Section 170. Survey for the laying out of a highway

Whenever the town
  superintendent shall lay out any highway, either upon application to him
  or otherwise, he shall notify the county superintendent, whose  duty  it
  shall  be to either make a survey, or cause the same to be made, and the
  town superintendent shall incorporate the  survey  in  an  order  to  be
  signed  by  him,  and to be filed and recorded in the office of the town
  clerk, who shall note the time of recording  the  same.  Notwithstanding
  the provisions of any general or special law, the county superintendent,
  his agents, contractors or employees when engaged on work connected with
  laying  out a town highway, may pursuant to the eminent domain procedure
  law enter upon any property for the  purpose  of  making  surveys,  test
  pits,  test  borings,  or  other  investigations.  Claims for any damage
  caused by such work may be adjusted by  the  town  board  or  determined
  pursuant  to  the  eminent domain procedure law. The cost of such survey
  shall be a town charge payable in  the  same  manner  as  other  charges
  against the town.