Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-11

gineers. inspectors and superintendents
to supervise the performance of said
contracts. or to have charge of the do
ing Of said work without contract.
"Section 10. All improvements con-
structed under this act shall be of a
durable and lasting character and not
himsy or temporary. The macadamized
or paved portion of the roadbed con-
structed on any highway or portion
thereof improved under this act shall
not exceed sixteen feet in width, unless
donations are made to the highway
commission for that purpose, In which
case they may use such donations TO
defray the increased cost of construct
ing such macadamized or paved road
bed more than sixteen feet wide on any
part of such highway specified by the
donors, but shall not expend any part
of the proceeds of any. bond issue for
such purpose.
May Condemn Land
Section II. Whenever the highway
commission shall deem II necessary
they may cause any highway which
they propose to improve to be widened,
Strengthened or altered, and for that
purpose they may acquire land IN the
name of the county by donation or pur-
chase. or the board OF supervisors shall,
mission, order the condemnation OF
such land and direct the district at
torney to bring an action in the name
of the county for that purpose under
the provisions of the code of civil pro-
cedure In relation to eminent domain.
In such action the order of the board OF
supervisors shall be conclusive evidence
of the regularity of all prior proceed
ings The cost of purchasing or con-
demning such land shall be paid out of
the highway Improvement fund.
Section IL. No part of any highway
lying within the corporate limits of any
incorporated city or town shall be Inn
proved by said highway commission
under the provisions of this act; but,
when any highway which said highway
commission propose so to improve snail
pass through any Incorporated city or
town said city or town Is hereby author
lied to improve the portion of such
highway lying within it's corporate
limits, and, for the purpose of raising
the necessary funds therefor, to issue
bonds in such manner as may be pro-
vided by law for the issuing of bonds
by such city or town for public i'm
proVementS.
Section 13. All necessary repairs to
any highway improved by said high
way commission under this act shall be
made by the same officers who may be
charged with the duty of repairing
other highways of the county, and the
cost of such repairs shall be paid out
of the general fund of the county.
"Section IA. Said highway commits
sion shall. at least once in every six
months, make and file with the board
of supervisors a detailed statement OF
their proceedings, showing the amount
of money in the highway improvement
fund at the time of their last state
ment. the amount of all donations
since received and the purposes for
which such donations were made, the
amount since expended, with the pur-
poses for which it was expended and
the balance remaining, the contracts
entered into or other obligations in
Cured by them and still outstanding,
the highways in course of improve
ment or completed since that last
statement, and the condition of the
work on each, together with any other
information that they may consider of
interest to the public.
Section 15. Each member of said
highway commission shall receive per
diem of So for each day necessarily
spent in the discharge of his duties, to-