Rhode Island § 24-5-9 - Maintenance of Town Highways
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§ 24-5-9. Maintenance of Town Highways
R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-5-9
§ 24-5-9. Removal of obstructions by surveyors.
Surveyors of highways may cut down, lop off, dig up, and remove all sorts of trees, bushes, stones, fences, rails, gates, bars, enclosures, or other matter or thing that shall in any manner straighten, obstruct, or incommode any highway; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize any surveyor, except under the direction of the town council, to cut down or destroy, or other than in a reasonable and proper manner, to lop off or trim up any shade or ornamental tree so planted or maintained by any adjacent owner or occupant upon or near the side of any highways as not to incommode the traveled path.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 83, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 96, § 8; G.L. 1938,
ch. 73, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 24-5-9.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 24-5-9 ("Maintenance of Town Highways") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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