[Maintenance and repair by counties.]

All public highways, except such as are owned and operated by private corporations, and highways within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town, shall be maintained and kept in repair by the respective counties in which they are located. History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 2; Code 1915, § 2627; C.S. 1929, § 64-102; 1941 Comp., § 58-102; 1953 Comp., § 55-1-2.