§ 248. Resolution of board of supervisors for abolition of toll
bridges. The board of supervisors of any county may, and upon the
presentation of a petition signed by fifty per centum of the owners of
real property and representing a majority of the assessed valuation of
the town or city in which a toll bridge is wholly or partly situated
must, except where such bridge extends between the state of New York and
a foreign country, pass a resolution that public interest demands the
abolition of such toll bridge situate wholly or partly within said
county. In case of a toll bridge situated in two counties such
resolution shall be a concurrent resolution passed by the boards of
supervisors of the counties wherein said bridge is situated. Within ten
days after the passage of such resolution the clerk or clerks of the
board or boards of supervisors shall transmit certified copies thereof
to the department of transportation. Before transmitting such certified
copy or copies to the department of transportation, the board or boards
of supervisors shall investigate as to the value of such toll bridge and
shall prepare an estimate of the probable cost of acquiring the same,
and the clerk or clerks shall transmit such estimate, together with any
data in relation to the value of such toll bridge which the board or
boards of supervisors may secure, to the department of transportation
with the certified copy or copies of such resolution.