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Show j ROAD APPROPRIATION Each County in Stale Will Receive Re-ceive $3,600 Per Year One important measure signed sign-ed by Governor Spry was the biennial bi-ennial road appropriation bill, which makes provision for the expenditure of .$108,000 of state funds annually for the construction construc-tion and maintenance of the roads of the state, under the direction di-rection of the state road commission. commis-sion. This appropriation amounts to $3,tf00 yearly for each of the twenty-eight counties coun-ties of the state. Under the terms of the bill this appropriation is not available for the most populous counties of the state until each has appropriated appropriat-ed an amount equal to that allotted al-lotted by the state. Less populous popu-lous counties are required to appropriate ap-propriate one-half the sum donated do-nated by the state, and the smaller small-er counties are required to contribute con-tribute one-fourth of the sum they expect to receive from the state- The state road fund will be greatly augmented by the proceeds pro-ceeds of the Browning motor vehicle tax law. The bill creating creat-ing this special tax was also signed sign-ed by the governor- This bill fixes a graduated license tax on jU motor vehicle? graded in ijro-pxrtioll ijro-pxrtioll to the hmV.powr ofpl machines. From thi-source, an increasing revenue is expected each year- It is estimated that during the first two years the revenue from this tax will amount to $200,000. This money will be devoted exclusively to the construction and maintenance of roads and will become a part of the state road fund- j |
