The San Francisco call., 1896-05-12
Resolutions Protesting Against
It's Passage Are Adopted
Unanimously.
IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS
The Good Roads Question to Be Ex.
haustively Discussed at the
Meeting.

SAN JOSE, CAL, May 1.-THE fourth
annual State convention of the County
Boards of Supervisors convened at the
Courthouse in this city this morning. The
meeting was called to order by Supervisor
NJ. B. Ivory of Contra Costa County, who
was chairman of the last convention. The
purpose of the gathering is to discuss
questions pertaining to county govern
ment, but the principal question consid-
cred will be that of building and main.
tanning good roads.
A. Greeninger of this county was elected
chairman of the convention. and ]. D. En-
right of Santa Cruz secretary. About sixty
delegates are present, representing twenty
counties as follows:
Alemeda-H. Bailey, ]. E Johnston and W
II. Church.
Alpine-D. Heinsoth.
Colusa-J. H. Laugenour, C. C. Felts and
A. P. Spsulding.
Contra Costa-M. B. Ivory.
Kern. W. White.
Los Angeles-E. S. Field, A. W. Francisco and
w. i. Woodward
Madera-J F. Ward.
Nevada-E. w. Donnelly,
San Bernardino-G. R. Holbrook.
San Joaquin-o. J. Hemphill.
San Luis Obispo-J. B. Kester and D. Waite
Santa Barbara-E. de Ia Cuesta.
Santa Clara-A. Greeninger, John Roll, J. s.
Selby, George E. Rea and S. F. Aver.
Santa CRUZ. D. Enright, A G. Lay, J. A
Linscott, S. II. Ranabo and A. P. Stanton.
San Francisco. l. Dimond, E. C. Hughes
E. L. Wagner and C. L. Taylor.
Solano-E. McGettigan, J. 81. McCudden B.
J. Devlin and J. A. Clark.
Sonoma-E. S. Gray
Tehama-0. Leininger.
Ventura-F E. Davis and K. P. Grant.
Joseph l.. Maude, Marsden Manson and
R. G. Irvine of the State Board of Public
Highways, were present to-day, and on
motion were made members of the con.
vention. B. Knight and T. w. Wyman OF
the Santa Cruz Wheelmen were present,
and were invited to participate in the dis
cussion of good roads topics. The follow
ing committees were appointed:
Resolutions-C. L. Taylor, NJ. B. Ivory, J. A.
Linscott W. H. Church and G. R. Holbrook.
Order OF business. s. SeIby, NJ. Henderson,
]. l. Dimond, ]. F. Ward and Il. Bailey.
A resolution protesting against the en-
actment of the funding bill and requesting
the representatives of California at Wash
ington to work against the bill was passed
Resolutions on county road control were
offered by r. II. Pringle, B. K. Knight and
others. They are the same as recently
adopted by convention in Santa Cruz.
Among the principal recommendations
are that laws be enacted so that all roads
be built and maintained by direct tax,
including all county and trunk lines; that
the roads in any district be built and
maintained by taxes raised in that dis
trict. They also recommend creating the
Office of road expert, who shall pass upon
the construction of roads in the county in
which he shall be appointed, and have
general supervision of the highways un-
der the direction of the Board of Super
visors, his term of office to be until re-
moved.
Among the duties deyolving on him
wouId be to survey the roads, to see that
work is done practically and economically
and to direct road foreman in each dis
trict whose duties should be in the same
line In the draft of the proposed bill it is
recommended that all funds now in the
hands OF Boards of Supervisors and under
their control be left so. The tax in any
district is to be raised by the board when
toned for it, and when after so petitioned
the board deems It advisable. 1t is recon-
mended that property-owners be COM
pelled to keep down weeds on the fence
line and in the bitches along the roads.
when once the Boards of Supervisors have
cut them down. If the law should be
adopted property-owners will also have to
move their fences on either side an equal
distance from the middle of the accus-
toned wagon track. if the fence lines are
not well defined, and a clause is tacKed on
making it unlawful TO use wagon tires OF
less than certain width.
These resolutions, with one favorine
ing Government ownership of the Mica
ragua canal, were referred to the commit
tee on resolutions.
The convention will be in session to.
morrow, and on Wednesday the delegates
will be taken for drive over the roads OF
the county.
BOOTHS VOLUNTEERS