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way the grade of which at the time of placing or erecting such build- ing is other than the grade shown an said plan, or on land adjacent to any street or way the plan and profile of which have not been approved by said board of survey, no damages caused to any build- ing so placed or erected, by the construction of such street or way as shown on said plan, or caused to any building so placed or erected, or to the land upon which such building is placed or erected, by the subsequent change of grade of any street or way the plan of which has not been approved by said board of survey, shall be re- covered by or paid to the owner of the whole or any part of the estate of which the land upon which said building so placed or erected formed a part at the date of the first publication of notice of hearing as aforesaid. Sac. 6. Any town which accepts the provisions of this act may from time to time appropriate sums of money to be expended by the board of survey for carrring out the provisions of this act; but no expenditures shall be made in excess of such appropriations. SEC. 7. Said board of survey, its officers and agents, may, so far as they deem it necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act enter upon any lands and there make such examinations and surveys and place and maintain such monuments and marks as they may deem necessary; and any person whose property is injured by such entry or by such placing or maintaining, who fails to agree with the town as to the amount of his damages, may have them assessed and determined in the manner provided by law in the case of land taken for the laying out of highways in said town, on application at any time within one year after such entry or after such placing and maintaining. Sac. 8. This act shall not be construed to authorize any taking or condemnation of Iand, or to render a town liable for damages of any kind, except for making entries upon land and for placing and maintaining monuments and marks as authorized by section seven, nor to authorize a town to lay out or to construct any way 105 located on any of said pians, until such way has been laid out as a highway under other provisions of law. SEC. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage so far as to authorize the submission of the question of its acceptance to the voters of any town, but it shall not take further effect in any town until it has been accepted by a majority of the voters of such town present and voting thereon either at a special meeting called for the purpose, or at an annual meeting. 106