Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-04
THE NEW ROAD Law
Passed by The Thirty-Eighth
General Assembly
Continued from page 81

Ue pdlQ by Sucn city, and the DOdru
of supervisors of the county and the
city council of such city are hereby
authorized to agree in writing for the
payment by the city Of one,half the
cost of such improvement, and in
case they cannot agree upon the
amount to be paid by the city, and
date when payment is to be made,
the matter shall be referred to the
state highway commission. whose de-
cision shall be final. Said city may
pay said amount from it's general
fund, or it may proceed under Sec
tons S40-h to 840-r, both inclusive,
supplemental supplement to the code,
1915, for the assessment and collec-
ton of such cost, or it may pay in
the first instance from such general
fund and reimburse said fund there
after from proceeds realized from
such assessment proceeding. The
city in such case, for prompt reali-
cation of funds, shall have the right
to issue road certificates in .anticl-
patton of taxes and assessments to
realized from such assessment pro-
ceeding under sections S4O-h to S40-r,
supplemental supplement to the code,
1915.
Primary roads outside of towns
shall be maintained by the board of
supervisors under the patrol system
provided by Chapter 316 of the acts
of the Thirty-seventh general assem-
bly,, and when so maintained under
the said patrol system to the salts
faction of the state highway commits
sion, the county's allotment of the
primary road fund may be drawn on
for such maintenance. Primary roads
after the hard surfacing of the same,
shall be maintained under said patrol
system wholly out of the county's al
lotment OF the primary road fund.
If any county fails to maintain any
OF its hard surface roads to the sat-
.sfaction Of the state highway COM
mission, said commission shall have
power to assume charge of such main
tenance and pay therefor out of'said
county'S allotment of the primary
road fund. The amount of mainte-
nance vouchers, when the work has
been done by the said commission,
shall be charged to the county's al
lotment account, and warrants for,
the amount of such vouchers shall
be issued by the auditor of state on
presentation of such vouchers, and
paid by the treasurer of state as in
other cases. In case any town fails
to do the draining and grading re-
CURED to be done in such town in
primary roads about to be improved
hereunder or fails to maintain, to the
satisfaction of the state highway
commission, any hard surfacing con-
structed hereunder in said town, the
said commission shall have power to
assume change of such grading, drain
ing or maintenance and pay for the
same from the primary fund belong
ing to said county, and. in such case,
the cost thereof shall be certified by
said commission, to the county treas
urer, who shall reimburse the pri-
mary fund of the county by deducting
the amount from the next succeed
ing apportionrnent of tax funds be-
longing to the general fund of said
town.
The federal aid engineering fund,
created by Chapter 249, laws of the
Thirty-seventh general assembly,
shall be continued, and the treasur-
err of state is hereby directed an
pually to transfer to such fund from
the funds derived from year to year
under the act regulatory of motor ve-
hicles, an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of plans and specifications
for the current year, as certified by
the state highway commission. Said
fund shall be used for engineering
work in connection with federal aid
road projects and paid out only on
properly itemized vouchers approved
by the state highway commission and
audited by the state board of audit.
The amount of bonds issued under
this act by any county shalf not,
when added to all other Indebtedness
OF the county, exceed in the aggre-
gate three per cent on the actual
value Of the taxable property within
such county, any other statute to the
contrary notwithstanding-to be as
certained by the last state and coun-
ty tax list previous to the mourning
of such Indebtedness.
The board Of supervisors Is en-
powered to accept on behalf of the
county donations of property in aid
of highway construction. and from
and after such acceptance the title
to such property shall vest in the
CouuLy lOi Iuc 5Oio puIpOSc lOT WulCu
donated, and the obligation on the
part of the officials charged with the
possession and disbursement therefor
shall be the same as attends any
other property of the county.
Section one thousand five hundred
seventy -oue-m thirty-two Q571-m32),
supplemental supplement to the code.
1915, supplemental supplement to the
code, 1915, is hereby repealed and
there is hereby created fund for
the maintenance of the state high
way commission consisting of two
and one-half per cent OF all moneys
paid into the state treasury under
the act regulatory OF licenses on
motor vehicles. Said fund shall be
used for no other purpose than as
maintenance fund for said state high
way commission and shall be drawn
out only on warrants drawn by the
auditor of state on itemized vouch-
ers approved by the state highway
commission. The expenditures of
said commission shall be audited by
the executive council, and a full and
complete report of all said expendi-
lures shall be published in the an
nual report under the act creating
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