Section 943 Of Chapter 2. Powers And Duties Of Boards Of Supervisors From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. Such board may:
(a) Acquire any property necessary for the uses and purposes of
county highways. When eminent domain proceedings are necessary, the
board shall require the district attorney to institute such
proceedings. The expense of and award in such proceedings may be paid
from the road fund or the general fund of the county, or the road
fund of any district benefited.
(b) Lay out, construct, improve, and maintain county highways.
(c) Incur a bonded indebtedness for any of such purposes, subject
to the provisions of Section 944.
(d) Construct and maintain stock trails approximately paralleling
any county highway, retain and maintain for stock trails the
right-of-way of any county highway which is superseded by relocation.
Such stock trail shall not be included in the term "maintained
mileage of county roads" as that term is used in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 2100) of Division 3 of this code.