-07-06. Public road may be established to give access to highway. Wheneverany tract of land is surveyed or sold in tracts less than the original subdivision as established by<br>the government survey thereof, so that any part thereof does not touch upon a public road so as<br>to allow the owner of such tract access to a public highway, the board of county commissioners<br>or board of township supervisors, upon petition of such owner, may open a public road to gain<br>access to any such tract or tracts when in the judgment of such board such public road is<br>necessary and that it is of sufficient benefit to the county or township as a whole, but no such<br>public road may exceed two rods [10.06 meters] in width unless in the judgment of such board a<br>roadway of such width is not sufficient to accommodate the travel thereon.24-07-07. Survey of proposed road - Deviation from petition. Whenever a petition isreceived by the board having jurisdiction, requiring a new road to be laid out, said board, when in<br>its judgment circumstances warrant the same, shall employ a competent surveyor to survey and<br>lay out said road, and such survey must include a line of levels to be run over the laid out road<br>and a grade line to be established thereon, such grade line not to be greater than ten percent<br>when completed. In laying out said road the board may deviate or depart, or may direct a<br>deviation or departure, from the road described in the petition when it is practicable and less<br>expensive to do so in order to obtain a grade line not exceeding ten percent. Such surveyor shall<br>prepare a plan and profile of the surveyor's survey and shall file a copy of the same with the<br>township clerk or the county auditor, as the case may be, and the board having jurisdiction shall<br>require that such road, when completed, must conform to the plan and profile of the surveyor as<br>filed with the township clerk or county auditor.24-07-08. State land subject to chapter. The provisions of this chapter apply to alllands owned by the state or any institution thereof, or held by virtue of any contract with the state,<br>and notice of the altering, laying out, or discontinuing of any cartway or highway pursuant to this<br>chapter must be served by registered or certified mail upon the board of university and school<br>lands or other state agency having the control of the land affected, not less than thirty days prior<br>to the taking of action by such board in regard to altering, laying out, or discontinuing such<br>cartway or highway.24-07-09.Copy of petition to be posted.The petitioners for the alteration ordiscontinuance of any road, or for laying out any new road, shall cause copies of their petition to<br>be posted in three of the most public places in the county or township having jurisdiction thereof,<br>twenty days before any action is had in relation thereto.24-07-10. Notice to all parties to be given - What deemed to be notices. Within thirtydays after the board having jurisdiction receives a petition in compliance with provisions of this<br>chapter for laying out, altering, or discontinuing any highway, it shall make out a notice and fixPage No. 2therein a time and place at which it will meet and decide upon such application, and the<br>applicant, ten days previous to the time so fixed, shall cause such notice to be given to all<br>occupants of the land through which such highway may pass. Such notice must be served<br>personally or by copy left at the abode of such occupant. The board also shall cause copies of<br>such notice to be posted in three public places in said county or township at least ten days<br>previous to such meeting. Every such notice must specify, as nearly as practicable, the highway<br>proposed to be laid out, altered, or discontinued, and the tract of land through which the same<br>may pass.24-07-11. When notice dispensed with. When at least seventy percent of the qualifiedelectors who are owners or part owners of land bordering on any existing or proposed road or<br>highway have signed the original petition and thereby released all their claims to damages arising<br>from altering, discontinuing, or laying out such road or highway, it is not necessary to post copies<br>of the petition as provided for in section 24-07-09, nor to post notices or serve notices as<br>provided for in section 24-07-10, except that the notices must be served personally or left at the<br>abode of such occupants as may have failed to sign the petition and whose land borders on the<br>road or highway proposed to be opened, altered, or discontinued. The general knowledge, and<br>the fact, that seventy percent of the qualified electors have signed the original petition in<br>compliance with this provision must be deemed sufficient notice to all concerned and for all<br>intents and purposes.24-07-12. Petition must be filed with county auditor. If the petition is for the opening,altering, or discontinuing of a road or highway between two or more counties, it must be filed with<br>the auditor of one of the counties affected at least fifteen days before any action is taken, and the<br>auditor immediately shall transmit certified copies of such petition to the auditors of all other<br>counties to be affected by such changing, discontinuing, or laying out of roads or highways.<br>Each county auditor shall lay such petition before the board of county commissioners of the<br>auditor's county at its next meeting for action in the matter as provided in this chapter.24-07-13. Examination of proposed highway. The board having jurisdiction, uponbeing satisfied that copies of the petition have been posted and notices have been served and<br>posted as required, or that at least seventy percent of the qualified electors who are owners of<br>lands affected have signed the original petition and that notices have been served personally or<br>left at the abode of those who may have failed to sign the original petition, proof of which shall be<br>shown by affidavit, shall proceed to examine the proposed highway and shall hear any reasons<br>for or against the laying out, altering, or discontinuing of the same, and shall decide upon the<br>application as it deems proper.24-07-14. Proceedings when road is laid out, altered, or discontinued. Wheneverthe board of county commissioners or the board of township supervisors shall lay out, alter, or<br>discontinue any highway, it shall cause a survey thereof to be made when necessary, and it shall<br>make out an accurate description of the highway so altered, discontinued, or laid out, and shall<br>incorporate the same in an order to be signed by the members of such board, and shall cause<br>such order, together with all the petitions and affidavits of service and posting of notices to be<br>filed in the office of the county auditor, if by the board of county commissioners, and in the office<br>of the township clerk, if by the board of township supervisors. The auditor or clerk shall note the<br>time of filing the same. On the refusal of either board to lay out, alter, or discontinue a road, it<br>shall note the fact on the back of the petition and file the same as aforesaid. All orders, petitions,<br>and affidavits, together with the award of damages, must be made out and filed within five days<br>after the date of the order for laying out, altering, or discontinuing a highway. But the county<br>auditor or township clerk may not record such order within thirty days, nor until a final decision is<br>had, and not then unless such order is confirmed. When the order, together with the award, has<br>been recorded by the county auditor or township clerk, as the case may require, the same must<br>be filed in the office of the county auditor. In case the board having jurisdiction fails to file such<br>order within twenty days, it must be deemed to have decided against such application.24-07-15.Order or certified copy - Competent evidence.The order laying out,altering, or discontinuing any highway, or a copy of the record duly certified by the county auditor<br>or township clerk, as each case may require, must be received in all courts as competentPage No. 3evidence of the facts therein contained and must be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the<br>proceedings prior to the making of such order, except in cases of appeal, when such appeal has<br>been taken within the time limited in this chapter.24-07-16. Damages - How ascertained. The damages sustained by reason of layingout, altering, or discontinuing any road may be ascertained by the agreement of the owners and<br>the board of county commissioners or the board of township supervisors, as the case may be,<br>and unless such agreement is made, or the owners in writing shall release all claim to damages,<br>the same must be assessed in the manner herein prescribed before the road is opened, worked,<br>or used. Every agreement and release must be filed in the township clerk's office, when with a<br>township, and in the county auditor's office, when with a county, and precludes such owners of<br>land forever from all further claim for damages.In case the board and the owners of landclaiming damages cannot agree, or if the owner of any land through which any highway shall be<br>laid out, altered, or discontinued, is unknown, the board in its award of damages shall specify the<br>amount of damages awarded to each such owner, giving a brief description of such parcel of land<br>in the award. The board having jurisdiction shall assess the damages at what it deems just and<br>right to each individual claimant with whom it cannot agree. The board of township supervisors<br>shall deposit a statement of the amount of damages assessed with the township clerk, and the<br>board of county commissioners shall deposit the same with the county auditor. The auditor or<br>clerk shall note the time of filing the same. The board in assessing damages shall estimate the<br>advantages and benefits the new road or alteration of an old one will confer on the claimant for<br>the same as well as the disadvantages. Any person living on land belonging to the United States<br>who has made that person's declaratory statement for the same in the proper land office, for all<br>the purposes of this chapter, must be considered the owner of such lands.24-07-17. When damages not allowed. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,no damages may be assessed or allowed to any person, corporation, or limited liability company<br>by reason of the laying out of any new road or the altering of any old one, if the title of the land on<br>which such road passes was vested in the state or the United States at the time of the location of<br>such road.24-07-18. Determination final for one year. The determination of a board of countycommissioners, or a board of township supervisors in refusing to lay out, alter, or discontinue any<br>highway, is final, unless such determination is appealed from as is provided in this chapter, for<br>the term of one year after the filing of such order or determination in the county auditor's or<br>township clerk's office, as the case may be, and no application for laying out, altering, or<br>discontinuing any such highway again may be acted upon by such board within said period of<br>one year, and in case the determination of any such board in laying out, altering, or discontinuing<br>any highway is appealed from, as provided in this chapter, and such determination is reversed on<br>appeal, the said board may not, within one year after the making of the determination so<br>reversed on appeal, act again upon an application to lay out, alter, or discontinue any such<br>highway.24-07-19. Notice to party to remove fences. Whenever any public road has been laidout through any enclosed, cultivated, or improved lands, pursuant to this chapter and the<br>decision of the board laying out the road has not been appealed from, the board shall give the<br>owner or occupant of the land through which the road is laid out thirty days' written notice to<br>remove the owner's or occupant's fences. If the owner does not remove the fences within thirty<br>days after the notice, the board shall cause the fences to be removed and shall direct the road to<br>be opened and worked, but no enclosure may be ordered opened between April first and October<br>first.24-07-20. Notice to overseer of highways. When any highway is to be changed or laidout, the county auditor or clerk of the township, as the case may be, shall notify the overseer of<br>highways of each district affected and shall furnish the overseer of highways with a certified copy<br>of the proceedings of the board.24-07-21.Repair of highways across railroads, canals, or ditches.Wheneverhighways are laid out across railroads, canals, or ditches on public lands, the owners at their ownPage No. 4expense shall so repair their railroads, canals, or ditches that the public highway may cross the<br>same without damage or delay, and when the right of way for a public highway is obtained<br>through the judgment of any court, over any railroad, canal, or ditch, no damages must be<br>awarded for the simple right to cross the same.24-07-22. Appeals - When and where taken. Any person who feels aggrieved by anydetermination or award of damages made by the board having jurisdiction, either in laying out,<br>altering, or discontinuing, or in refusing to lay out, alter, or discontinue, any highway or cartway,<br>within thirty days after the filing of such determination or award of damages, as provided in this<br>chapter, may appeal therefrom to the district court in accordance with the procedure provided in<br>section 28-34-01.24-07-23. Appeals - How taken - Notice - Bond. The appeal provided for in section24-07-22 must be taken by the service and filing of a notice of appeal and an undertaking for<br>costs. The notice of appeal must specify:1.The court to which the appeal is taken.2.Whether the appeal is taken in relation to damages assessed or in relation to the<br>laying out, altering, or discontinuing, or to the refusal to lay out, alter, or discontinue<br>any highway.3.Whether the appeal is taken from the whole of the order of the board or only from a<br>part thereof, and if from a part only, then what part.4.The grounds upon which the appeal is taken.The undertaking must be made in favor of the county or township, as the case may be, and must<br>be conditioned for the payment of all costs that may arise upon such appeal if the determination<br>appealed from is affirmed.24-07-24. Appeals - Filing - Approval of undertaking - Service. The notice of appealand undertaking to the district court must be filed with the clerk of the court and the undertaking<br>must be approved by the judge thereof or by the county auditor. The notice of appeal must be<br>served upon some member of the board by which the determination was made.24-07-25. Trial in county court. 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Public roads by prescription. All public roads and highways within this statewhich have been or which shall be open and in use as such, during twenty successive years,\u003cbr\u003ehereby are declared to be public roads or highways and confirmed and established as such\u003cbr\u003ewhether the same have been laid out, established, and opened lawfully or not.24-07-02. Established roads are public highways. Every road laid out by the properauthorities, as provided for in this chapter, from the laying out of which no appeal has been taken\u003cbr\u003ewithin the time limited for taking such appeal, hereby is declared a public highway to all intents\u003cbr\u003eand purposes, and all persons having refused or neglected to take an appeal, as provided for in\u003cbr\u003ethis chapter, are debarred forever from any further redress.24-07-03. Section lines considered public roads open for public travel - Closingsame under certain conditions. In all townships in this state, outside the limits of incorporated\u003cbr\u003ecities, and outside platted townsites, additions, or subdivisions recorded pursuant to sections\u003cbr\u003e40-50.1-01 through 40-50.1-17 or recorded prior to July 1, 1987, under former chapter 40-50, the\u003cbr\u003econgressional section lines are considered public roads open for public travel to the width of\u003cbr\u003ethirty-three feet [10.06 meters] on each side of the section lines.The board of county commissioners, if petitioned by a person having an interest in theadjoining land or a portion thereof, after public hearing and a finding by the commissioners of\u003cbr\u003epublic benefit, may close section lines or portions thereof which are not used for ten years, are\u003cbr\u003enot traveled due to natural obstacles or difficulty of terrain, are not required due to readily\u003cbr\u003eaccessible alternate routes of travel, or are intersected by interstate highways causing the section\u003cbr\u003eline to be a deadend, providing the closing of the dead-end section line does not deprive adjacent\u003cbr\u003elandowners access to the landowners' property. After the section lines are closed, they may be\u003cbr\u003eused to the benefit of the adjacent landowners.However, survey or property referencemonuments may not be disturbed, removed, or destroyed. If drainage is interfered with due to\u003cbr\u003ethe farming operations, alternate means of drainage must be provided for by the landowners or\u003cbr\u003etenants farming the lands.24-07-03.1. Improvement of section line by landowner. A person having a surfaceinterest in a parcel of land connected by a section line to another parcel of land in which that\u003cbr\u003eperson has a surface interest or to a highway may petition the board of county commissioners in\u003cbr\u003ean unorganized township or the board of township supervisors in an organized township to\u003cbr\u003eauthorize the petitioner to improve the section line or a portion of the section line for the purpose\u003cbr\u003eof travel for agricultural purposes. The petition may be approved if the section line cannot be\u003cbr\u003etraveled due to natural obstacles or difficulty of terrain and if the petitioner does not have a\u003cbr\u003ereadily accessible alternative route of travel to the parcel of land. The petitioner must improve\u003cbr\u003ethe section line or a portion of the section line at the petitioner's expense.24-07-04.Jurisdiction of proceedings to open or vacate highway.Except asotherwise provided in this title, all proceedings for the opening, vacating, or changing of a\u003cbr\u003ehighway outside of the limits of an incorporated city, including the acquisition of right of way when\u003cbr\u003enecessary, must be under the charge and in the name of:1.The board of county commissioners, if the road is in territory not organized into a\u003cbr\u003ecivil township.2.The board of township supervisors of an organized township.3.The board of county commissioners of each county in case the road is between or in\u003cbr\u003etwo or more counties.Page No. 14.The board of township supervisors of each organized civil township in which any part\u003cbr\u003eof the road is situated if the road is situated between two civil townships or in more\u003cbr\u003ethan one civil township.5.The board of township supervisors of each organized township and of the board of\u003cbr\u003ecounty commissioners in case the road is situated partly in an organized township\u003cbr\u003eand partly in an unorganized township.6.The board of county commissioners in any case arising under subsection 4 when the\u003cbr\u003eboards of township supervisors of the respective civil townships cannot agree or will\u003cbr\u003enot take action on petition so to do.24-07-05. Petition for laying out, altering, or discontinuing roads. The board havingjurisdiction as provided in this chapter may alter or discontinue any road or lay out any new road\u003cbr\u003eupon the petition of not less than six qualified electors who have an ownership interest in real\u003cbr\u003eestate in the vicinity of the road to be altered, discontinued, or laid out. Said petition must set\u003cbr\u003eforth in writing a description of the road and what part thereof is to be altered or discontinued, and\u003cbr\u003eif for a new road, the names of the owners of the land, if known, over which the road is to pass,\u003cbr\u003ethe point at which it is to commence, its general course, and the point where it is to terminate.24-07-06. Public road may be established to give access to highway. Wheneverany tract of land is surveyed or sold in tracts less than the original subdivision as established by\u003cbr\u003ethe government survey thereof, so that any part thereof does not touch upon a public road so as\u003cbr\u003eto allow the owner of such tract access to a public highway, the board of county commissioners\u003cbr\u003eor board of township supervisors, upon petition of such owner, may open a public road to gain\u003cbr\u003eaccess to any such tract or tracts when in the judgment of such board such public road is\u003cbr\u003enecessary and that it is of sufficient benefit to the county or township as a whole, but no such\u003cbr\u003epublic road may exceed two rods [10.06 meters] in width unless in the judgment of such board a\u003cbr\u003eroadway of such width is not sufficient to accommodate the travel thereon.24-07-07. Survey of proposed road - Deviation from petition. Whenever a petition isreceived by the board having jurisdiction, requiring a new road to be laid out, said board, when in\u003cbr\u003eits judgment circumstances warrant the same, shall employ a competent surveyor to survey and\u003cbr\u003elay out said road, and such survey must include a line of levels to be run over the laid out road\u003cbr\u003eand a grade line to be established thereon, such grade line not to be greater than ten percent\u003cbr\u003ewhen completed. In laying out said road the board may deviate or depart, or may direct a\u003cbr\u003edeviation or departure, from the road described in the petition when it is practicable and less\u003cbr\u003eexpensive to do so in order to obtain a grade line not exceeding ten percent. Such surveyor shall\u003cbr\u003eprepare a plan and profile of the surveyor's survey and shall file a copy of the same with the\u003cbr\u003etownship clerk or the county auditor, as the case may be, and the board having jurisdiction shall\u003cbr\u003erequire that such road, when completed, must conform to the plan and profile of the surveyor as\u003cbr\u003efiled with the township clerk or county auditor.24-07-08. State land subject to chapter. The provisions of this chapter apply to alllands owned by the state or any institution thereof, or held by virtue of any contract with the state,\u003cbr\u003eand notice of the altering, laying out, or discontinuing of any cartway or highway pursuant to this\u003cbr\u003echapter must be served by registered or certified mail upon the board of university and school\u003cbr\u003elands or other state agency having the control of the land affected, not less than thirty days prior\u003cbr\u003eto the taking of action by such board in regard to altering, laying out, or discontinuing such\u003cbr\u003ecartway or highway.24-07-09.Copy of petition to be posted.The petitioners for the alteration ordiscontinuance of any road, or for laying out any new road, shall cause copies of their petition to\u003cbr\u003ebe posted in three of the most public places in the county or township having jurisdiction thereof,\u003cbr\u003etwenty days before any action is had in relation thereto.24-07-10. Notice to all parties to be given - What deemed to be notices. Within thirtydays after the board having jurisdiction receives a petition in compliance with provisions of this\u003cbr\u003echapter for laying out, altering, or discontinuing any highway, it shall make out a notice and fixPage No. 2therein a time and place at which it will meet and decide upon such application, and the\u003cbr\u003eapplicant, ten days previous to the time so fixed, shall cause such notice to be given to all\u003cbr\u003eoccupants of the land through which such highway may pass. Such notice must be served\u003cbr\u003epersonally or by copy left at the abode of such occupant. The board also shall cause copies of\u003cbr\u003esuch notice to be posted in three public places in said county or township at least ten days\u003cbr\u003eprevious to such meeting. Every such notice must specify, as nearly as practicable, the highway\u003cbr\u003eproposed to be laid out, altered, or discontinued, and the tract of land through which the same\u003cbr\u003emay pass.24-07-11. When notice dispensed with. When at least seventy percent of the qualifiedelectors who are owners or part owners of land bordering on any existing or proposed road or\u003cbr\u003ehighway have signed the original petition and thereby released all their claims to damages arising\u003cbr\u003efrom altering, discontinuing, or laying out such road or highway, it is not necessary to post copies\u003cbr\u003eof the petition as provided for in section 24-07-09, nor to post notices or serve notices as\u003cbr\u003eprovided for in section 24-07-10, except that the notices must be served personally or left at the\u003cbr\u003eabode of such occupants as may have failed to sign the petition and whose land borders on the\u003cbr\u003eroad or highway proposed to be opened, altered, or discontinued. The general knowledge, and\u003cbr\u003ethe fact, that seventy percent of the qualified electors have signed the original petition in\u003cbr\u003ecompliance with this provision must be deemed sufficient notice to all concerned and for all\u003cbr\u003eintents and purposes.24-07-12. Petition must be filed with county auditor. If the petition is for the opening,altering, or discontinuing of a road or highway between two or more counties, it must be filed with\u003cbr\u003ethe auditor of one of the counties affected at least fifteen days before any action is taken, and the\u003cbr\u003eauditor immediately shall transmit certified copies of such petition to the auditors of all other\u003cbr\u003ecounties to be affected by such changing, discontinuing, or laying out of roads or highways.\u003cbr\u003eEach county auditor shall lay such petition before the board of county commissioners of the\u003cbr\u003eauditor's county at its next meeting for action in the matter as provided in this chapter.24-07-13. Examination of proposed highway. The board having jurisdiction, uponbeing satisfied that copies of the petition have been posted and notices have been served and\u003cbr\u003eposted as required, or that at least seventy percent of the qualified electors who are owners of\u003cbr\u003elands affected have signed the original petition and that notices have been served personally or\u003cbr\u003eleft at the abode of those who may have failed to sign the original petition, proof of which shall be\u003cbr\u003eshown by affidavit, shall proceed to examine the proposed highway and shall hear any reasons\u003cbr\u003efor or against the laying out, altering, or discontinuing of the same, and shall decide upon the\u003cbr\u003eapplication as it deems proper.24-07-14. Proceedings when road is laid out, altered, or discontinued. Wheneverthe board of county commissioners or the board of township supervisors shall lay out, alter, or\u003cbr\u003ediscontinue any highway, it shall cause a survey thereof to be made when necessary, and it shall\u003cbr\u003emake out an accurate description of the highway so altered, discontinued, or laid out, and shall\u003cbr\u003eincorporate the same in an order to be signed by the members of such board, and shall cause\u003cbr\u003esuch order, together with all the petitions and affidavits of service and posting of notices to be\u003cbr\u003efiled in the office of the county auditor, if by the board of county commissioners, and in the office\u003cbr\u003eof the township clerk, if by the board of township supervisors. The auditor or clerk shall note the\u003cbr\u003etime of filing the same. On the refusal of either board to lay out, alter, or discontinue a road, it\u003cbr\u003eshall note the fact on the back of the petition and file the same as aforesaid. All orders, petitions,\u003cbr\u003eand affidavits, together with the award of damages, must be made out and filed within five days\u003cbr\u003eafter the date of the order for laying out, altering, or discontinuing a highway. But the county\u003cbr\u003eauditor or township clerk may not record such order within thirty days, nor until a final decision is\u003cbr\u003ehad, and not then unless such order is confirmed. When the order, together with the award, has\u003cbr\u003ebeen recorded by the county auditor or township clerk, as the case may require, the same must\u003cbr\u003ebe filed in the office of the county auditor. In case the board having jurisdiction fails to file such\u003cbr\u003eorder within twenty days, it must be deemed to have decided against such application.24-07-15.Order or certified copy - Competent evidence.The order laying out,altering, or discontinuing any highway, or a copy of the record duly certified by the county auditor\u003cbr\u003eor township clerk, as each case may require, must be received in all courts as competentPage No. 3evidence of the facts therein contained and must be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the\u003cbr\u003eproceedings prior to the making of such order, except in cases of appeal, when such appeal has\u003cbr\u003ebeen taken within the time limited in this chapter.24-07-16. Damages - How ascertained. The damages sustained by reason of layingout, altering, or discontinuing any road may be ascertained by the agreement of the owners and\u003cbr\u003ethe board of county commissioners or the board of township supervisors, as the case may be,\u003cbr\u003eand unless such agreement is made, or the owners in writing shall release all claim to damages,\u003cbr\u003ethe same must be assessed in the manner herein prescribed before the road is opened, worked,\u003cbr\u003eor used. Every agreement and release must be filed in the township clerk's office, when with a\u003cbr\u003etownship, and in the county auditor's office, when with a county, and precludes such owners of\u003cbr\u003eland forever from all further claim for damages.In case the board and the owners of landclaiming damages cannot agree, or if the owner of any land through which any highway shall be\u003cbr\u003elaid out, altered, or discontinued, is unknown, the board in its award of damages shall specify the\u003cbr\u003eamount of damages awarded to each such owner, giving a brief description of such parcel of land\u003cbr\u003ein the award. The board having jurisdiction shall assess the damages at what it deems just and\u003cbr\u003eright to each individual claimant with whom it cannot agree. The board of township supervisors\u003cbr\u003eshall deposit a statement of the amount of damages assessed with the township clerk, and the\u003cbr\u003eboard of county commissioners shall deposit the same with the county auditor. The auditor or\u003cbr\u003eclerk shall note the time of filing the same. The board in assessing damages shall estimate the\u003cbr\u003eadvantages and benefits the new road or alteration of an old one will confer on the claimant for\u003cbr\u003ethe same as well as the disadvantages. Any person living on land belonging to the United States\u003cbr\u003ewho has made that person's declaratory statement for the same in the proper land office, for all\u003cbr\u003ethe purposes of this chapter, must be considered the owner of such lands.24-07-17. When damages not allowed. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,no damages may be assessed or allowed to any person, corporation, or limited liability company\u003cbr\u003eby reason of the laying out of any new road or the altering of any old one, if the title of the land on\u003cbr\u003ewhich such road passes was vested in the state or the United States at the time of the location of\u003cbr\u003esuch road.24-07-18. Determination final for one year. The determination of a board of countycommissioners, or a board of township supervisors in refusing to lay out, alter, or discontinue any\u003cbr\u003ehighway, is final, unless such determination is appealed from as is provided in this chapter, for\u003cbr\u003ethe term of one year after the filing of such order or determination in the county auditor's or\u003cbr\u003etownship clerk's office, as the case may be, and no application for laying out, altering, or\u003cbr\u003ediscontinuing any such highway again may be acted upon by such board within said period of\u003cbr\u003eone year, and in case the determination of any such board in laying out, altering, or discontinuing\u003cbr\u003eany highway is appealed from, as provided in this chapter, and such determination is reversed on\u003cbr\u003eappeal, the said board may not, within one year after the making of the determination so\u003cbr\u003ereversed on appeal, act again upon an application to lay out, alter, or discontinue any such\u003cbr\u003ehighway.24-07-19. Notice to party to remove fences. Whenever any public road has been laidout through any enclosed, cultivated, or improved lands, pursuant to this chapter and the\u003cbr\u003edecision of the board laying out the road has not been appealed from, the board shall give the\u003cbr\u003eowner or occupant of the land through which the road is laid out thirty days' written notice to\u003cbr\u003eremove the owner's or occupant's fences. If the owner does not remove the fences within thirty\u003cbr\u003edays after the notice, the board shall cause the fences to be removed and shall direct the road to\u003cbr\u003ebe opened and worked, but no enclosure may be ordered opened between April first and October\u003cbr\u003efirst.24-07-20. Notice to overseer of highways. When any highway is to be changed or laidout, the county auditor or clerk of the township, as the case may be, shall notify the overseer of\u003cbr\u003ehighways of each district affected and shall furnish the overseer of highways with a certified copy\u003cbr\u003eof the proceedings of the board.24-07-21.Repair of highways across railroads, canals, or ditches.Wheneverhighways are laid out across railroads, canals, or ditches on public lands, the owners at their ownPage No. 4expense shall so repair their railroads, canals, or ditches that the public highway may cross the\u003cbr\u003esame without damage or delay, and when the right of way for a public highway is obtained\u003cbr\u003ethrough the judgment of any court, over any railroad, canal, or ditch, no damages must be\u003cbr\u003eawarded for the simple right to cross the same.24-07-22. Appeals - When and where taken. Any person who feels aggrieved by anydetermination or award of damages made by the board having jurisdiction, either in laying out,\u003cbr\u003ealtering, or discontinuing, or in refusing to lay out, alter, or discontinue, any highway or cartway,\u003cbr\u003ewithin thirty days after the filing of such determination or award of damages, as provided in this\u003cbr\u003echapter, may appeal therefrom to the district court in accordance with the procedure provided in\u003cbr\u003esection 28-34-01.24-07-23. Appeals - How taken - Notice - Bond. The appeal provided for in section24-07-22 must be taken by the service and filing of a notice of appeal and an undertaking for\u003cbr\u003ecosts. The notice of appeal must specify:1.The court to which the appeal is taken.2.Whether the appeal is taken in relation to damages assessed or in relation to the\u003cbr\u003elaying out, altering, or discontinuing, or to the refusal to lay out, alter, or discontinue\u003cbr\u003eany highway.3.Whether the appeal is taken from the whole of the order of the board or only from a\u003cbr\u003epart thereof, and if from a part only, then what part.4.The grounds upon which the appeal is taken.The undertaking must be made in favor of the county or township, as the case may be, and must\u003cbr\u003ebe conditioned for the payment of all costs that may arise upon such appeal if the determination\u003cbr\u003eappealed from is affirmed.24-07-24. Appeals - Filing - Approval of undertaking - Service. The notice of appealand undertaking to the district court must be filed with the clerk of the court and the undertaking\u003cbr\u003emust be approved by the judge thereof or by the county auditor. 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