The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-03-22
FULL TEXT OF The
ROAD-BOND ACT
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
The recent SC, 900 road bonding
act, to be voted on by the people on
June 4, is as follows:
Section Z. The following highways,
towit:
!. The road running from the north
line of Douglas county to Jackson
county line over the line of the Pacific
Highway as adopted by the State
Highway Commission;
2. All that portion of the Columbia
River Highway described in the fourth
paragraph of the description of hard
surface roads as described in Section
of this Act, which the county courts of
the several counties through which the
same is located, shall not determine to
prepare for paving with hard-surfaced
paving as is herein provided, shall be
considered post road, and eligible 10
improvement as such under the provi-
sions of this Act:
8. A road from Roseburg, by Myr-
tie Point and Coquille to Marshfield;
a. A road from the Pacific Highway
from point at or near McMinnville,
by Willamina to Tillamook city;
5. A road from The Dalles by way
Of Dufur, Maupin and Shaniko to Red
mond, Bend and from thence to Klam-
ath Falls;
6. A road from Bend to Lakeview
z. A road from an intersection with
the Columbia River Highway at a
point either in Sherman or Gillian
county, by way of Condor, Fossil and
Spray and thence up the John Day val
ley to such point as the Highway Com
mission shall elect, and from thence to
Vale and the Idaho line;
8. A road from La Grande, through
Union and Wallowa counties to Joseph /;
8. A road from Bend, through
Burns and Harney to Vale;
shall be known as post
roads and shall be constructed along
routes between said certain points to
be agreed upon by the representatives
of the Federal Government, and said
State Highway Commission. Said
post roads shall be constructed accord
ing to specifications agreed upon be-
tween the representatives of the Fed
eral Government and said State High
way Commission. Provided, that if
the counties of Douglas and Josephine,
or either of them, shall prepare any
part of the said Pacific Highway, and
make same ready for paving according
to the requirements of the State High
way Commission, then said Commission
shall Immediately pave the road so
prepared and such portion of said road
shall be excepted from the classifica-
tion as a post road.
If the county of Coos shall prepare
and make ready for paving according
to the requirements of the State High
way Commission, 20 or more miles in
length of the post road between Rose
burg and Marshfield hereinbefore de-
scribed, or the county of Tillamook
shall so prepare and make ready for
paving 20 or more miles in length of
the post road between Tillamook city
and McMinnville, and if such portions
of said roads, in either or both of said
counties, are so prepared that the
same shall be ready for paving ac-
cording to the requirements of the
State Highway Commission, then said
Commission shall Immediately pave
the road so prepared and such portion
of said road shall be excepted from
the classification as post road, and
such portion shall then be classified as
a paved road.
Section 8. Roads over the following
routes are hereby adopted and desig-
mated as forest roads, towit:
/. A road from Medford in Jackson
county as surveyed and adopted by the
| Federal Government in cooperation
with the State of Oregon, by the way
of Crater Lake, to point in klamath
county to be selected by the said High
way Commission and the Federal Off
cials representing the Federal Govern
ment, operating under what is known
as the "Shackelford Bill"
2. A road from point in Lane
county to be selected by the State
Highway Commission and the Federal
officials representing the Federal Gov
ernment, operating under what is
known as the "Shackelford Bill" by
way of the Siuslaw River, to point
in Coos county to be selected by said
Highway Commission.
3. A road from Eugene connecting
Willamette valley with eastern Oregon
by way of the Mckenzie river to Bend.
4. A road connecting the post road
from the Columbia River Highway up
the John Day valley with the post road
between The Dalles and Bend.
5. A road from Albany, via Leb-
anon, Cascadia and Fish Lake, to
Bend.
No preference shall be given in the
construction, improving or paving of
any of the roads described herein by
reason of the numerical designation of
such roads.
The funds with which to pay the
portion of the expense of the construc-
tion of said post roads and forest roads
payable by the State of Oregon, shall
be secured from the sale of bonds as is
provided in House Bill Number q,
passed by the present Legislative Ses-
sion, which bill is entitled. "a Bill for
an Act to accept the benefits of the
Act passed by the Sixty-fourth Con-
gress of the United States, entitled,
An Act to provide that the United
States shall aid the states in the con-
struction of rural post roads, and for
other purposes, and to provide for the
issuance of bonds of the State of Ore
gon to raise such money as may be re-
Quired to meet the requirements of
said Federal Statute, and to authorize
the State Board of Control to take
such action and perform such duties as
may be necessary to meet the require
ments of said Federal Act and Federal
officials acting under said Act" Of
the funds made available by said Act
for post roads, at least 60 per cent
shall be expended on the above men.
toned post roads, in the counties east
of the Cascade mountains.
Provided, however, that the above
provision shall not be construed to i'm
pair the assent of the State to the
Federal aid as hereinbefore specified,
and to limit the necessary cooperation
between this state and the Federal
Government in the construction of for
est and post roads.
No description of any highway pro-