Show GO CO OFFICIALS MEET AT LOA T G D macdonald 1 I 1 II Chamberlain 0 C bowman and villard mackle prang went to richfield last to meet with tile tha members of road commission and the directors of the associated civic clas claua ot of south onn em utah to discuss the tha prospects ot of counties taking road contracts as am unemployment measure me lasure asuro also to ca cooperate in order to boget get a portion agthe at the to be appropriated by federal auvern ment tor for road purposes in case the ilia garner bill passes they wore anxious to get their lids bids in tor for work to be done our commissioners favored developing reservoir sites tit the me johnson canyon and the danab kanab canyon the gamer bill which la Is before congress provides money which cm cam be borrowed by states for public works toward unemployment D A request from united a so southern uthera utah counties tor for a representation resen resent tation atlon in the apportioning of any funds which may become available for relief work in this state by reason of federal legislation Is expected to result from action taken at a meeting of commissioners of southern counties here monday afternoon nine of 12 southern utah counties were represented by officials or by ig i the meeting which was called by the associated civic clubs of Sau southern utah commissioners I 1 present passed several resolutions bearing on ion the relief desired and further action was promised as mez measures become needed that actual relief might be made more readily available to the interested counties in the matter of oc road construction st and betterment work a resolution addressed to governor george H dern was adopted asking that he incorporate in his message too to a special legislature it if it be called s request for the repeal of that section of the state law which makee mandatory that tho the road commission let contracts or oc ait road work which totals more than per unit tho the resolution asks for a law to allow road work to be paid tor for under the force account system ruther iut lier thau than fi bj contract it fc 5 relieve unemployment among citizens of 0 southern ute utah h counties comments upon the resolution indicated that the assembled commissioners were aware of the efforts toward cooperation being made by the state road commission office under the present law despite the utmost leniency of ol 01 interpretation of the present laws it was waa felt the fullest benefit could not be derived from road programs at present without a change of law lany pending the action of congress upon the various relief measures now before the house tand senate and in joint committees the group of southern utah county commissioners obligated themselves to list with the secretary of the associated civic clubs of southern utah any and all feasible projects arising within their respective counties which might come under the terms of the prospective federal aid la in a definite proposal relative to the federal aid road fund which la Is likely to make available nearly 2000 for highway construction in utah under the terms of the wagner garner bill the commissioners asked that each ea ch county or county commission submit to the proper source a given road project within its county and ask that sufficient funds be mode made available to complete said project in full or as much of such projects as available means will cover in view of the inadequacy of tho the information available regarding the bills and measures in question it was further resolved that in the event ot of a special session of the tha state legislature being called a meeting of county commissioners from southern utah counties called in richfield at least seven days prior to the opening date data of the legislature to consider the method of distribution and apportionment ur tott funds which might be made available by such sessions of the legislature projects to be listed with the associated civic clubs will be those which might come under terms of the proposed federal legislation and will be tor for emergency relief for long time bolett project so building programs forest service poj boj acts and others it was pointed ted out the resolution committee appointed by the chairman frank G martines Martl nee sevier county director of the associated cletic clubs included james patterson and W A miller beaver county A D keller kellar emery county moroni jansen and G A stanlea Sta plea sevier G duncan mcdonald McDo kane james af sargent garfield E P I 1 wayne vayne hugh L adama iron |