New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-24

after January first, nineteen hundred and
point board of three commissioners,
one from the First, Second, Third or
Fourth congressional districts, one from
the the, Fifth sixth or ssyenth and one
as the state highway commission; one
snail serve one, one two, and the other
three years, each year thereafter he shall
appoint one commissioner for three years,
Or until his successor has qualified, but
not more than two members shall belong
to the same political party. Such COM
missioners shall serve without compensa-
ton except their actual personal expenses
while in the performance of their official
duties The governor shall fill all va
cancieS and may remove a member for
ineficiency, malfeasance or neglect of
duty. All questions shall be determined
by majority vote of such commission
ers.
Sec 2 Said highway commission shall
elect from its members a chairman, 1t,
snail have a common seal, the members
ter oaths. and it shall be provided with a
suitable Office at the capitol of the state
where it shall hold regular meetings not
less than once in every two months.
tary, who shall be a civil engineer and
practical road builder, who shall be
known as the state engineer and who
shall hold his office subject to the pleas
ure of said commission and whose salary
shall be eighteen hundred dollars ISL, 5000
per annun, and it may also employ q
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month, and such expert road builders and
assistants as it may from time to time
require and fix their compensation. Said
the duties of his office, subscribe to, exc
cute, and file an oath Of office and a bond
in the penal sum of three thousand dol
be approved by the attorney general con.
ditioned OH the faithful performance Of
his official duties. He shall keep a record
of every vote and official act of said
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maps and papers belonging to it, shall
devote all of his time in the interest of
the state as prescribed by said commits
sion, and shall be in charge Of the office
or the commission at the state capitol.
1t shall also be the duty of said state
engineer and his assistants to give such
regard to road construction through
out the state, as time and con-
ditions will permit and as the rules
and regulations of the commission may
prescribe, and he and his assistants NAV
be required by the commission to attend
any public meeting held by the commits,
road impravements in this state, provided
that the state engineer expert road build
ers or assistants shall be allowed neces-
sary travelling expenses while performing
their official duties outside the state capt.
toll
All of the files and records of said COM
tons, be kept open for public inspection
and certified copies thereof shall be re-
ceived in evidence in any court Of this
state.
The attorney general Of the state shall
be ex officio attorney for the commission
and shall give the commission such lega!
counsel, advice and service as 1t may
from time to time require
Sec. 3. Whenever practicable said COM
mission shall Investigate and determine
the location of road material in the
DDS of construction and Improvement of
roads, Investigate the most approved laws
in relation to roads in other states. and
hold public meetings throughout the
state when deemed advisable. On or be-
for December 18th Of each year 1t shall
make printed report to the governor,
stating as near as possible, the number Of
miles of state roads built or improved dur
ing the year, their cost, and the general
character and location of material suit
able for road construction, the general
character and needs Of the roads of the
state and recommend such legislation as
it deems advisable, and any other infor-
nation concerning road improvement as
it deems eXpedient.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of state aid
In the construction and improvement of
public highways, there shall hereafter be
of the state tax of one-twentieth G-20)
Of a mill on each dollar of valuation. to
be collected in the same manner as other
state taxes, and the money SO raised to-
gether with all moneys accruing from the
investment of the internal Improvement
land fund after all appropriations that
shall have been made prior to May 1,
1905, have been provided for, shall con-
stitute the state road and bridge fund
Sec. 5. There is hereby appropriated
out OF the gener fend dSo of the state six
thereof as shall be necessary, for the
year 1906 and the sum Of six thousand
dollars $4,000, or so much thereof as
shall be necessary, each year thereafter
to pay the expenses of said commission,
Including the salary and travelling ex-
penses of the state engineer, and all
sion. but in no year shall the expenses
OF the commission, engineer, assistants,
stenographer, office supplies and other
expenses exceed the sum herein appro-
priated, Or which may hereafter be ap-
propriated for any one year.
All accounts and expenditures shall be
certified by the. chairman of said COM
mission, and paid by the state treasurer
upon orders drawn by the state auditor
Sec. 6. No member of the highway
commission, the state engineer or any
way commission, shall be, either directly
or Indirectly, interested in any contract
for constructing or improving any road
sec. Z. On or before the first Tuesday
in March of each year the highway COM
mission shall estimate the probable sum
Of money that will accrue to the state
road and bridge fund during that year,
and apportion the same among the diff
ferent counties of the state, as herein
provided, and shall Immediately send a
ers of each county stating the amount
that such county shall be entitled to re-
ceive for said year out of said fund In
making an estimate Of the amount of the
state road and bridge fund accruing to
the several counties in the state, no
county shall receive in one year more
than three per cent nor less than one
half Of one per cent of said fund, to be
expended during such year, and in de-
termining the percentage accruing to any
one county, the said highway commission
shall take into consideration the extent
Of the area of such county, the amount
of money expended by it in road con-
struction, the difficulty and expense of
such road construction and the extraordi-
nary expense connected with the develop
ment Of new territory.
Sec. s. AS soon as the highway COM
mission shall have ascertained the loca-
ton Of the available road material
Throughout the several parts Of the state,
and the best methods Of road construc-
ticable it shall prepare and adopt such
rules and regulations for the construc-
ton and Improvement of state roads as
shall be most suitable to the require
ments of, and bring the most practical
results to the several parts Of the state.
Such rules and regulations shall be
printed and several copies shall be for
warded to the county auditor of each
county in the state for general distribu-
tion Such rules and regulations may be
amended from time to time, but such
amendments must be printed and dis
tributed not later than March 1 Of each
year. 0
Sec. 8. ANY county board may desig-