The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-05-10
PLANNING FOR GOOD ROADS.
The County Court Decides Upon Policy
to Take Advantage Of State
Road Fund.

The General Assembly at tn,
regular session last winter appro
priated $500, 900 to be used for per.
mauent road improvements thro' =
out the State under II road and
highway law enacted at the same
session and approved March Both,
1907 Section three of the law
reads as follows;
Sec. }. The general State road fund
| shall be appOrtiOned and distributed TO
the several counties and city OF ST.
Louis, and used therein for the purpose
OF aiding in the construction of perma-
nent Improvement OF the public roads
therein when the several counties or
districts thereof, or citizens therein
shall provide the necessary funds to pay
FOR at least Une.half of the cost of such
construction or improvements; and the
county courts Or the municipal assembly
OF the city OF St. Louis may, by the
proper order or ordinance, make a reuul-
slioh Tor their propurtionate share of
the general state road fund each year,
aud shall be entitled to Withdraw and
receive the same in the manner herein
provided on furnishing the proper evil
dehce OF the nature Of the improvements
proposed and made, and on showing
that the county, district or citizens
thereof, together or sCverally, have pro.
Vlded and set apart, in the county de
posllory, the fund for the payment of at
least one-half the cost Of construction or
improvement
This law further provides that
acquisitions made on the State for
any part of this fund must be made
on or before the first day of June
each year. AS the law does not
90 into effect until about the middle
OF June, it is the opinion of the
State Auditor, as expressed in a
letter to County Clerk Lawrence,
that it will not be effective this
year, as the new law does not carry
an emergency clause.
In view of this fact the County
Court of st. Francois county, at
the regular May session this week,
decided upon the following policy:
That it will not make any appro-
priations this year out OF the coun-
ty road fund for the permanent
Improvement of roads. only such |
amounts as may be necessary for
repairs on the rock roads already
This policy will allow
the county road fund to be held
intact, which, added to the county
road fund which will accumulate
from dramshop licenses and the
general county road tax between
now and the first Of January next.
will amount to somewhere in the
of $4,000. Them
he county will be in a position to
make requisition upon the State
Auditor for an additional $4,000
'ut of the State road fund, the
whole $40, 900, more or less, to be
expended upon the permanent i'm.
'rovement of our roads.
The policy adopted by the County
Court in this matter impresses us
IS being a wise one. If the
mount of county road fund avail
bile now were expended, but little
good would be done,
While no damage can result by
olding this fund few months; I
ut by holding it an equal amount
lay be drawn from the State road
lnd--thus doubling the county ,
md for permanent road improve !
tent. Besides, with $50, 900 or @
0,000 to expend next year, ten {
twelve miles of good road may !
constructed at a lower contract +