The record-union., 1897-04-07

Section 6. The Department of High
ways shall have power to appoint
Secretary and stenographer, who
shall hold Office at the pleasure of the
department. Such employees shall not
be eligible for such appointments un-
less they possess special qualifications
for, and are competent to perform the
duties devolving upon them; and they
shall devote their entire time to the
service of the department.
Section Z. The Office of the Depart
ment of Highways shall be in the state
Capitol building; and the Secretary OF
State shall assign to the department.
for it's use, such rooms as may be nee
essary for it's accommodation. All OF
the regular meetings of the department
shall be held at such office. The de-
partment may, however, hold such spe-
cial meetings at such places as the du-
ties of the department, or the best IN
terests Of the State, may require.
Section 8. The Department of High
ways shall take possession, in the name
of the State, as rapidly as the funds
provided therefor will permit, of all
roads which have been or may be de-
clared State highways.
Section 8. The Department of High
ways shall have charge of all eXpend1-
lures made by the State for highway
purposes, except as otherwise provided
by law; and all money appropriated
for such purpose shall be made payable
upon proper order of said department
All claims and accounts which may be
incurred by the Department OF High
ways shall, however, before payment,
be audited by the Board of Examiners.
Section 10. The Department of High
ways shall make examination into ex-
listing highway conditions in the State
of California and shall, furthermore,
make such Investigations within the
State as will put at the service of the
State the most approved methods OF
highway improvement. 1t shall supply,
on request, without charge, any infor-
nation relative to highways required
by any county or district official hav-
ing care of and authority over high
ways within this State. 1t shall collect
and collate data relating to the geo
logical formation of the State in so far
as it relates to material suitable for
highway construction, and make
analyses and tests of such material as
it may deem suitable for highway uses,
with the view of determining the value
of the same for such purposes. All
data so collected, together with such
other matters of value or interest to
the people of the State, shall be pub
lished in bulletins, or upon maps or
diagrams, or in other proper form, or
in the biennial report Of the depart
ment, as it in it's discretion shall de-
termine. The department shall pre-
pare and adopt styles and forms of
books for use by officials. in which to
keep account of the expenditure of
highway money and all other records or
proceedings relating to highways. 1t
shall prepare such forms as may be
necessary for use in connection with
opening, abandoning, altering, locating,
constructing, maintaining, obtaining IT,
tie to, or otherwise relating to proposed
State highways; and such books and
forms. when so adopted, shall be the
standard for use in the State. Copies
of them shall be forwarded to the va
rious officials who are charged with
keeping or using the same, and
such officials shall Immediately
the style shown by such standard,
and shall thereafter use them exclu-
sively for the purposes for which they
are intended. 1t shall be the duty of
the department to adopt such general
forms for the surveying of the State
highways. mapping and keeping of the
notes thereof, and the permanent mark
ing of the same on the ground, as it
shall deem necessary, and shall issue
instructions defining such general
ferns and markings to the person hav-
ing charge of the making of such sur
veys; and it shall thereafter be the
duty of such persons to follow the
methods prescribed in such instruc-
tions. The Department of Highways,
in performance of its duties, shall have
the power to call upon any State, coun-
ty or district official to furnish it with
any information contained in his office
which relates to or is in any way nee
essary to the proper performance of the
work of said department; and it is
hereby made the duty Of such officials
to furnish such information without
cost. The Attorney-G General of the
State shall be the legal adviser of the
Department Of Highways, and said De-
partment of Highways shall call upon
the Attorney General of the State for
all such legal advice and services as the
discharge Of it's duties may require.
Section II. The department shall pre-
pare biennial reports, which shall be
submitted to the Governor at least
thirty days before each session of the
Legislature. Said report shall embrace
the work and Investigations of the de-
partment for the two previous years,
together with such recommendations