North Dakota § 24-07-30 - When appeal sustained - Duty of the board

§ 24-07-30. When appeal sustained - Duty of the board

When an appeal has been made from the determination of any board of township supervisors or board of county commissioners, and such determination has been reversed or altered, the board from whose determination such appeal was taken shall proceed to lay out, alter, or discontinue such highway, in conformity with the decision of such appeal, and the proceedings thereon must be the same as if the board originally had determined to lay out, alter, or discontinue such highway. The amount of damages finally determined and awarded by the board or by the court or jury, together with all the charges of officers and other persons necessarily employed in laying out, altering, or discontinuing any township or county road, must be audited by the board of county commissioners or board of township supervisors, as the case may be, specifying the amount of charges and damages due each individual, and the respective amounts must be certified by said board and by it deposited with the county auditor or township clerk and paid by the county or township, as the case may be. Before any road may be opened or used, warrants of the county or township, as the case may be, equal to the damages assessed to individuals, must be issued and deposited with the county auditor or township clerk, as the case may be, for the use and benefit of said individuals, and must be delivered to them on demand. The issuing and depositing of said warrants must be deemed to be sufficient security for the payment of said damages. In no case may a township be compelled to pay any damages that may be awarded in laying out, altering, or discontinuing any county road.