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Show GOES FOR ROAD PURPOSES All but four states Illinois, Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, New Jersey, and N. York collect a tax on the gasoline sold within their borders at rates ranging from 1 to 5 cents per gallon: Although Al-though a form of sales tax, it is gen- is ;:: essence a type of road toll and th:;t its yield and earnings reflect more or less directly the use made o: the hi.c'.iways by motor vehicles mil measure to a certain degree the erally conceded that the gasoline tax benefits resulting therfrom. The disposition of the funds collected col-lected in this manner varies in different dif-ferent states. An idea of the average aver-age apportionment may be had from an analysis of the figures of 21 states made by Henry R. Trumbower, economist of the Bureau of Public Roads, United States department of Agriculture. According to this analysis, an-alysis, per cent of the gasoline-tax gasoline-tax receipts is used for the constructs construc-ts nam! maintenance of rural highways, high-ways, 07 per cent being devoted to State highway systems and 22 percent to the construction and maintenance of local roads. The remaining 11 per cent is also used for the most part for road and city street purposes. purpos-es. The gasoline tax is a comparatively comparati-vely new method of raising funds for highways and is continuing to furnish a more and more important source of funds for road use. |