Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-16
SUPERVISORS ARE
DISCUSSING LAWS
Meetings Are Being Held Through
out the State by the County
Officials
STATE LENDIN G ITS AID
State Officials Explain How the
New Township Road Law
Will Affect Them
STATE LENDIN ITS AID

The bureau of township highways
OF the State Highway Department has
busy week ahead, as meetings will
be held in the various counties of the
State for the purpose of organizing
township supervisors in accordance
with the provisions of the act of July
22, 1913. and also as provided for in
the act Of May 8. 1913. which author
ICES the formation of an association
of township supervisors, commission
ers and other officials in charge of the
construction and maintenance of pub
lie roads.
A meeting at Norristown will be
held tomorrow in the courthouse and
will be addressed by Joseph w.
Hunter. First Deputy State Highway
Commissioner. who is in charge of the
bureau of township highways. Each
township supervisor has been notified
OF the meeting and the law specifies
that all those who attend shall be
paid at the rate of 50 per day with
mileage at the rate of cents a mile.
PROVIDED that no supervisor receives
more than two days pay in one year
elected president. two vice-presi-
dents, secretary and treasurer. all
or whom shall be members of the
association, with the exception of the
secretary, who may be a person not a
member of the association and who
may receive a salary not to exceed $40
year. The mayor of any city or
burgess OF any borough, or their rep
resentatives. county commissioners and
county court judges are eligible to
membership in the association and are
permitted to hold office, but are not
entltled to vote. Each county asso-
clatlon is permitted to expend S125
Tor convention purposes, which sum
| is obtained from the county treasurer.
anoer the provisions of the act of
May 3, 1913. This sum is not avail
able until the treasurer of the county
association presents to the county
treasurer an itemized statement of ex.
penditures incurred and verified by
| affidavit
The meeting for Crawford county
| at Meadvllle tomorrow will be ad-
| dressed by w. \. Wynn, maintenance
| engineer of the bureau of township
highways. who was formerly the as.
! slstant engineer in charge of the dis.
| trlct of the State Highway Depart.
! ment of which Crawford county is a
| part.
! The Norristown and Meadville
meetings differ from the others to be
| held during the coming week in thai
| they have been called by the county
association of supervisors instead OF
| py 'the State Highway Department
fhese two counties have already or.
ganized their associations and these
meetings are held simply for the pur-
pose of arousing interest in the good
| roads propaganda. To-day meetine
is pelng held at Allentown for Lehigh
| county and tomorrow a meeting will
be held in Easton for Northampton
| county. E. A. Jones will address the
| carbon county supervisors on Wednes.
| day in the courthouse at Mauch
Chunk, while on Thursday he will
pc present at the formation of the
| Schuylkill county association in the
! courthouse at Pottsville.
| w. F. Gresham, assistant \enginee,
OF the State Highway Department. ir
charge of the district of which Mont.
gomery county is a part, will attend
the meeting. as will also w. r
| Wolhnger, county superintendent Of
Montgomery county.