7-14-2702. Petition for opening or improving road. (1) A petition for laying out, opening, constructing, or improving a county road may be presented to the board by the owners of two-thirds of the lineal feet of land fronting on the proposed or existing road or by two-thirds of the residents of the proposed district. If any land is in the name of a deceased person or a person for whom a guardian has been appointed, the signature of the executor, administrator, or guardian is equivalent to the signature of the owner.
     (2) The petition must set forth:
     (a) that the petitioners are qualified to sign the petition and that they desire the petitioned action;
     (b) the kind and nature of the improvement desired;
     (c) the mode of payment of the assessments to be levied for defraying the cost thereof, whether immediate payment or by payment in installments;
     (d) the portion of the costs which the district, if formed, will assume and pay.

     History: En. Secs. 5-402, 5-418, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-3102(part), 32-3118(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 253, L. 1979.