The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-28
The STATES new HIGHWAY Law
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warded to the Highway commission
for final audit, approval, and pay.
ment as provided in section thirteen
(l3). hereof.
The board OF supervisors shall not
proceed with hard surfacing of roads
until such work shall be authorized
by a majority vote of the electors of
such county at q general election, or
Especial election, called for that pur-
pose; and the board OF supervisors
Of any county may, on its own mo-
ton, and shall, II petitioned by the
voters In any county equal to ten
I per cent Of the number voting at the
last general election, to be deter
mined by the number of electors vot-
Ing for governor thereat, submit to
said voters the question whether
hard surfacing shall be done on the
primary road system, or any portion
thereof. In said county. Said petition
shall be In writing, giving the name
and residence of each signer there
to, and each sheet thereof shall ba
verified by resident of the county.
The board OF supervisors shall be
governed by the result Of such cleo
ton, and II a majority of said voters
voting thereon shall vote therefor, the
board shall proceed forthwith with
the work. Such election, however,
shall not interfere with or affect work
under construction. or under con
tract, or federal aid projects already
approved at the time Of the holding
Of said election. Notice Of such cleo
ton shall be given as provided in
section twenty-five f25) of this act,
and the notice shall give the time
raid election shall be held and the
form Of the proposition submitted,
and such proposition shall be con-
tained ln the ballot. Special cleo,
tons shall be held In the same man
neE a. general elections. The ques-
tion Of hard surfacing shall not be
submitted to vote in any county
Oftener than one in twenty-four
months.
The question as to hard surfacing
Of roads and as to issue of bonds un-
der the act may be submitted at the
same election. And at; the election
As to the question Of whether or not
bonds may be issued, there may be
submitted at the same election and
upon the same ballot as separate
proposition the question Of whether
or not hard surfacing may be DONE.
II upon such submission the prop
ositton Of hard surfacing is defeated,
such vote shall thereby nullify the
vote as. to the issuance of bonds.
For the purpose Of creating has:
is for q. systematic program of i'm
proyement, the board Of supervisors
OF each county, in conjunction with
thegcounty engineer, shall, as soon as
may be reasonably possible after the
taking effect Of this act, divide into
divisions the roads Of the primary
road system within their county, with
. viewtto the most advantageous pro-
gram Of improvement. having in
view the development of the primary
roads in the county in such order
as viii best and most fairly meet !
the convenience of the public viewing
the county as whole. Different por-
tions Of primary roads which diverge
from common point may be SO di-
vided into divisions that the several
divisions Immediately adjacent to the
common point will constitute an ap-
prOpriate district. Said divisions
shall be suitably designated on map
fled with the state highway commits
sion, and shall be recorded by the
county auditor In the proceedings Of
the board, and shall be final, except
that the board may, under changed
pr better understood conditions, mod
lily such record in order to attain
more advantageous results in cost.
No division established by the board
of supervisors, shall embrace roads or
streets within. city.
When the board Of supervisors OF
my county shall decide to begin the
OF any division of said
primary ROAD system,, II. shall, On or E