Show I 0 D 0 MOTOR TRUCKS TO AID ROADS Government to Give Army Equipment Valued at to State Highway Departments More than worth of motor motor motor mo mo- tor tracks trucks are about to be distributed by the secretary of agriculture through the bureau of public roads to the tha state highway departments These trucks have been declared surplus by bythe bythe bythe the war department and are being distributed distributed dis dis- dis to the states under the provisions pro pm- visions of section 7 of the post office appropriation bill Th They y must b be used by the state states OIl on r Suds ads constructed in wh whole le or orr orIn r in part rr- rr by federal l pith JMJ for which In la addition f to d the he former appropriation was given to the states under the same bill All that the states must do to acquire the use of these trucks which range In Incapacity Incapacity incapacity capacity from two to five tons Is to toI I pay ay the loading and freight charges Of th the 20 motor vehicles to be yf r r Av k i w. w h hy y art k Army Motor Truck Carrying Supplies acquired practically Ir free e by the states are new and are used but all are declared to be in serviceable condition The Th motors will be apportioned apportioned apportioned to states only upon request of the state highway departments on the basis of ot the requests received from the respective states and in accordance accordance accord accord- ance with the apportionment provided In the federal aid law approved In 1916 The requirements of the Hie laws are such that the bureau of public roads cannot distribute any trucks to Bounties or individuals duals |