The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-03-03
B3I[ II
IntrOduCedIin Congress tOCOn-
StruCt War Highway
Has Merit of Providing Good
Roads at Least, and Beats Any
thing Proposed 10 Date.

A Bin to acquire. construct, and main
tain national defense highway; to pro-
vide employment for citizens Of the Uni
ted States, and physically and mentally
educate them for defense.
BE ii encted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
the President be. and he is hereby auth
orized to acquire establish. construct,
improve, and maintain for the defense Of
the United States, national defense
highway.
Sec. 2 That the national defense high
way shall commence at Los Angeles. Cali
fornia. and 90 eastward by practical
route through the States OF California,
Arizonia, New Mexico. Texas. Louisiana,
Mississippi Alabama, and Florida, thence
northward through Georgia, South Caro-
lima, Virginia. District OF Columbia. Mary
land, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, and New York. thence northward
through the State OF New York, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, to
Portland Main. Commencing again at
New York, New York; thence westward
through the States of New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio Indiana and Illinois, to
Illinois; thence northwestward
through Wisconsin and Minnesota, to St.
Paul and Minneapolis. Minnesota; thence
westwrd through South Dakota, n Dako-
Ia, Montana. Idaho and Washington, to
Seattle, Wshington; thence southwark
through Washington, Oregon, and Califor-
MIA, via San Francisco and Los Angeles
to San Diego. California.
Sec. 3. That rights of way for the ma
.ional defense highway shall be acquired
from the several States on conditions sat
to the President.
Sec. 4. That construction, improvement,
md maintenance of the national defense
highway shall be under the direction of
he United States Army engineers, and
according to such specifications as the
President may deem best for automobiles. |
iutotruck and wagon traffic
Sec. 5. That the use of the national de- |
ense highway shall be under rules estab- |
ished by the President.
Sec. 9, That all persons employed, cler- |
cally or otherwise, in the maintenance of |
aid national defense highway shall be |
physically and mentally fitted for mill |
ary duty who shall during said employ |
nent be drilled and instructed for two |
hours daily, except Sundays and national !
holidays, by United States Army officers, |
n accordance with United States Army |
equations.
Sec Z. That in order to acquire, estab-
lsh, construct improve and maintain the |
rational defense highway there be, and
lereby is, created a fund, known as the
Iational defense highway fund.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of pro-
'iding money for the national defense
highway fund, the Secretary of the Treas
Try is hereby authorized and directed to
ineteen hundred and sixteen, at par with
ccrued interest, coupon or registered
onds of the United States in such form
8 he may prescribe, and in denOmina-
ions of $50 or multiples of that sum,
aid bonds to be payable in coin fifty
ears from date Of issue, and to bear in
crest, payable in coin semi-annually, at |
he rate of three per centum per annum
he total amount of said bonds not to
Xceed SlOO,OOO,OOO, and the issue and
ale of same not to exceed such amounts
s may be necessary from time to time to
nable the Treasurer of the United
tates to make payments from the ma
lonal defense highway fund to meet the
he PROVISIONS of this Act. Bonds issued
nder authority of this Act, or the in
ONE therefrom, shall not be subject to
lXation of any kind far any purpose.
onds authorized by this section shall at
rst be offered at par as a popular loan
nder such regulations prescribed by the
ecretary of the Treasury, as will give
pportunity to the citizens of the United
ted