Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-08-04
First AppOrtiOnment Received by
Treasurer Christen in April
Was $8,44O.
90 PER CENT no
COUNTIES IN FUTURE
There Are 1,646 Townships In the
State. Winneshiek Has Twenty.
DecOrah and Other IncOr.
pOrated Towns Will -
Receive 10 Per
Cent.

The state treasurer is very busy
now preparing to make the second
apportionment of the state au-
tomobile registration fund for
1915. The division will be in accor-
dance with the new law, which gives
the counties 80 per cent of the auto
fees collected, instead of S5 per cent,
as under the old law. The counties
will receive s419,730.
The distribution will be on the
basis of $255 per township. Winnie
shiek county, having twenty town.
ships, will receive $500.
The law provides that the fees re-
ceived by the state from the auto
registration be divided twice each
year-on April l and on Aug. l. Last
April the state treasurer distribut-
ed $693,346 among the counties on
the basis of $422 per township. The
amount to be sent out on the Aug.
l distribution will be $419,73O-
making total of $1,113,O76 for the
year.
The year for the collection of auto
fees ends July 81, 1915. The total
sum distributed in the year just clos
ing was $1,1l3,076., The previous
year the distribution was $791,25-.
This shows net gain of s321,S1s.
In August, 1914, the distribution
was made on basis of $14O per
township. This year the rate is
1855 per township-an increase Of
$115.
There are 1,646 townships in the
state.
Result of Road Law Fight. =
AS to the result of the road fight
in the last legislature, the general
assembly amended the law so that 80
per cent of the automobile fees re-
ceived will be distributed. The re-
naming 10 per cent will be used to
pay the expenses of the registration
department and the state highway
commission. An attempt was made
to change the system of distribution,
but it was not successful. The in
surgents attempted to get a good
share of the funds for the cities, but
they failed also. '1s
The total fees collected by the au-
tomobile department from Jan. ].
1915, to Aug. l amount to $1,O55.-
1OS. This is for the registration Of
$4,000 cars. This is an increase of
$4,000 cars. This is an increase of
$4,000 cars compared with the reg
istration up to the same date of
1914.
The county treasurer shall pay
into the treasury of cities and incor-
porated towns in such county a por-
tion of said motor vehicle fund to
be determined as follows:-Each
city or incorporated town shall re-
ceive a share to be determined by
the ratio Of miles of unpaved streets
within the limits of said city or in
corporated town to the total num-
Der of miles of public roads and un-
paved streets within the county;
provided, however, that in no case
shall the aggregate amount appor-
toned tosthe various cities and towns
exceed ten per cent of the total
amount apportioned to the county.
Such apportionment to cities and
towns shall be expended by them
only for the purpose of improving
the unpaved streets and roads con-
nected directly with the county or
township road systems, or by order
of the city or town council the ap-
portionment may be transferred to
the county road cash fund and be
expended on the county road system.