The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02

company shall hereafter: construct g. Ebridg
constructed so as to. leave a clear OPENING
Tor the highway at least twenty eight Zee
wide and at least fourteen feet. clear spac
tom Of the bridge. :, -. j. 4 s4tSs
Any bridge hereafter constructed on an!
public highway over the tracks of any steam
feet wide and the approaches thereto shall
be at least twenty-four feet wide, and tn
grade Of such approach shall not exceed, fiv'
any approach to, or over any culvert shall
not exceed or be- greater than the equivalen
OF Es.fo1t Fse In Sqaased fsst
Persons lawfully occupying. United States O
State Lands shall be considered the owner
Sec sTA IA RSff RoAD g. ais Sta State Road
shall be constructed, improved and maintained
by the counties under rules and regulation
Commission. !e
Sec. 4. All county roads shall be estab
lished, constructed and improved by 1ne sew
cral county boards in conformity with tn
rules and regulations to be made and pro
mulgated by the Highway Commission; pro
vided. however. that in counties having pop
ooW inhabitants or over and which now have
or hereafter may have a County Superintend
emit Of Highways or other officer 10 superln
tend the construction and Improvement o.
lations made by. the Highway Comm1ssio!
need not be complied with. The County Boare
A>Ode
and Bridge Fund to any town in its county
which it deems advisable to aid such. towns
therein: provided, that In counties having
population Of one hundred fifty thousand Qoo':
ooo) inhabitants or over, such county a ti[
may be expended in accordance with tht
as as'' amended by '1 Chapter EOS laws isos
The town Mhfh ana any keen II
repair under the rules and regua tons OF thu
Highway Commission. Provided. however
in fS stn g
Or over and which now have or hereafter ma,
have County Superintendent Of Highway:
other to up the ts
nnes, the several towns thereof shall have ne
Jurisdiction over county roads,.
Sec. 5. TOWN RoADs;LAll town W., road sd;
the County Boards may aid in the construc
ton, repair and maintenance Of such roads.
from the Town Road and bridge fund to ate
in the construction or improvement OF an,
mated nate ~ as state ' Road. Any money so ap
propriated shall be paid into the County Roac
and Bridge fund and shall be used only fol
at the time 1t makes such appropriation.
Sec. 8. APPROPRIATIONS BY TOWN
VILLAGE, BOROUGH OR CITY FOR Elk
PEND1TURE ouTslDE-rhe council a ell Of fan; any
class or the town board Of any town. may ap'
propriate and expend such reasonable sums al
it may deem proper to assist IN the, the improve
its boundaries and leading into It, and Of
bridges thereon, whether they are within Oh
Sec. I. FILING OF PLANS AND sPEG
LEGATIONS AS CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
TO CONTRACT. -subdivision q: BRIDGES
of bridge shall be entered into by any coun
ty, town, village or city Of the fourth class
($5O0.OO); unless plans and specifications fol
the proposed bridge shall be filed with tife
County Auditor, In case OF county contracts 2nt,
spectively, in case contract is to be entered
into by town, village or city of the fourth
at hd three W e pG5 aed
contract entered into. nor shall any such con COZ
tract be let without first advertising for BIDS
proposals therefor in the
ceedings Of the county board are published
Such advertisement shall be published once
the time fixed for receiving bids and letting
the contract and shall state the time anc
place Of receiving bids and awarding the con
tract and shall refer to the, fact that plans
and specifications are on file in the office
hereinbefore specified.
Subdivision (9 RoADs.~No county or to WI
provement Of any road where the contrac
price exceeds Five Hundred Dollars $500. 90
unless plans and specifications shall have beer
made and prepared and filed as provided II
Sertise e 1nsa for bids shall have been pub
s sss az therein I5fyised f'r
road established by the public authorities
where no appeal has been, taken within tn,
public road to all intents and purposes, ant
all persons who have neglected to appea
within the time prescribed by law. shall b
forever debarred from any further redress.
AND STATE AID.
Sec. 8. GOVERNOR TO APPOINT COM
MIsS1ONERS-TERMS OF OFFICE.-On o.
before January J. 1914, the Governor shall ap
point one commissioner to succeed that mem
Der Of the Board Of Highway Commissioner:
appointed under the ,aor provisions Of chapte
then expires, and each year thereafter he shall
appoint one commissioner until the three com
provided by cRsptfr 1ss
appointed, then each shall be appointed fo
three years, and until his successor has beer
t two members ' of said commission shall belong
to the same political party. Such commits
sioners shall serve without compensation. Thu
move member for ineficiency. malfeasanc.
neglect Of duty. All appointments to fl
vacancies shall be for the balance of the un
expired term of the commissioner whose death
removal or resignation caused the vacancy.
The State Highway Commission to be con
stituted and appointed under the provisions o
"
the State Highway Commission constituted
and appointed under the provisions Of Chap
ter 163, Laws 1905. and Chapter SO, Laws 1911
Sec 10. CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
DEPUTY AMP eo9
its members a chairman and vice chair
man. it shall have common seal, the mem
oaths, and it shall be provided with a suitable
office at the capitol where it shall hold regula
meetings not less than once in each month
Said commission shall appoint a secretary
who shall be a civil engineer and practica
road builder who shall be known as the Stat
Engineer; it may also appoint deputy and as
sons as 1t may from time to time require
and shall fix their compensation. Said Stat
Engineer. his deputies and assistant engineers
shall, each before entering upon the duties o
their office. subscribe to, execute and file al
oath Of Office and bond in the penal sun
of three thousand dollars ($3oOO.O0) with suf1
Torrance Of their official duties. The secre
omea S" act e ef said es shan Sie Ale
it. shall devote all OF his time to the interes
of the state prescribed by said commission
and shall be in charge Of the offices Of tn
present at all times in the Office Of said com
mission. either the State Engineer or one O
his deputies. It shall also be the duty o
assistants to give advice. assistance and super
vision with regard to road and bridge con
|struction throughout the state. as may be re
quired and as the rules and regulations Of tn
commission may prescribe, and to render suc
other engineering and surveying services a
may be required by the Governor for any o
the State departments, and said State En-
gineer and his deputies and assistants may b
Required by the commission to attend an
public meeting held by the commission or othe
parties in, the interest Of road improvement
said commission. such State Engineer. deputies
assistants, and other persons employed by sal
commission. shall be allowed necessary ex
outside Of the state capitol. outside tn
town or county In which they reside.
All of the files and records Of said connie
sion shall, under reasonable regulations. b