The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-12-22
WILL sALEM sOLONs CONSIDER IT
Special TO The chronicle.l

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22.-At an ad- |
journed meeting of the state road con-
gress held in this city yesterday, the re-
port OF the COMMITTEES appointed to
draft bill and memorial to the coming
legislature for a better road system in
Indiana, submitted their report which
embraces Recommendations subetan-
TALLY as follows:
/. The present system of district
supervisors should be abolished.
2. The county commissioners in each
county should appoint for a term of
four years, subject to removal at the
pleasure OF said commissioners, one
county superintendent of highways,
who should be a competent civil engi-
neer and who should be ex-oficio chair
man of the board of county supervisors
of highways, who should have super
vision of the construction and MAIN
tenance of all public highways in his
county outside of cities.
3. The county commissioners in each
county should appoint, subject to re-
moval at their discretion, IN each town
ship one township supervisor of high
/ ways, who should hold his office for a
term of four years; that such township
supervisor of highways should have
charge of the construction and main
tenance of the public highways in his
township outside of cities, subject to
control of the county superintendent of
highways.
| 4. Once in each year all the town
ship supervisors of highways and civil
engineers of cities in the county and
the county superintendent of highways,
who should constitute the county board
of supervisors of highways, should meet
at the court house in their respective
counties to discuss the highway necessi-
ties of their respective townships and
receive instructions from the county
superintendent of highways on the cub
| ject of road improvements that this
meeting should continue not less than
| three nor more than six days; that this
board Of county supervisors should fix
the rate of road-fund tax for each town
ship at not less than twenty-five cents
nor more than fifty cents per 500, pro-
vided that the common council of any
city may levy in. such city such addi-
tional tax for street and alley purposes
as they should deem proper.
| 3. 1t should be the imperative duty
of each township road supervisor to see
that an indefinite number of miles of
good public roads are constructed in his
1 township each year until all of the roads
therein are in q condition acceptable to
the county superintendent of highways.
! 6. The moneys collected from the
road-tax levy should be known as road
| fund, and should be expended in the
construction and maintenance of good
public highways; that the amount col
lected in each township should be ex.
pended on the roads of that township,
provided that no part of the amount
collected in any city should be expended
in the improvement, construction or re-
pair of any road more than three miles
distant from the corporate limits of such
city; without the consent and approval
of the common council of such city and
provided further, that 20 per cent of the
road fund collected in any city NAV be
used in any other township than that in
which such city is situated within said
three mile limit.
| The resolution also provides that the
| county treasurer should have the Gus
tody of the road fund, except that be-
longing to the cities. of which amount
he is to hold 20 per cent. All improve
ments costing over 5000 must be let by
contract. 1t is also made unlawful to
haul any loaded wagon over a public
highway unless the wheels are provided
with three-inch tires. The congress
was formed into permanent organiza-
tinn. which will hold annual sessions.