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INTER-COUNTY
STATE HIGHWAYS
Main Roads to Be Designated,
Named and Numbered
CONTINUOUS AND CONNECTED

Roads, State Highway Commits
sIoner 70 Determine Relative I'M
portance and Value For Commerce
and to Designate Main Roads OF
the State.
Columbus. O.--(Speciai)--In an in.
eerview given out here today, Jesse
Taylor, secretary % the Ohio Good
Roads Federation calls the attention
Of the voters of the state to the pro-
visions OF the act Of the general as
sembly Of June .. 1911. and known
a. the Mcclure bill, In so far az It
relates to the inter-county system Of
roads.
Tho language Of sections 8, 0. 10
and IL Of the act 10 found in the
session laws, published by the state,
or in Bulletin No. IA, Issued by the
state highway department. 10 as fol-
lows:
Section 8. Within go days after
the passage OF this act, the county
commissioners shall, upon request
and under the direction OF the state
highway commissioner, cause tho
county surveyor Of each county to
make an accurate map or maps OF
the county of sufficient size to show
distinctly the rivers, railroads,
streams, township lines, the location
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highways Of the county. which high.
ways shall be given designated
name or number; the original Of such
map or maps shall be carefully pre-
served among the files in the Office
OF the county surveyor and copy or
blue print Of such map or maps shall
be forwarded to each board OF town.
ship trustees in the county by the
county commissioners Immediately
upon its completion. which copy or
blue print shall bo returned to the
county commissioners with the statis-
tics and information provided for in
the following section. The county
surveyor shall be paid from the coun.
ty fund of the county IS day for
actual time SO employed and his &C.
tual expenses.
Section o. Immediately upon the
receipt Of the copy or blue print pro-
vided for I'm the preceding section, the
township trustees shall proceed to de-
note the relative value Of each road
In the township In consecutive order
as used highway. the kind Of traffic
over such road, as we'll as the num-
ber OF miles and the material used
In the construction of improved roads
when constructed and their present
condition, together with such other
information as may be desired by the
state highway commissioner. These
statistics and Information must ne
compiled upon blanks to be furnished
by the state highway commissioner
and filed with the county commits
sioners within so days after receiving
such blue prints and blanks The town
ship trustees shall be paid the pe.'
diem allowance by law for their SER
vices, for the actual time so en-
ployed, and the same shall be paid
out Of the road fund of the township,
which shall be in addition to all
other compensation allowed them by
law.
Section 10. The ceHnty commits
sloners, with the assistance OF the
county surveyor, shall compile from
the statistics and information fur
nlshed by township trustees upon
blanks to be furnished by the state
highway commissioner statistics and
information concerning the roads OF
the entire county. They shall also
specify what roads are national, state
county toll. township or otherwise
They shall, within 120 days from the
passage OF this act, file the statistics
and Information specified. together
with copy OF the several blue prints
or maps. with the state highway com,
missioner. and may include In their
report such additional information as
they may ueem Of value, copy OF
the report to be kept fer record IN
the office OF the county commission
ers. n the county commissioners or
township trustees fall to comply with
tho terms Of this section, relative 10
maps and statistics, tho state nigh
way commissioner shall proceed to
have the Same done and deduct the
cost Of the Same from any approprla
tIon for road building which may be
or may become due tho county from
the state.
Section IL, II shall be the duty
Of the state highway commissioner
and his deputies to determine from
the statistics and information fur
hlshed the state highway commits
sioner, the relative Importance ant
value for commerce of the various
public highways of the entire state
They shall designate by name anC
number the main roads OF the stat,
which shall be known as 'lnter-eount,
highways; and the parts thereof II
each county shall be designated 81
as to form as near as practicable con
tinuous and connected highways anC
shall designate the order OF their rel
ative importance within the county
They shall begin work as soon as tn,
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