Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27

posed change, and shall be accompanied
by plat correctly showing such pro
posed change. If no agreement il
reached between the county board ant
the petitioners at the hearing abov,
provided for. the county auditor shall
forward said map, together with al
petitions and plats. if any, showing the
proposed changes. to the state highway
commission. If no objections are filed
and no hearing had, or if agreements
nave been reached, the map shall
nevertheless be forwarded to the state
highway commission.
Section Six.
The state highway commission shall
! upon receipts of said maps, petitions
and plats, proceed to examine the same
With a view of determining the correct
lines to be followed by the county
highway, having regard for volume OF
! traffic, continuity and cost of construc-
! ton. Such portions of said map as
! meet with the approval of said COM
! mission, may be approved and returned
as preliminary map for immediate
use and the original map. when COM
pieted in accordance with the decisions
of said commission (Which decisions
| shall be tinaD shall be returned to the
! county auditor not later than March /.
1914. and copy of same retained in
the Office of the highway commission
| Section Seven.
should any county fail to make the
! designation of county roads. as herein
| provided. and fail to forward the same
! TO the state highway commission with
in the time herein provided said COM
mission shall have the pow er TO make a
| proper designation of said county road S
tor said county, and the designation so
made shall be Anal and of the same
force and effect as if made by the
board OF supervisors, and when so made
by the commission. said commission
| shall certify to the county auditor of
SAID county the actual cost of making
said designation and said county audi
tor shall thereupon issue warrant on
the county road funds therefor
Section Eight
As soon as any part of said approved
map is returned to the county auditor.
showing the final designation OF coun-
u roads, the engineer shall, in writing,
divide said roads into sections, desig-
mating each section by some appropri-
ate number. name. or letter and clear
~ designating the starting point and
terminus Of each of such sections, and
such designation shall be recorded at
length in county road book where
upon the engineer shall proceed to sur
vey said roads and report to the board
Of supervisors the plan for the road,
bridge tile and culvert work thereon.
Such survey and report shall be on the
basis and with the object in View of
the permanent improvement of said
county roads, both as 10 bridge Gull
vert, tile and road work. Said survey
and report shall consist of an accurate
plan and profile of said roads show
ing cuts and fills and outline of grades,
with careful attention to surface, and
lateral drainage and ub-drainase and
shall show the location of all lines
Of tile and size thereof and Of all
bridges and culverts, their length,
height and width, and foundation
soundings, and an estimate of the wat
ershed relating to each bridge and Gull
vert. Culverts constructed under the
provisions of this act shall have a
clear roadway Of not less than twenty
go ft) feet. Proper bench marks
shall be established on each pernla-
nent bridge and culvert. which shall
be duly recorder on both profile and
plan of road, for future reference. The
engineer shall clearly designate and
credit on said plan and profile all eX-
listing permanent bridges culverts and
grades. The board may cause all sec
tons to be fully surveyed and a re-
port made thereon before proceeding
with the Improvement contemplated by
this act or, in order TO enable the
board to proceed with the most neces-
sary and urgent work said board may
designate the order in which the diff
ferent sections shall be surveyed and
planned and may order the engineer 70
survey and report on certain named
sections before completing the survey
and report on all sections.
Whenever it may become necessary
in grading the highways to make cut
which will disturb or destroy. or fill
which will cover UP government or
other established corner, il shall be the
duty of the engineer to establish per-
nlanent witness corners. and make a
record of the same, which shall show
the distance and direction the witness
corner is from the corner disturbed
or covered up.
A failure to perform this duty shall
subject the engineer to a fine Of not
less than ten $4,000 dollars, nor more
than fifty (s500O) dollars, 70 be col
iected on his bond.
Section Nine.
The survey and report of each sec
ton. as soon as completed and APP
proved by the board Of supervisors,
shall be submitted to the state highway
commission, and the board Of super
visors may designate to the said COM
mission which sections, in their esti-
nation, should be first passed upon by
said state highway commission. The
said commission is hereby charged
with the duty of passing upon such re-
ports and plans and in 50 doing. shall
take into consideration the thorough
ness, feasibility and practicability of
such plans and may approve or modify
the same After said survey and plan
for each section is passed upon by the
state highway commission, they shall
be returned to the county auditor with
full and explicit directions as to modi-
tications, if there be any. The county
auditor shall. upon receipt Of the ap-
proved and modified survey, and plans,
record the same a length in q county
road book. and the board of super
visors shall thereupon proceed to the
construction of the road, bridge, tile
and culvert work in accordance there
with and as herein provided. The duty
to construct and maintain all bridges