§ 3-49-2 — Straightening or altering streets; exchange of street land for

land on new route; consent of owner; deeds. Whenever it is necessary to straighten or alter any street to facilitate traffic, the governing body may: A. with the consent of the owner, exchange the land on which the street lies for any land owned and held in fee simple; B. convert the land received from the owner in fee simple to a street; and C. execute a deed to the land on which the street lies to the owner who has exchanged his land with the municipality for the land on which the street lies.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 14-50-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.