In any town, city or borough which conducts its government under the provisions of any special act, and in which the duties in relation to fences imposed by the general statutes on selectmen are not specifically assigned to another officer or agency, the legislative body of such municipality, or the board of selectmen in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, may appoint a suitable person or a committee of three persons to perform such duties and may provide for the payment of a fee therefor, which fee shall not be less than that provided by section 47-44.
(1953, S. 2967d; P.A. 94-59, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 94-59 provided that appointments be made by the board of selectmen in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47 - Land and Land Titles
Section 47-43. - Proprietors to maintain.
Section 47-44. - Compensation of selectmen for services as fence viewers.
Section 47-45. - Appointees to perform duties of selectmen as to fences.
Section 47-46. - Payment for fence between agricultural property and state highway.
Section 47-47. - Barbed wire between adjoining premises or enclosing grounds of public buildings.
Section 47-48. - Barbed wire along sidewalks.
Section 47-49. - Purchase of division fence.
Section 47-50. - Division of fence by selectmen.
Section 47-51. - Repair of division fence.
Section 47-52. - When dividing line is a stream.
Section 47-53. - Apportionment of division fence. Penalty.
Section 47-54. - Proceedings to obtain new division fence.