§ 154. Erection of guide boards. The town superintendent may, with the
consent of the town board, cause guide posts with proper inscriptions
and devices to be erected at the intersections of such highways therein,
as may be necessary, which shall be kept in repair by him at the expense
of the town. Upon written application to him, of five resident taxpayers
of any town or twenty resident taxpayers of the county in which such
town is located, requesting the erection of one or more guide boards at
the intersection of highways in such town, it shall be his duty to cause
to be erected at the intersections mentioned in such application, such
guide boards indicating the direction, distances and names of the towns,
villages or cities to or through which such intersecting highways run.
Such application shall designate the highway intersections at which such
guide boards are requested to be erected, and may contain suggestions as
to the inscriptions and devices to be placed upon such boards. The cost
of the erection and maintenance of such boards shall be a town charge.
If the town superintendent refuses or neglects for a period of sixty
days after receiving such application to comply with the request
contained therein, he shall, for such neglect or refusal, forfeit to the
town, the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered by the supervisor
in the name of the town and the amount so recovered shall be set apart
for the erection of such guide boards.