Section 20. Upon petition of the county commissioners of any county, the several courts of quarter sessions of this Commonwealth shall have power, within their respective counties, to vacate as a county road any portion or portions of any abandoned or condemned turnpike road, or any portion or portions of any turnpike road purchased by the county, or of any road the permanent location or improvement whereof has been ordered or made under this or former acts relating to county roads, and all portions of such roads so vacated shall become and be township roads. Written notice of the contents of said petition and the time when the same will be presented to the court shall be given by the county commissioners to the supervisors of the township or townships through which said road passes at least ten days before the date of presenting the same. At the time said petition is presented, the court may fix a time for a hearing in open court, or refer the matter to an examiner to take testimony and report his findings to the court at such time as the court shall direct. At any hearing in open court or before an examiner appointed by the court, all parties in interest may appear and be heard. After the hearing in open court or before an examiner as aforesaid, the court, if it shall find that the conditions prescribed by this act have been complied with, may grant the prayer of the petitioners, and make a decree accordingly or make such order in the premises as to right and justice shall appertain.
(20 amended May 11, 1921, P.L.477, No.224)
Compiler's Note: Section 1501 of Act 447 of 1929 provided
that section 20 is repealed insofar as it confers any
powers or imposes any duties on townships.