The Forrest City times., 1896-04-17
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
The Committee Meets and Makes Inn
 portant Recon m m dations.

portant Recomm en dations.
 At a meeting of the permanent com lnittee on good roads, held at Little Rock recently, Prof. A. c. Millar was elected chairman and H. L. Remmel, secretary. The following resolution was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved, That subcommittee on legisla- tion, including revision of the present road laws and constitutional amendment. on the best methods of road construction, on county organization for roads and on an address set ting forth the same. be appointed by the chair man of the committee.
 The committees appointed were:
 Legislative-J. b Kimball, L. C. Balch, W. P Fletcher.
 Methods of Road Construetion-W. P. Fletcher W. F. Avera F. Hill
 County and State Organization of Road Movement-F, Hill, H. L. Remmel, S. P. Day
 Address-E. Rodgers. J. H. McCollum, Wm Neal.
 The committee on county and state organizations recommended the follow ing for the establishing of a permanent state organization to be known as The Good Roads League of the State of Ar kansas"
 The objects of the organization shall be to awaken general interest in the improvement of public roads. suggest methods of building and maintaining them. secure the legislation. state national, that may be necessary for their establishment and support, and to con- duct or foster such publications as may serve their purposes.
 That A. c. Millar, chairman of this commit tee, be the president of said state league.
 That II. L. Remmel secretary Of this com mittee, be the secretary of said league
 That L. C. Balch be the treasurer of said league.
 That the county judge of each county be the county member of said league and ex-ofricio member of the county leagues That the county judge be authorized to appoint five or more men who are known to be interested in road Improvements, who shall be known the County Executive Committee That the men so appointed be requested to meet as soon as practicable and efec. Q county organiZa tion in order to get the movement properly before the people and create public sentiment favora- ble to the improvement of the roads of the state
 And we recommend that county organiza- tion be effected in each county on May 80 if possible. to have the people assemble in mass convention on that date.
 That the county judge Of each county be re- quested to ask the county organization to con- tribute the sum of from s to s5 for the purpose of defraying the expense of placing before the people of the state an address in pamphlet form, setting forth the 6igested views of the recent Good Roads Convention, with sugges- tions and recommendations as to what legisla~ tion is necessary to bring about the best re- suits for the improvement of our highways.
 That all remittances be made to Hon. L. C. Balch. Little Rock, Ark. who is authorized to purchase a book for keeping the accounts with each county, and to receipt for such remit tances.
 The chairman of the state league is author ized to call a state convention of the league to be held in Little Rock not later than Feb. 1. 1897
 And the county judge of each county shall be authorized to appoint from the county organ ization or county al large from one to five men as delegates to the state convention the county judge to be considered an ex-officio member of such convention
 Upon the forming of each county organiza- tion the chairman of said organization is re- quested to notify the president Of the state league.
 All county papers are requested to keep the above before the people until the conventions are held in their respective counties.