Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-11-25


Supervision.
The board of county commission
ers yesterday issued a call for a
good roads" election to be held
Tuesday, December G, for the pur-
pose of determining whether Ada
county shall adopt the county good
roads system, which, if the issue
carries, will revolutionize the plan Of
construction and maintenance of pub
lie highways; IS Of the % road dis
tricts Of the county having filed petit
tions asking for such an election.
Should the majority Of the elect
ors favor the adoption Of the county
system, their action in iteslf does
not determine the manner or me-
thods by which roads shall be i'm
proved, or involve in itself the au-
thorization of bond issue for that
purpose. The date Of the election
is the sameas for the election Of road
overseers.
The ballot to be used will bear
but one question, "Shall the county
road system be adopted by the county
of Ada?" 1t must be answered
yes" or NO"
The vote is to be canvassed by
the board of county commissioners,
and if it then appears that a ma
jority Of the votes cast is in favor
of adopting the county road system
then the act authorizing such a sys-
tenn shall become operative in the
county.
The act provides for the consoli-
dalton of all road districts excepting
Incorporated cities and towns, and
abolishes the positions of all road
district offices. All provisions of law,
providing for the construction and
maintenance of highways by district
shall remain nugatory while the
county road system continues in
force.
The board of commissioners will
constitute the governing board Of the
county district, and have the power
to bond and to levy taxes and to
transact all business of the district,
bond issues to be submitted to vote
of electors.
One New Position.
But one position is created by the
adoption of the county road system.
that of district road overseer, which
the statute provides, may or may
not be the county surveyor, in the
discretion of the board of commits
sioners." Such overseer shall have
immediate control Of all public roads
within the district His salary is
fixed at not to exceed $4,000.
Immediately upon the adoption Of
the county road system" the act
provides. cit shall become the duty
Of the board of county commission
ers to have the roads of the county
properly surveyed, under the direc-
tion of the road supervisor. and
grades established so as to ascertain
what grades to give in order to in
sure proper drainage" The board /
is authorized to procure the advice ]
and assistance Of a well-known high !
way engineer to assist the supervisor J
in this work
The right-of-way of any road with
in a county district shall not be less !
than SO feet wide, except in excep-
tional cases at the discretion of the {
board of Commissioners, and it be-
comes incumbent upon the board to Z
work with an object of establishing {
such uniformity of width for all
roads.
County roads may pass through {
Incorporated cities and villages, only !
upon the consent of the municipali-
ties, the street so embraced to come ,
under exclusive control of the gov {
erning board of the district. I
In the repair or construction Of I
bridges, culverts and roads. the board {
is required to receive sealed pro- I
posals for all contracts exceeding the I
sum "a F-'V' anu lot All contracts d
exceeding $1,000 must advertise I
for bids. but in no case is it necessary c
to have a vote of the people to au- c
thorize the commissioners to contract y
except in the case Of the issuance Of t
bonds. t
County Road Tax. {
For the purpose. OF the district I
the board is authorized to levy a
county road tax" not to exceed so v
cents on each $1,000 and for the pur-
pose Of paying of bonded indebted I
ness Of the several road districts, Q
road poll tax Of $500. for which an il
allowance is made. must be paid by v
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