§ 135. Snow removal, and cutting of weeds. The board of supervisors of\nany county may annually appropriate and expend such sum as it deems\nproper for the removal of snow from the county roads of the county, and\nfor sanding, or otherwise treating them, for the purpose of removing the\ndanger due to ice and snow thereon. The board shall designate the\ncounty roads from which the snow is to be removed and the work shall be\nconducted in a manner to be determined by the board under the direction\nof the county superintendent of highways.\n The board may also annually appropriate and expend such sum as it\ndeems proper for the planting of trees, the cutting and removal of\nnoxious weeds, briers and brush within the bounds of county roads and\ntown highways improved by county aid, and the
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§ 135. Snow removal, and cutting of weeds. The board of supervisors of\nany county may annually appropriate and expend such sum as it deems\nproper for the removal of snow from the county roads of the county, and\nfor sanding, or otherwise treating them, for the purpose of removing the\ndanger due to ice and snow thereon. The board shall designate the\ncounty roads from which the snow is to be removed and the work shall be\nconducted in a manner to be determined by the board under the direction\nof the county superintendent of highways.\n The board may also annually appropriate and expend such sum as it\ndeems proper for the planting of trees, the cutting and removal of\nnoxious weeds, briers and brush within the bounds of county roads and\ntown highways improved by county aid, and the purchase and erection of\nsnow fences, or other structures to prevent the drifting of snow on the\nsaid roads and highways; and the county superintendent may when\nauthorized by the board of supervisors enter lands adjacent to a county\nroad to remove any fence or other structure which causes snow to drift\nin and upon such county road, and erect snow fences or other devices\nupon such lands to prevent the drifting of snow in or upon such county\nroads.\n Whenever any equipment acquired by a county as provided in this\nsection is not needed by the county, the county superintendent may lease\nsuch equipment to (a) any town or towns in the county to be used on town\nhighways under the direction of the town superintendent, (b) or to the\nstate commissioner of transportation.\n Where lands are entered upon under the provisions of this section, the\ncounty superintendent shall agree with the owner of such lands, subject\nto the approval of the board of supervisors, as to the amount of\ndamages, if any, sustained by such owner in consequence of such entry in\nperformance of the work authorized by this section, and the amount of\nsuch damages shall be a county charge. If the county superintendent is\nunable to agree with such owner upon the amount of damages thus\nsustained, the amount thereof shall be ascertained, determined and paid\nin the manner that damages are so ascertained, determined and paid,\nwhere new highways are laid out and opened and the town superintendent\nand the land owners are unable to agree upon the amount thereof.\n