The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-09
bridge fund, and such fund shall be
expended only on state roads.

for the fiscal year ending July 81,
1912, and annually thereafter, the sum
of $3.50, 600 to pay the expenses OF said
commission, including the salary and
other travelling expenses of the state
engineer and his deputies and assis-
tants, and all other persons employed
by the commissions; provided that not
more than sic, 1000 shall be expended
in any one year for the necessary ex-
penses of the Office of the said COM
mission; provided further that all un-
expended funds in any year may be
carried over to the credit of the COM
mission for subsequent years, and
provided further that the sum of
$40, 900 of the appropriation for the
fiscal year ending July, 81, 1912, shall
be available on May l, 1911.
All accounts and expenditures
shall be certified by the chairman of
said commission, and paid by the
state treasurer upon warrants drawn
by the state auditor.
Sec. 6. No member of the highway
commission, the state engineer, his
deputies and assistants, or any other
person in the employ of the highway
commission, shall be, either directly
or Indirectly, interested in any con-
tract for constructing or improving
any road under this act.
Sec. 7. On or before the first Tues
day in March of each year the high
way commission shall estimate the
probable sum of money that will
accrue to the state road and bridge
fund during that year, and apportion
the same among the different counties
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shall Immediately send a notice to the
state auditor and to the board of
county commissioners of each county
stating the amount that such county
shall be entitled to receive for said
year out of said fund. In making an
estimate OF the amount of state road
and bridge fund accruing to the sew
eral counties in the state, no county
shall receive in one year more than
three per cent nor less than one-half
of one per cent of said fund, to be ex-
pended during such year, and in de-
termlnlng the percentage ACQUIRING to
any one county, the said highway
commission shall take into considera-
ton the extent of the area of such
county, the amount of money ex-
pended by it in road construction, the
difficulty and expense of such road
construction and the extraordinary
expense connected with the develop
ment OF new territory.
Sec. 8. AS soon as the highway
commission shall have ascertained the
location of the available road mate
rial throughout the state, and the best
methods of road and bridge construc-
ton, as far as the same may be prac-
ticable, it shall prepare and adopt
such rules and regulations for the
construction and Improvement of
state roads as shall be most suitable
to the requirements of, and bring the
most practical results to the several
parts of the state.
Such rules and regulations shall be-
printed and copies shall be forwarded
to the county auditor of each county
in the state for general distribution.
Such rules and regulations may be
amended from time to time, but such
amendments must be printed and dis
trlbuted not later than April 1st Of
each year.
Sec. 9. Any county board may des-.
ignate any established road, or speci-
fed portion thereof in its county as
state road, and construct or improve
the same in accordance with the regu-
lations of the said highway COM
mission relative to state roads. Said
state engineer shall make or cause to
be made all necessary surveys, estab-
lish grades and prepare plans and
specifications for all state roads, and
shall cause to be superintendent all
work done on such designated state
roads. Such work may be done under
contract or by day labor, as the
county board may direct, and a re-
port thereof shall be made by such
superintendent in duplicate as NAV be
required by the highway commission,
one copy of which shall be delivered
to the county auditor and one to the
state engineer.
Sec. 10. Whenever any county
board makes application to the state
highway commission for the designa-
ton of an established road running
from the county making such applica-
ton into an adjoining county, as
state road, said commission shall in
vestigate the need for such road and
if it shall decide that it is necessary,
shall so designate such road and de-
termine and fix the part of the cost of
tho improvement thereof to be paid
by each county.
Sec. II. The word "road" or
"highway" whenever used in this act
shall be construed to include all
bridges upon or which form a part of
the road or highway to be improved
or constructed, provided that in no
case shall more than one-half ~ of
the cost of constructing any road or
bridge be paid by the state from such
fund.
Sec. II. The highway commission
shall appoint as many assistant engi-
neers throughout the state as they
may deem necessary for the purpose
of experimenting all work done on
state roads under state aid. Such
assistant engineers may be assigned
to one or more counties as deemed ad-
visable and shall act under the in
structions of the state engineer and
the rules and regulations Of the high
way commission. It shall be the duty
of said assistant engineers to make all
necessary surveys, estimates and spe-
cihcations for work to be done on