The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-07-20
FEDERAL ROAD LAW
$75,OOO,OOO for Five-Year Period
S5,OOO,OOO Available for Year
Ending June 80, 1917.
Engineering and Inspection Not to Ex-
coed 10 Per Cent-Administrat
Not to Exceed Three Per Cent.

Thanks to the courtesy Of Senator
Nelson the Union is enabled to give
the full text of the Federal road law
The sum Of s75,OOO,OOO is appro-
priated to cover period of five years
S5,O00,00O will be available for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1917;
S1O,OOO,OOO for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1918; S15,OOO,OOO for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1919; $780,
100000 for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1920; and s25 100000 for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1921.
The cost of administration is linn
tied to three per cent Of the appropria-
ton for any fiscal year. Inspection
engineering and other overhead ex-
penses are limited to 10 per cent of
the total estimated cost of the work.
The work done must be Of a SUBJ
stantial character, and roads con-
structed under the provisions of the
act must be properly maintained or
further Federal aid will be denied to
the state or civil subdivision affected
Federal aid will be granted only to
the extent of so per cent of the cost
of construction, and not to exceed
$4,000 per mile.
HIRE is the bill that the conference
conn tees Of the house and senate
finally agreed upon and as it passed
both branches of the national legis-
lature and was approved by the presi-
dent
Sec. l. That the Secretary Of Agri-
culture is authorized to cooperate
with the states, through their respec-
tive state highway departments, in
the construction Of rural post roads;
but no money apportioned under this
act to any state shall be expended
therein until its legislature shall have
assented to the provisions of this act
except that, until the final adjourn
ment of the first regular session of the
legislature held after the passage of
this act, the assent of the governor of
the state shall be sufficient. The Sec
rotary of agriculture and the state
highway department of each state
shall agree upon the roads to be con-
structed therein and the character and
method of construction; Provided, that
all roads constructed under the pro-
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tolls Of all kinds.
Sec 2. That for the purpose of this
act the term rural post road" shall be
construed to mean any public roaC
over which the United States mails
now are or may hereafter be trans
ported, excluding every street and roac
in place having a population, as
shown by the latest available Fedora
census, of $500 or more, except that
portion of any such street or road
along which the houses average more
than 200 feet apart; the term Estate
highway department" shall be con-
strued to include any department OF
another name, or commission, or Of
fetal or officials, of state empowered
under its laws, to exercise the func-
tons ordinarily exercised by a state
highway department; the term ICON
struction" shall be construed to in
clude reconstruction and Improvement
of roads; properly maintained'' as
used herein shall be construed to near
the making of needed repairs and the
preservation of reasonable smooth
surface considering the type of the
road, but shall not be held to include
extraordinary repairs, nor reconstruc-
ton; necessary bridges and culverts
shall be deemed parts of the respective
roads covered by the provisions OF
this act.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of car
rying out the provisions of this act
there is hereby appropriated, out OF
. any money in the treasury not other,
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year
E, ending June 80, 1917, the sum OF
S5,OOO,OOO; for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1913, the sum of S1O,OOO,OOO
for the fiscal year ending June 80
=. 1919, the sum Of s15,OOO,OOO; for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1920, the
sum of s2O,OOO,OOO; and for the fsca
year ending June 80, 1921, the sum Of
$25,OOO,OOO. So much of the appro
priation apportioned to any state fol-
any fiscal year as remains unexpendec
at the close thereof shall be available
for expenditure in that state until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year, ex
cept that amounts apportioned for any
fiscal year to any state which has moi
a state highway department shall be
available for expenditure in that state
until the close of the third fiscal veal
succeeding the close of the fiscal veal