Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

terations in or additions to the system
OF prospective state highways In that
county and in the adjoining county as
shall in their opinion best serve the
public interest. The commission, with
in thirty days of it's examination OF
the system, shall report it's findings to
the person whose name heads the Pc
tition, and to the county clerks Of the
counties affected, and the latter shall
cause the official county highway
maps to be altered In accordance with
such findings.
2. Such special tax may be expend-
ed to pay the towns share Of the cost
Of constructing bridges on prospect
i've state. highway; in reducing the
draining, protecting, or relocating a
portion of the prospective state high
way system; or in improving by grad
ing, draining, and surfacing not less
than nine feet nor more than eighteen
feet wide with stone, gravel. or other
material approved by the state high
way commission, a portion Of the pro-
spective system Of state highways;
provided that inh Gcounties having a
and or more aid may be given for
greater widths at the discretion Of the
highway commission The. plans and
specifications fors az work contem,,
or approved by the. state highway COM
mission before construction is under
taken.
section 4. InSF6 are dOOeQ 10 Sec
ton 1317m-4 of the statutes three
new subsections to read (Secton
1317m-4) Z. Any Incorporated Will
age shall have all the rights and priv
ileges conferred upon towns by sec
lions 1317m-1 to section 1317m--15 Of
the statutes, inclusive, and the powers
and duties therein assigned to towns,
town boards Of supervisors, and town
chairmen, clerks, and treasurers are
hereby extended to villages, village
boards and village presidents, clerks
and treasurers.
s. Whenever the state railroad
commission shall order the separation
Of a highway grade crossing upon O.
prospective state highway with a rail-
road or railroads in accordance with
the provisions of section 1797-12c of
tht statutes the public's share Of such
separation as allotted by the railroad
commission shall be payable in the
same manner as the costs Of roads
constructed under the provisions OF
sections 1317m-1 to 1317m-15, in
elusive of the statutes, provided the
vote a tax sufficient to pay its share
of the cost in accordance with the pro-
visions of subsection 1 of this section.
8. (a) If the voters of any town
shall at any regular meeting or legally
called special meeting vote tax in
accordance with subsection / of this
section for the improvement by grad
ing, draining, and surfacing of por-
highways the succeeding year and
such portion shall be continuous with
a portion Of the system of prospective
state highways for the Improvement
of which a tax was voted the preced-
ing year, the town board Of such town
is authorized, if the resolution voting
the tax so states, to borrow sum
equal to three times the sum voted by
the electors of the town and to deposit
the same in the county treasury The
county highway commissioner shall
expend such sum, If possible, in the
same year it was voted and the road
constructed with such sum shall be In
Guided in the annual report for such
year
(b) The town boards duties in nj
ing petition under subsection OF
this section shall remain the same and
the petition shall be granted by the
county board under option (a) or CD
of subsection of section 1317m-5 or
the statutes. If the sum allotted TO
the town by the county board from the
appropriation for state aid for high
ways shall be insufficient to pay the
states full one-third of the cost, the
county and town shall make up the
deficit in equal shares and the town
board shall levy, in addition to the
tax voted by the town, sum sufti-
cient to pay the towns share of such
deficit
Of section 1317m--5, and subsections
1, e. 8, and of section 1317m-6 are
amended to read: (Section 1317m-5)
/. The county boards are given au-
thority to construct or improve or AID
in constructing or improving, any road
or bridge within the county. If any
part of the prospective system OF state
highways Is improved by the county
alone by grading. draining, or surface
ing with stone. gravel. or other ma
way commission, the county shall be
entitled to the same amount OF aid
from the state as though the improve
ment had been petitioned for accord
ing to subsection Of section 1317m--
4. The county shall be entitled to
take its proper percentage or the cost
of such work from the allotment to
that county from the appropria-
ton for state aid for highways, and
may then apportion the remainder OF
the allotment as directed by subsections
and of this section. for work petit
toned for by the towns.
2. Upon receiving a petition III &C.
cordance with subsection 6 of section
1317m-4, the county board shall APP
Dropriate sum to cover Its share or
the cost of constructing the improve
ments and cause such sum 70 be levied
on all the taxable property In the
county; provided that the amount al
lotted to the county from the
appropriation for state aid for nigh
ways is sufficient to pay the states
share of the cost of all the improve
ments to be made under subsection !
of this section and those petittoned Tor
by all the towns in the county.
g. If the amount allotted TO tn3
county from the appropria-
ton for state aid for highways is not
sufficient to pay the states share or
all the improvements contemplated UNI
der this act, the county. board shah
by resolution adopt one of the two FOL
lowing courses, subject to the proVt"
sions of subsection / of this section.
(a) They may levy an amount
equal to the countys share Of the inn
proyements and allot to each town Pc
titioning for aid the proportionao@
share of the said approprla-
tion allotted to the county In the same
ratio that it's petitioned amount bears
to the total amount petitioned for by
all the towns.
(b) They may select and grant the
petitions they consider most worthy or
immediate action so far as the states
share of the cost of the improvements
will be met by the countys allotment
from the appropriation Tor
state aid for highways, and levy q
county tax sufficient to pay the coun--
tvs share Of the cost Of the selected
improvements. Petitions not granted
y Il shall isbe #sr void, and
the boards Of towns whose petitions
were not granted shall not levy the
taxes voted by the electors. Any Pc
tition made by such towns for county
and state aid the succeeding year shall