§ 24-3-3 - Hearing on enlargement or relocation in towns – Commissioners of estimate and assessment.
SECTION 24-3-3
§ 24-3-3 Hearing on enlargement orrelocation in towns – Commissioners of estimate and assessment. – Whenever the town council of any town named in § 24-3-17, shall adjudge itto be necessary to lay out, enlarge, straighten, improve, or alter any streetor highway, or any part thereof, in the town, the council may cause the same tobe done in the manner following: Whenever any lands shall be required for thepurpose aforesaid, and the town council shall be of the opinion that anyestates will be specially benefited thereby, the council shall, after notice toall persons interested, which notice shall specify the time and place of themeetings of the council and the nature and extent of the intended improvement,and after hearing all persons who desire to be heard in the matter, appoint notless than three (3) nor more than five (5) discreet and disinterested personsas commissioners of estimate and assessment, who may be residents and taxpayersin the town; and the council may at the same time determine that a portion ofthe damage occasioned by taking any real estate for the aforesaid purpose, notexceeding three-fourths (3/4) thereof, shall be assessed upon the owners ofestates which the commissioners shall find will be specially benefited bymaking the proposed improvement, whether any part of the estates are taken forthe improvement or not; provided, that the owners shall not be assessed in anycase beyond the amount that the commissioners shall consider their estates tobe specially benefited thereby. The commissioners, before entering upon theduties of their office, shall be severally engaged to the faithful discharge ofthe trust and duties required of them.