Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-08-03
lCoMMuNcATED.
The state Aid Road Law.

Owing to the faet certain OF the coun-
ties of Maryland to which the Highway
Commission Of the state has furnished es !
Inmates for the construction Of modern
roads under the provisions Of the state
aid road law, have neglected to fully
designate the portions ofthe roads which
they wish improved and the totaiamount
81 the State aid fund which they desire to
take up this year, State Highway En-
gineer, Waller w. Crosby has just sent TO
the county commissioners Of each county
applying for state aid letter announcing
that ali counties desiring thefull amounts
Of their nllotments Rsust 40 notify the
Highway Commission on or before Au-
gust 1905. After this date apportion.
inents Of the counties fniling to take
advantage Of the law, will under thepro-
visions Of the law be reappointioned
among those counties desiring To take
up more than their original allotment,
but as ii is hoped that as many counties
as possible win share in the advantages
OF good roads, every encouragement to
the counties to announce the amount OF
aid desired Is being given by the High
way Commission,
The county commissioners are earnest
ly urged not to delay in replying to the
communication OF Mr.. Crosby M there
IA now no time to be lost and commis-
eioners who hesitate will simply put
their counties behind their more progress.
siye neighb0rs Nor shonld county CON-
missioners, who generally hold one meet
ing la the month, wait until their next
regular meeting which may be too late.
but in such instance should call special
meetings OF once Mr.. Crosby'e letter Is
as follows.
GENrLEMER. The State Aid Road Law. Acts
OF lg0f, Chapter 225. Section II. provides that
" the event Of any eonnty'a refusing 20 take
ance shall be allotted TO those counties deslr-
ing more than their original allotment. Asyour
allotment for this year cannot be considered as
applying 70 any work not undertakeu this
year with reasonable prospects OF lis compile
tion before Dec. !, after VII ch date II IL ordi-
@ rSda nS " IKE ~ carrS III ~osn upon
for such work must be executed by Sept. /,
you are respectfully requested TO advise me
Immediately az 10 the total amount OF State
Aid that win DO desired by your county this
year, You are hereby respectfully notified
that Ia the absence Of this Information or fall
ure of the same TO reach me on or before Au-
gust 5, IL Will be considered by this Commits
sion that your county desires no further aid
from the State this year than It has contracted
for at that date, and reallotment will there
fore then be made among those counties de-
string more than their present allotment Ia
accordance with this understanding. It 10 res
pectfnlly urged upon your Board that the OPP
p0rtunitg offered by the State az this time De
ayalled Of by you to the fullest extent practi-
cable. u ID the intention aud desire Of this
Commission 70 distribute the benefits OF the
Act through the state US widely aud equally
MS may be possible for them TO do 20, aud IL Il
firmly believed that the more general tho ap-
plioati0n OF the Act may become. the greater
will he the benefit to the localities themselves
Trusting that your reply Will indicate that
your county is DESTROYS of receiving the full
amount OF ite allotment, am,
Very respectfully.
w. w. Crosby, Chief Rngineor
In order that the residents OF the coun-
ties may know just how far this an
nouneement affects their respective In
terests, it may be well to review what
the counties have done since the original
petitions for state aid were sent to the
Highway Commission last spring. OF
the total number Of Maryland counties,
IS applied for state aid last spring, in
quantities varying from to so miles
Garrett, Somerset, Wicomico, Calvert
and Kent counties were the only ones
which failed to apply at all. Since the
estimates have been given to the coun-
ties of the cost Of the reads petitioned for.
intimation has beenreceiveS1 In someeaeee
that the county authorities have decided
not to proceed any fuFtherunder theInW.
III the case ofCnrOlineeounty which asked
for estimates for four miles ofrOad, it has
been impossible to have the pieces ofroad
designated closely enough to have the
surveys made, and the estimates could
not therefore be given. Estimates have
been submitted 10 Anne Arundel county