Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-03
.NH[RE ROAD FUNDSGO
STATE HIGHWAY Commission
4 EXPLAINS SOURCE AND OUT
GO OF HIGHWAY MONEY.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP
LEvIEs LARGEST ITEM
N ost Of Money Spent Under Direction
5 Of supervisors-Motor Vehicle Funds
Expended For Road Work Under
County systsm-Eishteen Highway
Deaths in September.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov 'S.-Wher9 the
Iowa road and bridge money comes
from, the amount Of the levy for the
various funds, who levies it and
whether or not 1t Is discretionary or
mandatory or required by law is
graphically set forth in a statement by
the state highway commission in their
last service bulletin just issued.
1 For county roads the funds are as
follows: County road cash fund, lew
led by board of supervisors on all
property including cities of first class
with one mill as the, maximum: must
be levied by amount Is discretionary.
Second, the county road building fund
OF two mills levied by board OF super
visors, required by law on all properly
outside Incorporated towns and cities.
Third, county drainage fund, one mill,
levied at the discretion of board OF SUI
pervisors on all property. The county
motor vehicle fund, used on roads and
permanent culverts. derived from the
license money paid by automobile
owners, is used principally on county
road system.
For township roads the funds are as
follows: First. township road fund,
levied at the discretion. of township
trustees, not to exceed four mills on
all property outside Incorporated
towns. Second township drainage
fund, levied by trustees on all town
ship property outside of incorporated
towns, not to exceed Ave mills Third,
road drag fund, levied by trustees as
required by law on all property outside
incorporate towns, not to exceed one
mill.
The bridge fund is levied by the
board of supervisors at their discre-
ton on all property outside cities Oh
the first class.9not to exceed five mills.
In discussing the funds the state
highway commission states that In adj
ditien to the above1the following nfor-
nation must be kept in mind:
/, .The county road cash fund fis
spent under the direction Of the board
Of supervisors. principally for work on
the county road system. This fund Is
also used on thcttownship road system
for making the county's share Of nils
to bridges and culverts, Tor purchasing
new right-of- way for township roads.
for making stream changes and for
railway crossing improvements.
sCounty motor vehicle fund is spent
principally for road work on the courl-
~ road system. 1t may also be used
for the construction Of permanent cul-
verts on either the county or township
road systems y
'-The township road drainage and
dragging funds are used exclusively on
the township road system.
"The bridge fund is expended on
both the county and township systems.
1.-The funds for the dragging of coun-
ty roads may be taken from the county
road cash fund or the motor vehicle
fund. There Is no limit to the amount
that may be spent for dragging the
county roads.
1.-The poll tax, provided for by law as
two days work Of eight hours each on
the roads, is levied per capita on all
able bodied male residents between the
ages Of, 21 and 49, The levy on per-
sons outside Of cities and towns Is
spent for and upon the township roads
All such levies in cities and incorpor-
ated towns is spent on city or town
roads and streets.
Eighteen Deaths in September.
There were eighteen deaths on the
highways Of Iowa during September,
III automobile accidents and four
deaths in collisions of automobiles and
trains on grade crossings, according to
summary just gotten out by the state
highway commission in their highway
service bulletin. There was total OF
400 automobile accidents in the state
and 64s people injured.
The deaths on the highways from
auto accidents were as follows: Mil
ton lsaacs, aged 5 years, Buffalo Cen
ter, felN under backing car: Baby Ell
aine Van Avery. aged 5 months, New
Hartford. struck by passing auto; Les
lie Hansen,5 years, Des Moines, struck
by auto; Charles Craig Sioux City
auto skidded off grade: Arthur Gin
ton, aged Is, Russell, fell under truck:
Ray Fogle. Glenwood, crushed under
car; Hugo Samp. Lake Park, fell under
auto: Mrs. Barney NanvoN Washta.
two autos collided: Stewart Brown,
aged SO, MaTengo thrown from auto:
Joe Coleman, Clarinda, crushed under
car; Mrs. c. w. Bopp. Cedar Rapids
automobile turned turtle: Howard
Suffer, aged A, Sheldon. autos collide:
George Blades. so years old. De-,
Hoines. run down by auto; Miss Jen-
lie Doyer, aged is, Twin Lakes, car
ran in to ditch.
The four railroad crossing deaths
we're as follows: Lewis Reineg. aged
years, TaGna, and Judge Berger. also
II Tama killed when their auto stalled
On Milwaukee railroad crossing:
Richard Albright Oralabor auto hit by
train; Grace Harrison Logan. auto hit
by train.