Selectmen of a town, upon petition, may lay out any new class IV highway not financed in whole or in part with federal aid highway funds, and class V or VI highway or alter any such existing highway within their town for which there shall be occasion.
RSA 231:8
RS 49:1. CS 52:1. GS 61:1. GL 67:1. PS 67:2. 1921, 31:1. PL 74 :2. RL 90:2. 1945, 188:1, part 5:1. RSA 234:1. 1967, 157:3. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.