The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-11-02

annually from any moneys IN inc tt'as-
TRY not otherwise appropriated. and the
same shall be known as the state Roaa
Fund.
naming In the Internal Improvement
Permanent Fund and the Internal I'm:
provement Income Fund shall be and
are hereby transferred and appropriated
to the State Road Fund. :,
And be It further provided. that an
moneys arising from the leasing or sale
OF Internal Improvement lands donated
to tho State by Congress OF tho United
States. or from the five per ccntum $50
of the sale OF agricultural public lands
ablng Act OF the State OF Colorado. ana
which shall be credltablc either to the
Internal Improvement Income Fund or
the Internal Improvement Permanent
Fund. or both. shall be transterred 70
and become n part OF the said state ROAD
Fund and n continuing appropriation OF
the said Internal Improvement Income
Fund and the Internal Improvement Per
mauent Fund is hereby made for the pur-
pose OF improving the state Highways
as provided under the terms OF THIS
Act. All moneys appropriated from the
Internal Improvement Permanent Fund
and the Internal Improvement Income
Fund to the state Road Fund shall be
expended only for the construction OF
Section T. That Section OF said Act
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 8. The salaries and expenses
of the State Highway Commission and
its employees. together with the expenses
OF the Commission for office and enEin-
| similar necessary charges shall be paya-
be from the State Road Fund. unless
otherwise provided In the general appro-
priation bill. Furthermore, the Commits
sion may from time to time set over
| from the said State Road Fund such
sums of money as II may deem wise, but
not to exceed twenty-five per ccntum
! (25eO of the State Road Fund provided
! for and available In any year for the
repair or maintenance of roads and pur-
chase of road making machinery under
| the immediate direction of the Highway
| Commission: fifteen per centum ubSO) OF
| the above twenty-five per centum set
over from the State Road Fund for re-
| pairs or maintenance of road and pur,
| chase of road making machinery. shall
be used for repairs and maintenance OF
| roads (excluslvelv). The funds ms d.
verified by resolution of the Commission
and equipment shall be known ms the
| Highway Equipment Fund ard car.
| ried upon the books of the Auditor OF
state as suSb.
| The equipment so purchased shall be
| held in the name and for the use OF the
| State Highway Commission and may also
| be from time to time leased or loaned
| to the various Boards of County Com
| missioners for use upon the state Roads.
| The Counties shall bear the expense OF
/ all repairs and operation of the said ma
| chinery shall keep in charge thereof only
| such persons as the Commission may Sc
| lect or approve of, shall pay such pro
| portionate cost of transportation from
| place to place as the Commission may
| designate and in addition thereto shan
pay to the Highway Equipment Fund
| rental of ten per centum D0GJ per an
/ mum of the value of the equipment 50
used while in use. All remittances for
| the rental of equipment shall be credited
| to the said fund and applied to further
| purchases of equipment. .
| --"All accounts and expenditures shah
| be audited by the Commission and certi-
| fled by the chairman and secretary OF
said Commission, and paid by the state
| Treasurer upon orders drawn by the
| State Auditor"
| hit nf AgI
| is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section s.; on or before the first
| Tuesday in March of each year. the
Highway Commission shall apportion the
| State Road Fund among the different
counties of the State; as herein pro-
| vided and shall Immediately send no
tIce to the Board of County Commission
ers of each county stating the amount
that such county shall be entitled to re-
| ceive for said year out of said fund.
I'm making an estimate of the amount
of the state Road Fund. accruing t.
the several counties in the State.
and determining the amount to be
expended In any one county. the said
| Highway Commission shall take in
to consideration the extent OF the
area OF such county. the amount OF
money expended by 1t in road construc-
ton. the difficulty and expense of such
road construction and the extraordinary
| expenses connected with the development
| of new territory; provided. however. that
| no money shall be expended by said
Commission out OF said funds upon roads
or . t2Wni nor cen,um foog;, Of the mon
| eys at the disposal OF the Highway Com
| mission for distribution among the
counties shall be used in such counties
that have provided for raising by taxa
ton in said county an amount equal 10
| twice the amount set aside by the said
| Highway Commission, for the construc-
| ton. improvement and maintenance OF
| state roads In said county. except I'm
| such cases where the character OF the
country or the condition OF said county
shall In the opinion of the state High
| way Commission require further State
aid. In all such cases the Commission
| may extend, at it's discretion, AN amount
| not to exceed five times the amount APP
| proprlnted by said county for said State
| Highway. No money set aside by said
| state Highway Commission. as herein
| above provided, shall become due and
available until the county in which the
| same Is to be expended shall. by proper
| resolution Of the Board Of County Com
| missIouers, set aside from County funds
| the required amount to be used for state
| highways In SAID county The remain
~ ten per centum 1850 shall be al
! lotted by said Commission to such couu-
tics as may In their Judgment, be en-
] titled to such State aid without n pro-
portlonnte appropriation by said county
] for State highways
And In the event that the Count,
| Commissioners Of any county shall not
| within ninety (9O) days after the mall
| notify said Highway Commission Of the
amount said county will eNpond for said
year upon state roadl the amount SET
be distributed by the said Highway Conn
l mission among the other counties In the
state which have so compiled with the
Tin tho event that any road designated
by the Highway Commission Tor Improve
mont ms a State road, Is located on the
boundary between two counties. II shall
be the duty OF the county commission
ers Of each county to provide for tho
payment by the respective counties for
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