Show Public Highways I More Moro than worth of motor motor mo mo- tor trucks are about to be distributed by the secretary of at agriculture through the bureau of public roads to the state stale highway departments These trucks have been declared surplus bythe by bythe bythe the war department and are being distributed distributed dis dis- to the states under the provisions provisions pro pro- visions of ot section 7 of or the post office appropriation bill They must be used by the states on roads constructed in whole or In part by federal aid for which in addition to the former appropriation was given to the states under the same bill All that the states must do to acquire the use uso of these trucks which range Incapacity In Incapacity capacity from two to five tons is to 1 pay the loading and freight charges Of or the motor vehicles to be beIA I I I IA k Army Motor Truck Carrying Supplies acquired practically free tree by the states are new and are used but all are declared to be in serviceable condition The motors will be apportioned apportioned to states only upon request of at atthe the state slate highway departments on the basis of 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 laws are such that the bureau of public roads cannot distribute any trucks to counties or Individuals |