Bowers v. Narragansett Real Estate Co.

Section 31 of chapter 72 of the General Laws, concerning the proceedings for the recovery of the cost of setting curbstones, is as follows:

“Such costs shall be ascertained by the surveyor of highways, and be by him submitted to and be approved by the said town council, and then the surveyor of highways shall demand the same of such abutting owner, and if such owner shall neglect or refuse to pay the same, such surveyor of highways shall certify the costs, so ascertained and approved, to the assessors of taxes for the said town, and the assessors shall include the said costs of said…