Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-29
II is charged by law, and IN conformity with
the provisions Of the federal aid act
Appropriation

Appropriations,
Appropriations: That It IN the sense OF
thiS society that full lu per cent OF the
automobile license fund now turned over
10 the state. be specifically appropriated lot
the maintenance of the state highway depart
mcnt, and that the remaining 90 per cent
constitute portion Of the state highway
construction fund, and that the state high
way construction fund ot = mil, ~ nov
operative. be increased to y mill On hoih
county and state tax, and that said fund be-
| distributed to the counties ON tha basis Of
| 81 from the state and from the county
| for each 81 worth Of construction, following
| the suggestion Of the federal aid act
That Ia view Of the necessity for lnspec
| tion in construction ~ state roads, the high
way department be- authorized to reserve
| from the coLtty's share oi III" state tund,
| a sufficient amount not Ia exceed ~ per
cent of construction cost, for inspection pur
poses only.
Road aud bridge bonds That the existing
| laws relative to bond issues for road and
| bridge purposes be- carefully gone over and
81 revised to permit counties as u unit. "a
| issue bonds for the impro, ,cmcni NJ the road,
and bridges. and that whore said improve
merit Is done under the supervision of tho
states highway department that the county
shall be- entitled to receive from the con
s,rneiiPn fnnd IT, pro rata par, Of The tona Nc,
| the actual cost of construction.
Engineers Salaries
Pay of county engineers That II Is thu
| sense Of this society that county engineers
shall where acting for one county or more,
be given the option Of determining whether
they viii accept employ mcnt upon minimum
per diem basis Of S. per day and expenses,
| or, q minimum salary upon u basis Of S7'
per month and expenses, the actual compcn'
| saiion agreed upon 10 he fNcd upon the
basis of work under contemplation and tho
assessed valuation of the county. said terms
| of employment 10 he subject to the approval
Of the state highway department
Road materials survey. That ln view Of
the very great variation In the nature aud
properties of the road building materials in
this state, many Of which are but little
understood. nor is their location known, and
In view OF the further fact that great amounts
Of public money will be necessarily wasted
until such matters become definitely known,
therefore the state geological survey should
he enabled by appropriation 10 carry on such
an economic road materials survey In har'
mony with the needs and requests of the de-
partmcnt of highways a. will most speedily
make these facts and information available
for the public benefit
That sufficient funds he appropriated IA
enable the state highway department ia
establish and maintain n testing laboratory
for the making of necessary tests Of ell
kinds 10 enable the state engineer to ac
curatry carry out the provisions of the pres
ent laws.
That this asocistion favors regulating thc
freight rates on road and bridge material o.
the usual railroad contraction charges aud
: in no case to exceed y cent per ton mile
Il, =. Browncll; Oklahoma City; &C Ter
City: Alfred j, Boyd, saltwater.
Express Thanks.
The delegates also unanimously
; adopted resolutions thanking the OF.
I ficcrs OF the Tulsa Chamber of Com
mere" for their hospitality in extend
ing the use OF the rooms for conVen
ton purposes to the society. thanked
in chosen words Mayor John II. Sim
mons for his hearty welcome In which
he declared the city was completely II
| the hands of the visitors and praisct
= Cyrus Avery. chairman of the boart
, of county commissioners for the large
mart he played In making the conven
$ ton "A success. Resolutions also wcr,
$ adopted thanking the officers an,
employees of the Cosdcn refinery 10
+ their attention in showing them owe
the wonderfully efficient and moderi
1 oil refining plant.
( Tulsa. thru the Chamber of Com
merco. extended an invitation to con
Y ventior members to hold their mex
. annual convention in this city, an,
this city's invitation Will be consdere,
by the executive committee before III,
selection of the next convention cit!
Is made.