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the Requirements of said Commission
and shall have prepared the foundation
in accordance with the requirements of
said Commission, then said Commits
sion shall let contracts, or otherwise
provide according to law for the COM
pletion of said hard-surfaced roads by
causing said roads to be finished and
hard-surfaced according to plans and
specifications prepared by said Com
mission, and the funds required there
for shall be derived from the sale of
said bonds, provided for in Section 8
hereof.
Section IL. The State Highway
Commission shall pay the interest Eup-
on said bonds as the same shall be-
come due, from any funds subject to
its control, from whatever source the
same may come, and the payments
upon the principal of said Eonds, as
the same shall become due, shall be
paid by the said Highway Commission
from any funds within its control,
without regard to the origin of said
funds.
Sections12. Any surplus or unex-
pended balance of the fees received
under the operation of House Bill No.
500, passed by this Legislative Ses-
ion. which bill is entitled For an Act
to amend Chapter TIA of the General
Laws of Oregon for 1911, as amended
by Chapter 1876 of the General Laws of
Oregon for 1918. and as amended by
Chapter $50 of the General Laws of
the State of Oregon for 1915; provid-
ing for regulating the use registra-
tion, license identification, conduct and
operation of vehicles operated upon
the public roads, streets and highways
of the State of Oregon; to regulate
and license the persons who drive the
same to prescribe penalties for viola
ton hereof and to prohibit the unauth-
orized possession for use of vehicle
and to provide a penalty therefor; to
license and identify all motorsvehicles !;
to limit the authority of cities and
towns on like subjects concerned with
said vehicles; to prescribe the duties
of the Secretary of States to certain
provisions of this act; to provide for
the handling and distribution of the
funds derived from the operation of
this Act and to repeal all Acts and
parts of Acts in conflict herewith"
remaining after the payment of all
claims incurred in carrying out the
provisions thereofiorsestima by the
Secretary of State as necessary to de-
fray any further administrative ex-
penses for the balance of any license
year, shall be transferred on the first
day of April and the first day of Octo-
ber in each year by the Secretary of
State to an account to be expended un-
der the jurisdictionIof the State High
way Commission in payment of the in
terest and principal as same shall be-
come due upon bonded indebtedness of
the State of Oregon. contracted for
road purposes under the provisions of
this Act ssor sthe provisions of the said
House Bill No. 81 referred to by title
in Section 8, of this Act. Any remain
der of such surplus or unexpended bal
ance so transferred to the jurisdiction
Of the State Highway Commission
shall be subject to the payment of any
other lawful claim or claims incurred
or contracted by said Commission.
Section 13. The State Highway
Commission is hereby authorized and
empowered to enter into contracts for
the purpose of constructing the roads
provided in this Act; provided, how
ever, that all contracts shall be let ac-
cording to law and in open and public
session of said Commission provided
further, that if. in the opinion of a
majority of the members of said Com
mission, the lowest bid for the con-
struction of any of the roads or parts
of roads herein authorized to be con-
structed, shall be excessive, then and
in that event, said Commission shall
have the right and it is hereby empow-
cred and authorized to reject all bids
and to construct under its own direc-
tion and supervision, all of such roads
or any part thereof, and to this end to
accomplish this purpose said Commits
sion is hereby authorized and empow-
cred to purchase or lease all necessary
machinery, equipment, tools and appli-
ances and to employ all necessary help
and labor and to do all things neces-
sary and convenient to carry out the
provisions of this act.
Section Ia. This act shall be re-
ferred to the people for their ratifica-
tion or rejection at special election
to be called in the manner provided by
law, said election to be held on the 4th
day of June, 1917, and shall be in full
force and effect as soon as ratified by
the people at such election.
Section Is. On account of the i'm
portance of the early decision of this
matter and the Importance of getting
funds for construction of roads, this
act is necessary for the peace, health
and safety of the people of the state
of Oregon, and the special election
hereinabove declared should not be
delayed beyond the time hereinabove
set, and for that reason an emergency
is declared to exist, and this act shall
be in full force and effect in accord
ance with the terms and provisions
therein set forth, from and after its
passage, as regards said special elec-
ton.