The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-02

Department shall, at it's discretion,
designate certain roads as State
Highways and construct and main
tain same with funds derived entire
ly from the State or jointly from the
State and Federal government, as
such. funds may be available; and
that this Department may also des-
ignate certain other roads as State
Aid Roads and shall be given author
ity to construct and maintain same
with funds raised jointly from Fed
eral, State and county sources.
(0 That Section 9 of the Act
creating this Department be amended
so as to accept the terms of the Fed
eral Aid Act, heretofore tentatively
accepted by the Governor of Florida,
and appropriating the sum of $112,.
600 to meet the Federal aid for the
year 1917, and the sum of $16S,OOO to
meet the Federal aid for the year
1918, these amounts being the appor-
tionment to the State of Florida for
the years mentioned.
(e) That Section 10 of the Act
creating this Department be amend
ed so as to provide that county Off
Gals making remittances to the State
Treasurer of moneys for the use and
maintenance of this Department shall
make report, showing in detail the
source of the revenue so RENTED, and
that one copy of such report be trans
mitted to the State Road Department
and another copy of the same be kept
on file in the office of the county Of
fetal making the remittance and SUBJ
hitting the report.
Second-That there be enacted
law. creating a State Convict Road
Force consisting of all ablebodied
State convicts, not required for the
operation of the State Prison Farm,
and all Jail prisoners not actually
worked on the roads in the counties
where convicted; and that the said
State Convict Road Force be used in
the improvement of State Highways
and State Aid Roads under the su-
pervlslon and control of the State
Road Department. Also, that there
be appropriated the sum of SS5 1000
for the year 1917 and the sum of
S135,OOO for the year 1918 for the |
maintenance of the said State Con- /
vict Road Forces.
Third-That there be enacted law
providing for an annual State license
fee on all motor driven vehicles. said
law to repeal the existing laws per-
uniting counties and Municipalities
to levy such license fees. This law
should provide that the State fund
thus created. after setting aside the
percentage devoted to the mainten-
ance OF the State Road Department
snail be apportioned to the several
counties in proportion to the revenue
paid by the counties into the state
treasury, and to be used toward tho
mi of State Highways and
State Aid Roads, with the browse
,nat where no such roads exist at the
tlme OF such apportionment the fund
so appropriated may be used for tho
construction of roads until a main
tenance charge has been created
fourth-That there be adopted q
''olnt Resolution submitting to the
ouallfled electors of the State pron-
oSlt'on to amend the Constitution of
the State of Florida. providing that
the State Legislature. durino anv SEES
sion thereof. Re authorized to nrovide
for the issnanre of State Highway
'mnrovement Bonds for such amounts
as nav he REQUIRED to carry forward
he construction of system of State
'o"ds d"rino the ensuing two wears.
F'fth-Th't there he enacted a law
'r"h'Nit'n~ the use Of the public roade