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2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 24 Highways
CHAPTER 24-5 Maintenance of Town Highways
- § 24-5-1 Duty of town to maintain highways.
- § 24-5-1.1 Alteration of roadways.
- § 24-5-2 Division of towns into districts Election and terms of surveyors.
- § 24-5-3 Annual town appropriation.
- § 24-5-4 Appropriations expended under department of transportation State aid.
- § 24-5-5 Allotments to highway districts Supervision of expenditures Rates of compensation.
- § 24-5-6 Expenditures by contract Unexpended funds.
- § 24-5-7 Special appropriations for particular projects.
- § 24-5-8 General duties of surveyors of highways.
- § 24-5-9 Removal of obstructions by surveyors.
- § 24-5-10 Taking of road materials from adjoining land.
- § 24-5-11 Damage in removing obstructions or materials.
- § 24-5-12 Fine for neglect to keep highways in repair.
- § 24-5-13 Liability of cities and towns for injuries from defective roads.
- § 24-5-14 Snow and ice removal.
- § 24-5-15 Penalty for failure to remove snow.
- § 24-5-16 Diversion of water to damage of individuals prohibited.
- § 24-5-17 Complaint and alteration of watercourse.
- § 24-5-18 Bridges and fences on artificial watercourses along preexisting highways.
- § 24-5-19 Bridges and fences along preexisting watercourses.
- § 24-5-20 Bridges on boundary lines.
- § 24-5-21 Penalty for neglect of boundary line bridge.
- § 24-5-22 New highway using existing bridge.
- § 24-5-23 Bridges and culverts built by adjoining landowners.
- § 24-5-24 Undermining of walls and fences.
- § 24-5-25 Compensation of surveyors.
- § 24-5-26 Penalty for neglect by surveyors.
- § 24-5-27 Rights of cities unimpaired.
- § 24-5-28 Determination of places where guideposts necessary.
- § 24-5-29 Failure to determine places for guideposts.
- § 24-5-30 Erection of guideposts Specifications.
- § 24-5-31 Substitutes for guideposts.
- § 24-5-32 Penalty for failure to maintain guideposts.
- § 24-5-33 Injury to guideposts.
- § 24-5-34 Jamestown and New Shoreham exempt.
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