| Show I Bills Introduced to Effect Cooperation Cooperation Cooperation Co Co- Co- Co operation of County and State Authorities and to toMake toMake toMake Make Work More Efficient General revision of oC th the state road Ila laws s 's I Is propos proposed d In two bills Introduced introduced intro intro- In tho the house yesterday c U by C. C I John Joltn Smith Rep Hep J. J Kane anc at the re request request re- re quest of the this state tato road commission These bills embody recommendations of the tIme roa road commissions commission's slon's report to the governor and propose to Increase scope i and amid efficiency o of state road work worl and I bring about more operation co-operation between I coun counties tlc and states t II bill hUh No o 1 12 d defines rInes the tho powers of or county commissioners in creating special r road a districts and provides s that costs of the tIme WOJ woi k may be ilS assessed against adjoining prop property rt at so much machi for each acre or 01 fraction An n imaginary nary nan line 11 Is drawn rawn midway between count county roa roads s and 50 per I cent of oC tho the tax lax Is to be bl assessed sed against ag the lie land In the time third adjoining the rood load Im Improved improved Im- Im proved pro 10 no per Jer er cent against t the middle third and 20 2 per cent against the time third most remote I Th The bill provides pro s that whenever count county commissioners shall create pe cial road districts under the tIme act net the iho roa road commission shall operate co-operate In construction of the road The oth other bill 1 J- J road outlines the time gen gen- eral duties dutil's 0 of the thc an and amid sets apart sn oo annu annually II from the treasury tress treas ury itry to UI Iho ii state state- road fund The rhe 1 bill furth further I provides that the thc state commission com corn mission lon mil may require counties of or an assessed as assessed as- as R valuation under to tn duplicate fourth on-fourth of th the state road o fund available tom for use UMe In that county counties having an a assessed valuation between bet and to duplicate one half thin HIM counties c having ha an nn al assessed valuation of or more moro than to duplicate tc the full fun amount Provisions Plo aru aro ma mantle made e that th time the road road commission must give Ic proper notice to county count commissioners who in tn turn shall Khali Inform the road commission within da days 11 the amount the count county will wUl put up An additional thirty days ma may be granted Provisions for tor special taxes are made In a section which sa says that whenever the state commission shall decide to Improve c a portion of a state road in on ony portion of ot a count county thc iho count county commissioners shall 10 levy lovy a cial tax of 0 G m nulls mills 11 0 on a all 11 assessable property In that precinct and wl whenever when when- en- en ever eer th tIme the county commissioner taU fall to lev levy th tIme t taxi tax X th the state road commis commis- sion has the authority to hold the tho state rond road fund apportionment for Cor that county over o until lutU the lie next year work worl on state tnt roads must be bc kept UP b by the counties according to the lie bill which provides ts t's that whenever er state lie road commission serves notice to the count county commissioners that re to- to pairs pair are an needed need and tho the re-I re commission- commission ers era fail rail to comply campI the e state road load funds funda for fOl or that count county m may be held up I |
