Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02
BILL FOR GOOD ROADS
To Be Introduced at the Approaching
Session Of FIorida Legislature.

Session Of Florida Legislature.
The following bin, providing for a
system Of good roads for this State, has
been prepared BY the board Of trade Of
Arcadia, IN DeSOtO county, and it
win be introduced IN the legislature
next month:
An Act to be entitled an Act to en-
courage the construction Of a system
Of good roads in the State of Florida,
by paying bonus to each county for
each mile Of hard surface rUad built
and constructed by such county:
Section l. That upon the passage
and approval of this Act and its rstif-
cation by vote of a majority Of the
electors Of the State of Florida. the
the Board Of the Internal Improvement
fund Of the State of Florida shall have
power and it is hereby directed to issue
two million dollars in bonds in denOmi-
nation Of Of one thousand dollars each,
or so much thereof as may be necessary
from time to time to fulfill the require
ments Of this Act; said bonds to bear
interest at the rate Of per cent per
annum; said bonds to be sold and the
proceeds thereof used in the creation
and establishment of a system of good
roads in the State of Florida and such
other roads as are tributary thereto.
That the said Board of the Internal
Improvement Fund is authorized to en-
plOy State inspector of roads, whose
duty it shall be to inspect all materials
and pass upon their fitness for making
good hard roads before construction is
begun, and to inspect said roads upon
completion and issue certificates to the
Board of Internal Improvement Fund
where roads are built according to spec
i6eatiOn, stating number Of miles built,
and upon such certificates the Board
shall order the comptroller to pay to
the county commissioners of each eOUn-
ty for each mile Of road so hard-sur-
faced that is part Of the State system
of good roads hereinafter outlined,
$5OO.OO. And for each mile Of hard
surfaced road built in each county that
is part Of a system Of county roads and
not part of the State system. S25O.OO
per mile.
The specification for a hard road shall
require that the material used shall be
of mari or rock or such substance as
shall harden when exposed to the at
mosphere, due preference being given
to local materials, and shall be laiG
fully ten feet wide, and when packed
shall not be less than eight inches
thick in the center and five inches thick
at the edges, elevated in the center.
For the purpose of this Act the sys-
TEN of good roads shall consist of a I
road from Jacksonville to Pensacola;
from Tampa to Plant City; Plant City
to Lake City and Gainesville; Gaines
vile to Jacksonville via Palatka; Jack !
SOnville to Miami via St. Augustine;
Plant City to a point on the Jackson
vile and Miami route, near New Smyr-
ma in VOlusia county via Lakeland and |
Orlando; Palatka via DeLand, inter-
Secting road from New Smyrna to Or |
landO; Barlow Junction to Fort Ny
ers via Barlow, Arcadia and Punta
GOrda.
The routes shall be selected by the |
board of county commissioners of the |
counties through which the road passes, !
together with the road Inspector or
commissioner of that county, should |
there be one, and the State Inspector, |
who shall decide upon the route through
each county.
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