New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-08
4 DECISIVE STEP TOWARD EOAD REFORM
FEATURES OF \ MEASURE WHICH ms PASSED
BOTH HOUSES AUTHORIZING THE
IRON the REoulAR CORRESPONDENT or INF 1RIDUxll


Albany April ,>pccIaD.-The Legislature AMI
PROBABLY the State have Initiated system OF ROAD
improvement It is a modest beginning, nevertheless
II 1, "A beginning Tie friends Of the road-rciorn
movement can -ratuiat" Themselves.
The biu which thus Starts the State In good
direction was Introduced In tho Assembly by Mr.
Barnard, OF Clinton County. som" Tin" ag" "
WAS passed by the Assembly. and today Ii WAS
passed by the senate II amend, the Highway hw
by authorizing the various county boards OF super
vl,ors to adop; the county road system appoint
comfy engineer 10 supervise the construction or
letter roads, select lines for new and improved
reads and issue bond, for meeting the expense oi
these road Improvements The bill rs passed by
the senate read, Is follows,
Sector l. The Highway Jaw Is omcnd by adding Al
the end Of Article = thereof tn folowin-:
..>ec 81 The Roarl Of SupI, Of COUNT nav.
by concurring vote Of ~ least maiofty oil the whole
numb r by resolution adopt count road system AM
shall o. piartics'l" after the ai'p'on OF such
resolution bc Designated county r'ds s"'h
portion. public highways in such county not villain
an inclrpofai"d vilagc clty they shall deem al
y.able and shah cause such Designation and MN OF
such county roai- fled in t,r ci"r%, ode" oil such
county The roads drsgaat shall. No iar a rr'-
ticabc 10. Icadng nlrsct road In sr'h county.
''sec. -. There shall DE- county engineer IN every
such county who shall appoint b "a" Board Of super
,i.or. III. reof and b. uo,ab at H. pc'rntr The
term Of oii-e Of each county engineer shall! b" thfr
r'moN'd AL his salary -hali To-
nNci hy the Board OF Sup,,i~or and he county chif'
''>cc. 81. In" cNprn,' Of maintaining The cornt' rAi'
OF each county shall b. county charge The amount
ncc ,ry To repair and mantn the county roads In each
wear hall be- appropriated annually by the Board o. SUPER
visor. The Board of Supervisors d"sehnr The f"aiS
upou which the money appropriated each year Tor the re-
,,rnr and maintenance of county roads snail DE- 'N
,oodod for the ensuing year; and th" county ch'h'r
shall have the supervision Of such cNlHhu'O'f'' i"'
ro,a If Supervisors may designate the portion OF Tie
,o, ,pnroprlatIon which shall DE- expended upoi an!
,o-on of The county roads aud shall from year u N'r
,,kc such aII0rtlonucnt 80 far "a paruchDie III S"'
,u,er TINT the amount expended In each town sh'h DE-
nor,,oua,c 10 thc cquaillcd valuation OF th' real
proprty 81 such Town. -, , mas,
o,, ,oncv from time time for the CONSTITUTION mann
,o,c. and rcnr Of the county roads IN 'uch county '
- i..ue the bond, Other evidences oil nh'"c'"'SS W
ho cou,,v therefor: but -uch bonds or other rNd'h u"
Indebtedness shall bear lat" oil interest 'N''''
,or cent pcr annum. and shall not be- Tor l"'P'' '
. - v.,r. and shall De- sold for less than par
..S.c ~ Ihc county roads III any county sh'i u" ~
iuy.v under the lur. Of tn H"nrd :" sup '''o
and tbc county en- gnccr Of the county, ana exempt ~ Wv
urisdic,,on of the highway officers Of the town. Inv ''
om ~ ,,pton for working and repairing inc "s""'''
other than the county roads In town III oo'''' ~
,,ch IN, county ,oad system adopted, shaii DC inc
money systm Of taAatloa -,
Sec - This shall take eject lhheu'''''