TITLE XXII
NAVIGATION; HARBORS; COAST SURVEY
Chapter 272
COAST SURVEY
Section 272:1
272:1 Entry on Land. –
Any person employed under an act of the Congress of the United States, passed February tenth, 1807, and the supplements thereto, may enter upon lands within this state for the purpose of exploring, surveying, triangulating, leveling or doing any other act which may be necessary to effect the objects of such acts, and may erect any works, buildings, stations, or appendages requisite for that purpose, doing no unnecessary damage thereby.
Source. 1846, 337:1. CS 146:1. GS 132:1. GL 146:1. PS 1:6. PL 1:6. RL 2:1.
Section 272:2
272:2 Assessment of Damages. –
If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for the damages caused by doing any of the acts aforesaid either of them may petition the superior court for the county in which the land entered upon is situate for an assessment of the damages, and the court shall thereupon assess them by a jury or other method, as the parties may agree.
Source. 1846, 337:2. CS 146:2. GS 132:2. GL 146:2. PS 1:7. PL 1:7. RL 2:2.
Section 272:3
272:3 Tender. –
The person so entering upon land as aforesaid may tender to the party injured sufficient amends therefor, and, if the damages finally assessed do not exceed the amount so tendered, the person so entering shall recover his costs; and in all other cases the party injured shall recover his costs.
Source. 1846, 337:3. CS 146:3. GS 132:3. GL 146:3. PS 1:8. PL 1:8. RL 2:3.
Section 272:4
272:4 Property of Survey Protected. –
If any person shall wilfully deface, injure, or remove any signals, monuments, buildings, or any appendage thereto, used or constructed under and by virtue of the acts of Congress aforesaid, he shall be fined $50 and shall also be liable for all damages sustained by the United States.
Source. 1846, 337:4. CS 146:4. GS 132:4. GL 146:4. PS 1:9. PL 1:9. RL 2:4.