Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-22

within cities and towns. The coun-
ty road cash fund, under the juris-
diction Of the township trustees, arc
hereby wholly dedicated and pledged
after July 1, 1920, to the county and
township roads respectively as pro
vided by law.
In order to provide for the grav-
cling, oiling or other suitable surfac-
ing Of roads of the secondary sys-
tenn, the board of supervisors shall
have power, on petition therefor, to
establish road assessment districts,
but such districts need not necessa-
rily follow the zone limits provided
herein for the improvements of pri-
mary roads. Said petition shall In
telligently describe the lands within
said proposed district, and the road
or roads therein which the petitioners
desire Improved, and the general ma
ture OF the improvement proposed on
each of said roads. improvements
may be proposed in the alternative.
Said petitions shall be signed BY
twenty per cent Of the owners OF the
lands within the proposed district
who are residents of the county.
Said petition shall be filed with tho
county auditor, whereupon the board
OF supervisors shall cause the counr
ty engineer to personally examine all
| the roads within such proposed dir
tr1ct and to determine the relation OF
such proposed district and to deter
mine the relation of such roads to
the lands within such proposed dis
tr1ct, and the relation of such roads
to any of the roads of the primary
road system, and the necessity. IL
any for further grading or draining
OF such roads. The engineer shall
embody his findings in a report to
said board. He may recommend the
establishment of the district as re-
quested, or with such notifications
as, in his judgment, are advisable, in
Guiding recommendation as to am
increase or decrease Of the size OF
the district as proposed by the petit
| TONERS.
The total cost of improving a counu-
lty road in. said secondary system
within said district, by oiling, graveE
| Ing or other suitable surfacing, shall
be apportioned and paid in the pro
portion of seventy five per cent from
the county road cash fund and twen-
ty-five per cent from assessments ON
benefited lands. The total cost Of so
improving township road within
said district shall be apportioned and
paid in the proportion Of Twenty-Five
per cent from the &C 1ty road cash
fund, fifty per cent from the town
ship road funds of the township or
townships embracing said township
road according to their relative mile
age) and twenty-five per cent from
q &C.
lands. A county road, after it is so
improved, shall be maintained. Nv
the board of supervisors, from the
county road fund. A township road
after it is SO improved, shall be main
tanned by the township trustees from
township funds, unless the improve
ment is OF sotsubstantial and perma-
nent nature, as that the board OF su-
pervlsors shall by resolution add such
road to the county road system, to be
maintained as such.
| me total cost of such improve
! ments on said secondary roads shall
IN the frst instance be paid from the
county road cash fund, or Jointly from
SUCH fund and from the proceeds or
an special assessments and road Ger.
tlhcates issued against special assess-
menus on lands within the district,
OF by direct application Of such GER
tlncates to such cost. In case Of this
Improvement Of a county road, the
SAID county road cash fund shall be
oenented property, and from the pro-
Eceeds OF all road certificates which
represent such special assessments.
IN case OF the Improvement of 4
township road, said fund shall be re-
lmbursed to the extent of twenty-five
per cent OF the total cost of the inn.
provements from special assessments
and road certificates, and fifty pen
cent from the township road fund, or
the township drag fund, or from the
township drainage fund or from anB
or all OF said funds. The trustees
are authorized to transfer to the
county from any or all of such town.
snip FUNDS the amount sufficient tn
erect such reimbursement. ShouM
the trustees neglect to make suck
transfers, the county treasurer, on
order from the board, shall withhold
from such township sufficient Of Nx
tax funds as will effect such REIN
bursement, and transfer such amouat
to the county road cash fund, or thu
board of supervisors may levy sucS
direct tax against the property with.
In said delinquent township as VIII
effect such reimbursement If tia
district as finally established. en-
braces and contemplates the improve.
ment of a township road, the board
OF supervisors shall proceed no ray
ther as ito such township road unfr
the township which embraces such
road shall agree in writing, signed -
majority of its trustees, to pay .ity
portion, as herein required, the total
cost of said Improvement. Said wris-
ten agreement shall be deemed thu
financial obligation of the township
and not Of the trustees individually.
II such township is on township
line, such agreement shall be execuf-
ed by both townships, and one-half az
that portion of the cost payable from
townships funds shall be borne BIZ
such township.
Special assessments shall be Levied
upon the lands within the districts
embracing secondary roads, in the