The Iola register., 1901-02-15
Senator Miller's Bill has
Passed the Legislature
1t Only Needs the Governors
Signature to Become
a Law
OPTIONAL WITH COUNTIES
They may Vote to Levy two
Mills a Year
All Money is to be Spent in
the Respective Townships
in Which Collected

Topeka, Feb. 12.-Senator Miller's
good roads bill was passed by both
branches of the legislature today and
will go to the governor for his sigma
ture tomorrow. The bill was prepar-
ed by the Kansas Good Roads AS.
sociation and reads as follows:
For the purpose of building and i'm
proving public roads and highways
under the provisions of this act, the
several counties of Kansas shall be
declared road districts, and the coun-
ty commissioners may, by Iproclama-
ton, submit to the legal voters of their
respective counties, at general elect
ion for county and township officers,
proposition to adopt or reject the law
to levy tax of not more than two
mills on the dollar, for.aIperiod of not
less than five years, upon all the real,
personal and mixed property within
their respective counties, and upon the
ballots shall be printed, ''for the
good roads tax levy" against the
good roads tax levy" under the pro-
visions of the general election law;
and the judges of the election shall
count the ballots cast for and against
the good roads tax levy" and make
due returns of the same to the county
commissioners, as other returns are
required by law to be made; that said
commissioners shall meet within ten
days, and, with the clerk of the coun-
ty, shall proceed to count said votes,
and declare the results in proclama-
tion TO be published twoweeks in some
newspaper in general circulation in
the county in which such proclamation
is made. If a majority of the votes
cast on the good roads proposition
are for such law, they shall declare
said law to be in full force and effect,
and shall state the.day on which the
same shall take effect, not longer than
two weeks from the date of the eelection;
and from and after such date the pro-
visions of this act shall be in full
force and effect.
The county commissioners of the
several counties of Kansas shall have
full and exclusive control of the con-
struction and improvement of all pub
lie roads and highways built or i'm
proved under the provisions of this
act, and they are hereby authorized to
purchase ali machinery, tools and
materials, employ all labor, superin-
tendence and engineering necessary to
construct or improve any such roads
or highways, and to pay for the same
from the funds provided for under the
provisions of this act.
For the purpose of defraying the
expense of the construction or improve
ment OF said roads and highways, the
county commissioners of the several
counties are hereby authorized and
empowered to levy and collect, annual
ly, on all the taxable property of said
county, tax not exceeding mills on
the dollar, and the amounts paid by
each township of the tax voted by the
county shall be credited to the town
ship paying the same, and set aside
and used exclusively for road pur-
poses in that township. The amounts
collected from property in incorporat-
ed cities and from railroad companies,
irrespective of location in said,county,
shall be credited to general county
road fund.- and said fund shall be
used, first, in the purchase of all ma
chinery necessary for the economical
prosecution of the work contemplated
by this act; second, for surveys, maps
and estimates, but no greater sum
shall be therefor than that allowed by
law to the county surveyor for like
services; third, the balance of such
tax shall be annually divided by the
county commissioners between the
several townships according to the
value of the roads constructed or be-
ing constructed or improved under the
Provisions of this act
1t shall be the duty of the county
commissioners, where the roads have
been constructed under the provisions
of this act, to apportion to the real
estate situated within one half mile of
said roads or highways, irrespective
of improvements, 10 per centum of the
cost of such improvement.
For rent March !, 1901 2b acres, midway be-
tween NiplOlSpnig SmRltar