Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-29
DECISION WILL
 AID ROAD WORK
JmprOy ement Districts Can be Formed lu This County to Macadamize the
 County Highways.

The decision of the supreme court hand
 ed down recently in the case of the Park l view Land Company vs. Road Improve ment District No. l, is likely to prove Q
 great importance to Pulaski county.
 The suit was brought to test the va
 lidity of a legislative act authorizing th' | in Jefferson county by the county cour l for the purpose of building, tonstruetin;
 repairing 1;.! and maintaining public road "nninn %,tnIm tnn nrt,e" eo"nty The court in a1 that portion of the act which provide. for the repairing and maintaining of tn, county roads. although the portion whicl gives the power of building and construct in. roads is declared unconstitutional.
 lhe legislature passed similar spec, act for Pulaski county. and now that it. validity has apparently been upheld. Coun ty Judge Asher plans to take up the work oT macadamizing West Twelfth street b.. yond the city limits. He also hopes to h" able to repair various other roads in tn" county
 BEGAN WORK UNDER GENERAL ACT.
 Two years ago the legislature passed d general act giving the county courts pow. CT to form road improvement districts. Acting under this authority County Judge nrar;r nsl,gr went th % ahead with the work of i'm three three and one-third miles beyond the city limits. He formed an Improvement dis 'r''t Wlth three commissioners It was agreed aii' that the county was to pay one thlfd or the cost of the Improvement and thc property owners twothirds. It was agreed to assess the property for onc-half mile on each side of the road to raise iunas for the improvement.
 The county more than carried out it's part of the agreement It graded thn road for the entire distance. spending a1ut ha1 s1sGoo for the purpose although it commlssonefs of the district agreed to feimhusc the county for all it spent over ene-third of the cost of the work
 ACT DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
 Before the assessment could be made. however the supreme court held the ar' invalid. ah the ground that the district commissioners couid not take care of inc roads after they had been improved. and als" ln this particular instance on the th" property owners with proper notice at the time the assessment was made
 The last legislature passed a special act giving Pulaski county the power to form similar act for Jefferson county, and when the validity of the Jefferson county act was questioned. County Judge Asher decided that he would await the decision attempting to 20 on with the improve ment of the West Twelfth street pike.
 NOW HAVE AUTHORITY TO ACT
 Apparently this decision gives us the ant thority We sought. said Judge Asher after reading the text of the decision in yesterdays Gazette. II shall 70 into the matter more thoroughly, and if this is true l shall immediately take steps to com plete the improvement of the West Twe,- fth street pike.
 'l find that the property owners aE along that road are anxious to see the work completed and I do not anticipate that there will be any trouble in getting those who previously signed the petition to sign another for the same purpose The grading has been thoroughly done and all the road now needs is to put the crush ed rock on the surface.
 WILL FORM OTHER DISTRICTS
 If it is true that the supreme court has upheld the validity of this act we will probably form other similar improvement, districts for the purpose of maeadamlzing other roads in this county. have talked with Vany planters and l find that the ma jority of them. especially those living in the river bottoms. are more than will ing to have their property assessed for the p"rnose of having the highways mprov ed