61 - Payment by counties of a portion of the cost of construction under repair contracts.

§  61.  Payment  by  counties of a portion of the cost of construction  under repair contracts. Whenever in the maintenance and repair of  state  highways the department of transportation shall have determined upon the  necessity  of resurfacing, reconstructing or repairing such highway, the  county wherein the highway is located may by resolution provide that not  to  exceed  fifty  per  centum  of  the  cost   of   such   resurfacing,  reconstructing or repairing shall be borne by the county. The provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  apply  to such resurfacing, reconstructing and  repairing of state highways in  the  same  manner  as  to  the  original  construction thereof in so far as the same may be applicable thereto.