Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That when any turnpike, or part thereof, has been, or may hereafter be, appropriated or condemned for public use, free of tolls, under any existing laws, and the assessment of damages therefor shall have been paid by the proper county; or when any turnpike company or association has heretofore abandoned or may hereafter abandon its turnpike, or any part thereof; or when any turnpike company or association, owning any turnpike, has heretofore been dissolved, or may hereafter be dissolved, by proceedings under any existing laws of this Commonwealth, such turnpike, or part thereof, shall be properly repaired and maintained at the expense of the county, city, or borough in which the said turnpike, or part thereof, lies, or the same may be improved, under any existing laws, by the said county, city, or borough.
(1 amended Apr. 25, 1907, P.L.104, No.88)