§ 190. Fences to be removed. Whenever a highway shall have been laid out through any inclosed, cultivated or improved lands, in conformity to the provisions of this chapter, the town superintendent shall give to the owner or occupant of the land through which such highway shall have been laid, sixty days' notice in writing to remove his fences; and if such owner shall not remove his fences within sixty days, the town superintendent shall cause them to be removed, and shall direct the highway to be opened and worked.