The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-09-21
ASK MD IN ROAD BUILDING
Text of Congressman French's Measure
Introduced at Last Session
of Congress.

Following text of Congressman Frencs good roads bill
asking federal aid for better highways For the introduction of this
bill Mr. French has received much from the press of the entire
country being the opinion Of that the needed
pieces legislation that wasntroduce at the last session The bill
introduced the house of representatives July
to the committee appropriations and ordered printed:
bill provide the building good roads through cooperation
of the federal government the states and territories and the
ties thereof
Be enacted by the Senate and House Representatives the
United States of America congress assembled That there hereby
appropriated out of the treasury of the United States
otherwise appropriated the twenty million dollars annually
period of five commencing with the nineteen hundred and
twelve to be expended for the of constructing and maintain
ing public roads the provided for in this
Sec That the herein appropriated shall be appooned
among the several states and territories the limited proper
population exclusive the population are excess
thirty thousand people, and shall be expended only upon con
that the state wherein the road shall be built shall spend
money upon the road receiving federal aid euang amount ex
pended by the federal for such road and upon the further
condition that the counties which the road shall
by derived from county from property
adjacent to said road by popular subscription shall eend like
money that expended by the federal said
road Prior to the expenditure part the money hereby appro
piated upon road the proposed road shall approval
secretary agriculture and the said officer be that
the provided for by state and counties designated
shall be available: Provided That the plan of all public
provided for materials be used type constructions and al fe
necessary the building of said road shall be under lcrv
sion of the director of the office of public roads of the depa
agriculture and herein appropriated shall be expended
upon approval of the secretary of agriculture.
Sec That applications for federal aid under provisions
this shall be considered the order of their filing with
the office public roads the agricultural department ap
for this purpose shall be considered complete when
such guarantee from the other proper officer
state which the road shall be located that plan
prepared and that the funds provided upon
the of the state and the county counties within which the
shall be located Should part the money made
the provisions of this act be unexpene for
any territory by Of such state or territory failing avail
itself of the of this at the of
said balance shall become the general fund for the proposes
this and be available for road building the other the gen
cral fund shall be- for the succeeding year
Sec That all roads that may be built pursuance this
shall be maintained under e uperSicn Of M director of the office
public roads the department of agriculture and the of said main
shall lie borne by the federal the and the
county which t road shall built manner
the original Of building the road Should any county fail
provide for it's of expense in maintaining this char
all further aid in road building under the provisions act
shall be rejected by the secretary of agriculture until the the
law shall have been complied with.
Sec That the OF agriculture hereby authorized and
directed prepare such rule and equations is discretion
deem proper for the cuion of the provisions Of this