The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-06-22
Money Should be
Used On Pixies
Only One County in State Has
Drawn on Funds from Its
Automobile Tax. e..
Another Report, With Addi-
tional Machines, Will be
Prepared July I.


Nashville, June 20-Blount county
is due $1,175.53 from the Tennessee
Department of highways on automo-
bile taxes.
The Tennessee department of high
ways now has available for road
work in the state $139, 9,285.62 and it
is estimated that before September
this fund will aggregate close to
$175,OOO which is far beyond the
figures estimated by the most SAN
guine supporters of the department.
Tennessee was one of the last states
to create a department of highways
and while the department has been
in operation less than a year good
road enthusiasts claim it has saved
various counties many times the cost
of the department.
1t is now practically certain that
the federal good roads bill will pass
congress as it passed the senate and
in that event Tennessee will receive
substantial sums for road work, all
of which under the highway depart
ment. If this bill passes Tennessee
will receive the first year $4,000,
the second $232,O00 and increase
each year $4,000 until the fifth
year when it will aggregate approxi-
mately 100000 from the govern
ment. This fund will be available
only when the state or the counties
put up an equal amount.
Friends and officials of the state
department are planning to increase
the state fund by asking the legisla-
ture for al one mile state good roads
tax which with the federal and auto.
mobile aid will give the state depart
ment more than $1,000,000 annually
for roads which can be used in con-
junction with county funds to COM
plete a system of state highways
which in few years would be second
TO none, it is claimed, in any state
similarly situated to Tennessee.
$4,000 Automobiles.
AS the law now stands the auto
mobile fund is collected by the
secretary of state. Approximately
$4,000 automobiles have been regist-
cred besides the motorcycles. Auto
mobile numbers begin at 6,00s and
the figures given below include all
payments up to $4,000. Motor
cycles and demonstration numbers
run from 1 to 5,999. 1t is believed
by many here that $4,000 cars will
be registered before the end of the
present year.
The secretary of state has just
completed his fourth appointment of
he automobile license fund showing
he amounts due each county from
his fund paid on automobiles up to
27,O00 but the figures given do not
include any cars bearing numbers
above $4,000. Any cars now being
operated carrying numbers above
27,0OO will be included in report to
De made about July 1. This explana-
ton is made in sending out the re-
port of the amounts now in the state
,reasury to the credit of the various
counties for the reason that it is
improbable for the ap-
oortionments to be made up to date
1T any time and the amounts shown
always are less than that shown on
he books of the county court clerks
and some have drawn the conclusion
hat the department of highways was
Using more than ten per cent for ex-
1ense of that department. The law
that the department shall
lave only ten per cent of the fund
lfter the expense of the secretary of
;tate have been paid.
According to the report just made
o the state department of highways
he secretary of state collected on
ars registered from July 1, 1915 to
January l, 1916, and on cars num-
,ering up to $4,000 and has turned
nto the state treasury to the credit
# the various counies he sum of
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