The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-09-21
FAIR A SUCCESS
BEYOND FONDEST HOPES
A Good Roads Bill.

MI. French introduced the follow
ing bill in the house of represe senta-
tives, which was referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations and ordered
to DC printed.
To provide for the building ef good
roads through the cooperation of
the Federal Government, the States
and Territories, and the counties
thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Represen of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress Rs-
sembled.
That there is hereby appropriated,
out 'cf any money i'm the Treasury of
the United States net otherwise Rp-
propriated, the sum of twenty million
dollars annually for period of five
years, commencing with the year
nineteenhundred and twelve, to be
expended for the purpose OF construct
ing and maintaining public roads in
the manner provided for in this Act.
Section r. That the money herein
and Territories of the United States
in PROPORTION to population, exclusive
of the population of cities that are i'm
excess cf thirty thousand people, and
shall bo expended emily upon the com
dition that the Sthte wherein the
road shall be built shall spend avn
amount of money upon the road re-
ceiving Federal aid equaling the am
cunt expended by the Federal Govern
ment for such read, ard upon the fur
ther condition that the county or
counties in which the road shall be
constructed, either by revenues de-
rived from county taxes or from prep
erty adjacent to said road or by
popular subscription, shall eXpend a
like amount OF money as that ex-
pended by the Federal Government
on said road. Prior to the expenditure
of amy part of the money hereby ap-
propriated upon any read, the propos-
OF the Secretary of Agriculture, and
the said officer must be assured that
the amounts provided for by State
and counties as herein designated
shtll be available: Provided, That
the plan Cf all public ru-,ds herein
provided fer, materials to be used,
: type of construction, and all features
necessary in the building of slid road
, shall be under the supervision of the
Director ef the Office of Public Roads
Cf the Department Of Agriculture, md
) no money herein appropriated shall
y be expended except upon approval OF
the Secretary of Agriculture.
Section 3. That applications for
Federal aid under the provisions of
this Act shall be considered in the
order of their filing with the Dire tor
of the Office OF Public Roads of the
Agricultural Department, and an ap
plicaticm for this purpose shall be
considered complete when it may in
clude such assurance or guarantee
from the governor or other proper of
ficer CT the St3te in which the road
shall be located that tentative road
plan has been prepared, and that the
funds provided for are availsble upon
the part of the State and the county
or or counties wlthln whach the pro
posed road is located. Should any
, part of the money made available un
der the provisions of this Act be un
expended or unauth rized for any
. Stlte or Territory, by reason of sucf
State or Territory falling to avail it
:, self of the provisions of this Act, a
the elise of Emy fiscal year, the saiC
f. balance shall become "a, part of the
general fund flor the purposes of this
:. Act, aad be available for rosd build
ing, as the other part of the genera
fund shah be, for the succeeding
: year.
ng Section A. That all reads that ma.
be built in pursuance OF this Ac
It shall be maintained under the super
b vision of the Director of the Office {
l Public Roads of the Department O
II Agric ullture, and the cost of sait
= maintenance shsll be borne by uh
v Federal Government, the State, an,
the county or counties in which tn
:, road shall be- built, in the same m-u
10 tler as the original cost of building
e, the road Should any State or coun
e ty fail to prSwide for its pro rata O
I; expense in maintaining roads of thi
" character ell further aid iu road bull
ID ing under the provisions of this Ac
+, shall be rejected by the Secretary c
sk Agriculture until the terms of tn
ID law shall h.Ne BEEN complied with.