§ 16-9-6. Filing of description of land taken — Notice to owners — Payment of agreed price.
If any town has already passed or shall pass a vote to erect a schoolhouse or to enlarge
a schoolhouse lot, and the school committee shall fix upon a location for the schoolhouse
in the town or shall determine that a school lot ought to be enlarged, the school
committee of the town shall, within six (6) months from the date of the passage of
a resolution by the school committee to take any land for these purposes, file in
the records of land evidence for the town a description of the land, and also a plat
of the land, and a statement that the land is taken pu
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§ 16-9-6. Filing of description of land taken — Notice to owners — Payment of agreed price.
If any town has already passed or shall pass a vote to erect a schoolhouse or to enlarge
a schoolhouse lot, and the school committee shall fix upon a location for the schoolhouse
in the town or shall determine that a school lot ought to be enlarged, the school
committee of the town shall, within six (6) months from the date of the passage of
a resolution by the school committee to take any land for these purposes, file in
the records of land evidence for the town a description of the land, and also a plat
of the land, and a statement that the land is taken pursuant to the provisions of
§§ 16-9-5 to 16-9-8, which description and statement shall be signed by the chairperson or president
of the school committee, and upon the filing of the description, statement, and plat,
the title in fee simple of the land shall vest in the town. After the filing of the
description, statement, and plat, notice of the taking of the land shall be served
upon the owners of and persons having an estate in and interested in the land by the
town sergeant of the town leaving a true and attested copy of the description and
statement with each of the persons personally, or at their last and usual place of
abode in this state with some person living there, and, in case any persons are absent
from this state and have no last and usual place of abode in this state occupied by
any person, or in case the whereabouts of any persons are unknown to the town sergeant,
the copy shall be left with the persons, if any, in charge of or having possession
of the land taken of the absent person and persons whose whereabouts are unknown,
and another copy of the description and statement shall be mailed to the address of
the absent persons if they are known to the officer. After the filing of the description
and statement, the town clerk of the town shall cause a copy of the description and
statement to be published in some newspaper published in the county in which the town
is located at least twice a week for three (3) successive weeks. If any party shall
agree with the school committee for the price of the land so taken, the agreed price
shall immediately be paid to that party by the town.