Section 184. When officers of different towns disagree about highway  


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  • When
      the town superintendent of any town or officers of any village  or  city
      having  the  powers  of  town superintendents shall differ with the town
      superintendent or superintendents of any other town or with the officers
      of such a village or city having the powers of town  superintendents  in
      the same county, relating to the laying out of a new highway or altering
      an  old  highway,  extending into both towns, or a town and a village or
      city, or upon the boundary line between such towns or such  town  and  a
      village  or  city, or when a town superintendent of a town in one county
      shall differ with the town superintendent of a town or the officers of a
      village or city having the powers of  town  superintendents  in  another
      county,  relating to the laying out of a new highway, or the altering of
      an old highway, which shall extend into both counties, or  be  upon  the
      boundary  line  between  such counties, the town superintendents of both
      towns or the officers of the village or city having  such  powers  shall
      meet on five days' written notice, specifying the time and place, within
      some one of such towns, villages or cities, given by either of such town
      superintendents,  or  officers having powers of town superintendents, to
      make  their  determination  in  writing,  upon  the  subject  of   their
      differences.  If  they  cannot agree, they or either of them may certify
      the fact of their disagreement to the  supreme  court  in  the  judicial
      district  where all or part of the proposed highway is located; and upon
      due notice to all persons  interested  view  the  proposed  highway,  or
      proposed  alteration  of  a  highway, and take such evidence as it deems
      proper, and shall decide all questions that shall arise on the  hearing,
      as  to  the laying out or altering of such highway, its location, width,
      grade and character of roadbed, or any point  that  may  arise  relating
      thereto; if supreme court determines in favor of opening or altering any
      highway  it  shall order that all proceedings thereto are in conformance
      with the eminent domain procedure law.