The record-union., 1897-02-22

ors of the several counties of the
State.
The roads of the third class. or dis
trlct roads, shall embrace all exist
ing county roads now recognized, or
hereafter set apart and declared as
such, which shall not be classified as
state highways or county roads.
A. B. 903 provides that State high
ways shall be laid out, constructed and
maintained, as provided in the Act, or
otherwise provided by law.
The Department. of Highways must
prepare plans, specifications and esti-
mates for the construction of State
highways on THE routes laid out by the
Department of Highways in the man
ner prescribed by law. Such plans, speci-
cations and estimates shall, as COM
pleted, fbe prepared in duplicate, and a
copy filed with the Board of Supervhs-
ors of the county in which any portion
of said State highway may be situated,
and the other retained for use by the
Department of Highways. Thereafter,
all work upon such highway, or any
portion thereof, must be done in strict
conformity with such plans and speci-
ficaltions.
The Board of Supervisors receiving
from the Department of Highways a
description of tine route and location of
State highways, over which they have
Jurisdiction, and on the receipt of the
plans, specifications and estimates,
cause the same to be filed with the
Clerk of said board, and cause the de-
scriptiOn of the location of highways to
be recorded
1t is the duty of Supervisors to secure
and make all necessary arrangements
for rights of way for said highways,
and in no case shall the Department of
Highways have the power to permit the
expenditure of any of THE funds made
available for highway purposes for OBJ
tanning title 10 or rights of way for
any State highway or portion thereof.
State highways, except bridges of a
greater length than twenty feet, are to
be constructed at the expense of the
State, as funds therefor are provided by
law. and work to- the extent of the
funds availa bic for such purposes Shall
proceed simultaneously in each county
not included in an incorporated town,
city or city and county; and all high
way structures shall be of a permanent
character.
All moneys in the State highway
fund, including the unexpended or un-
apportioned moneys in the reserve of
the State highway fund, shall, between
the 1st and 10Th of january and the
LIST and 10th of July in each year, be
apportioned as follows:
First-Fffteen per centu7n 10 the
credit of the reserve of the State high
way fund.
SecOnd-The balance pro rata to the
credit of the several counties according
to the amount of the assessed valuation
of all property in each county not with
in the limits Of an Incorporated town.
city or city and county.
Notice of such appOrtionnient shall
be given to the State Controller and to
the Boards of Supervisors. The amount
reserved shall lbe used solely for the
purpose of maintaining State high
ways and for aiding counties, the as
sesssd valuation of which is such as to
entttle ii TO an appOrtionment of less
than 81 600 for the construction and
maintenance of State highways; pro-
vided, that not more than $4,000 shall
be apportioned from said reserve fund
to any one county in any one fiscal
year; and provided further, that such
apportionment from said reserve shall
first be approved by the State Board of
Examiners.
The amount apporbionsd and advanc-
ed to any county out of the reserve that
shall be repaid into the fund by the
Department of Highways from the pro
rata distributions thereafter made un-
til the whole is refunded without inter
est. 1t shall thereafter be the duty of
the State Board of Equalization to lis
sue instructions to the Assessors of the
various counties of the State to make
their assessment of property in such
manner that the assessed valuation of
all property situated Within the limits
of incorporated towns and cities may
be readily segregated from the assessed
valuation of property situated without
the limits of said incorporated towns
and cities within the respective coun-
ties of which they are officers.
1t shall be the duty of the County
Auditors of the several counties. with
in the time prescribed by Section 372S
of the Political Code, in addition to the
requirements thereof, to prepare a
statement showing the total value of
all property lying Within the limits of
incorporated towns or cities in such
county, and the total value of all prop
erty within such county lying without
the limits of said incorporated towns
or cities in such county.
Authority is conferred upon the
Boards of Supervisors to contract for
the construction of portion or all OF
the State highways included Within the
county over which they severally have
Jurisdiction, when there are funds for
that purpose to the credit OF the county
sufficient to build a portion or all of
such highways; provided, however, that
it is done in accordance with the plans
and specifications furnished by the De-
partment of Highways under the pro-
visions of this Act; and provided fur
ther, that no part thereof shall be
used for the payment of salaries of any
county officer.
The Supervisors receiving notice Of
the apportionment of moneys for State
highways shall, within ninety days af-
ter tine receipt of such notice, advertise
for bids for all or any portion of the
said highways for the construction OF
which moneys shall be available. in ac-
cordance With the plans and specifica-
tions of the Department of Highways.
All advertisements for bids shall be
published for three consecutive inser-