Show I b I ROAD LA LAWS NET NETE T CHANGE E IN BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Amount Appropriated for Each County Increased More Increased More Power for Commission Utah's general road law covering the state road building lurid fund and governIng governing govern- govern ing lug the state road commission in It ita expenditure was wag revised by the h house se yesterday in the passage of ot house bill No o 13 13 i Introduced b by C. C John Smith of or I Kane Kano ano count county at t the request of ot the state road commission The bill as revised b by the state road goes through tho the house practically as received ed It re enact m the old oltI law whIch has nas cen Instrumental mental nt i In iii vast improvement nt in In inthe the roads ads of or the state with a 11 general a ap- ap Increased from to 00 giving each elch count county In the state approximately Instead of or 2000 as before f fhe sIde Ide from a few changes es in Phrasing to make the bill more deti- deti nite the change chango 03 a adopted by the ar are ar as follows collow I Tho lio slate state road ron commission is I given charge of ot all at mone money acquired by the state for tor road purposes The duties ditties of the board hoard are arc enlarged ed to Include the tIte furnishing of or plans plan S specification peel fi cat I oni a and nd est estimates I ma tes f for bridges bridges' an and culverts ert The commission is also rC required d. d to conduct Investigations and test road materials when necessary and to emP em- em P plo necessary assistants Additional powers aru given th this th board In time the creation of ot state stale roads b by a provision requiring county comI com corn missioners to procure rr rights of oC wa way I for connecting links JInks roW of ot state tat when existing roads will not nor co conform to the Hie state stat 1 plan lan 7 The provision pro that county count commis commis- I nay may levy levI n. n special road tax of ot 5 JH mills is Ig changed ec to read that the the the- county Gount commissioners rs shall levy rhe The state road rand sought to procure an amen amendment providIng that the commission instead of at the coun commissioners should hould have the final word In iii the granting ot of franchises on state roa roads s. s This Timis was as not approved b by the committee but bUl tn road rORd commission com corn mission is allow allowed d the right t to refuse to turn over state stat funds to counties which fall to I keep the state roads oads fn In repair Through h this clause tho the road commission will vili consider er that State stat roads which are torn up liP as ts a n result of ot franchises granted on improper terms are arMi In in poor repair V an and ami the situation will be controlled The Tho hill bill was passed b by the house housew with on only ony I one dissenting vote that Vote that of ot 1 J w T. T 1 Marchant of ot Summit count county Mr lr Marchant endeavored ored to bring about a reconsideration but hut he dl discovered covered that he lie had voted the wrong way waO and had lost th the right to bring notice of or reconsideration |