Upon twelve days' notice of such petition to such town or towns and to all owners of land abutting on such highways and to such other persons as the court orders, served and returned in the same manner as in civil process, said court shall hear and decide such petition and, upon finding the allegations to be true, shall grant the discontinuance or alteration of such highways, prescribing in its judgment any modifications of such discontinuance or alteration requested in such petition, or any layout of a new highway or highways in lieu thereof, as said court deems to be required by public convenience and necessity. Said court shall, in such judgment, appoint a committee of three disinterested persons to make a survey and layout in accordance with such judgment and, upon such notice to the parties in interest as the court orders, to estimate the damages sustained by any person and to report in writing their actions to said court. Upon acceptance of such report by said court and payment of damages by the petitioner to the parties found to be entitled thereto or deposit of the same in said court for their use, such discontinuance, alteration or new layout shall become effectual, and the applicant shall immediately construct such highway as altered or laid out, at its own expense and in the manner determined by said court, and shall cause a certified copy of such judgment and of the report of such committee as accepted to be recorded in the land records of each town in which any part of such highway so discontinued, altered or laid out is situated. Appeal from the judgment granting such petition or from the judgment of the court accepting such report may be taken by any party in interest in the same manner as is prescribed by law for appeals in civil actions.

(1949 Rev., S. 2149; 1958 Rev., S. 13-33; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 129; P.A. 03-115, S. 34.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 03-115 made technical changes.

Court may order discontinuance of roads several years before construction of reservoir. 6 CS 359. Cited. 11 CS 429.