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and the amount thereof shall be charged against such owner or occupant, and 

 levied and collected, as provided in section fifty-five. The town board of any 

 town may, by resolution, determine that the work required by this section 

 to be done by the owner or occupant of lands situated along the highway shall 

 be done by the town superintendent. If such resolution be adopted such work 

 shall be done by the town superintendent at the times prescribed by this 

 section, the cost thereof shall not be charged or assessed against the owner or 

 occupant but shall be a town charge, and there shall be annually raised in 

 such town in addition to other moneys raised for highway purposes a sum 

 sufficient to pay such expense. 



