Section 15-1-416 - Landowner petition to exclude tract from city or town; disposition thereof; exclusion of land for highway purposes(a) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 158, § 3. (b) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 158, § 3. (c) The governing body may exclude from any city or town land sufficient for the construction of state highways. Notice of the intended action and the time and place of public hearing for objections shall be published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or town. No action may be taken by the governing body to exclude land for highway purposes over the objection of any owner of property to be excluded.