The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-27

and use It To- pay interelH on the
hOnd Issue. or 40 much thereof a.
may hc necessary with the principal
OF the bonds retired out Of the In
creased automobile licenB' fees, and
the interest on the bonds paid out
~ the oil and Ets tai which has
heretofore been wasted on dirt road,
II VIII be readily seen that the ndup
tiou Of this proposed amendment
VIII not increase the general taxes
on the people ~ the state ono penny
Not one cent of .rcveuu"r which have
been used for the general state
purposes are touched FOR the purpose
Of retiring tho bond issue, or paying
the iui"roHt thereon The adoption
of the amendment viii not change
the distribution Of the gross produr-
tipn tax on oil and gas In any wBy
whatsoever Under the present law.
twO-thirds OF II Is taken by fho state
and placed IN the general revenue
iuUd for tho purpus" of meeting The
general expenses qf the STATE, one
thlrd OF II iH returned to the counties
from which the tax wnH collected,
To- b" used as follows one hall
which W. uuc.tiSth Of the total
amount for school purposes and the
other half. or onc-SiNth Of the total
collections for Improvement ~ the
roads OF tho county II the amend
mont Is adopted, tho counties VIII
rccciN" exactly the same amount
from the OIL and rus tax az they do
nov. IMoat thirds uf the tax VIII go
into the general revenue fund, Just
aS II does now. and the only part of
the oil and gas TAX that viii bc
touched Tor the retirement OF these
bonds ana tn" payment OF the Inter
eat viii he 50 much Of that portion
of 81 100000 that has heretofore
ben used To aid the county In i'm
proving their dirt roads
Counties Gct A. Much
1t viii be readily seen therefore
that II tho proposed amendment iS
adopted, the various counties VIII re
Ceive Just aa much from the Hutumn-
bile license fees az they do now, and
they VIII receive exactly the Same
amount OF the oil and gas tax as
they receive now The principal of
the bonds will be retired out ~ the
Increase In the automobile license
fees. and the interest will be paid
out OF that portion OF tho oil ana
gas tax that has heretofore been
spent and wasted on dirt roads. The
issuance and sale OF the $50, ,O00, 900
Of bonds Will therefore not increase
to any extent whatever the general
tax which the people OF the state Will
be required To pay IL In not to be
Understood that this system OF road
will not cost the people anything II
will cost tnem about 10000, 900 but
the entire cost viii be borne by the
automobile owners OF the state and
the federal government Automobile
owners do not object TO paying THIS
Increase In license fees II the roads
are to be built out Of H. In fact.
they are anxious to pay II II they
can get this system Of hard surfaced
roads.
Federal Inspection.
The proposed amendment does
not fix the width OF the roads nor
the specifications thereof, because 1t
is impructicablo to do so, That Is
purely an engineering proposition.
Where there is n great amount OF
travel and traffic and the loading
OF tho road In heavy, tho road should
have heavy construction and be OF
sufficient width TO accom- odat. the
travel thereon. In localities where
the volume OF travel and triffic In
not so great and the loading OF tho
koad IL not 80 heavy there Ii no need
OF such construction. nor OF building
the road so wide. The varying OF the
different sections Of the state render
1t Impractical to fix n rigid standard
or width or specification In thu CON
stitutiun. II In necessary to have
some elasticity In. that respect. and
TO place IN tho hands of tho com
mission the determination OF what
particular character OF road and
what particular width OF road
should be constructed In any par
ticuNr locality. Every road that 10
built with federal aid appropriation,
be constructed In accordance with
plans and specifications to he mp
proved by the federal government;
must be supervised and inspected by
federal engineers and inspectors be-
fore tho work IL accepted. The fed
eral supervision and Inspection win.
OF course, he In conjunction and In
harmony with state supervision and
Inspection, thus giving the people IA
double guarantee that the roads will
he built according TO the host plans
and specifications, and In strict ac-
curdanCe with the contracta there
for.
Counties Not Taxed
The counties are not required to
contribute anything whatever toward
the construction OF this trunk line
system, nor is adjacent property re-
auired to contribute anything. Tho
counties and adjacent property are
left free and unburdened SO that
| they may have tho means and ability
| to huild ard-surfaced lateral roads
from this trunk line system lead
| ing out into the various aectlons
not touched by It, 10 the end that
all the people OF tho state may have
access to and enjoy the benefits
and blessings OF the system OF roads
constructed by the state II should
and win he, the policy OF tho legisla-
turc to cotiuue the appropriations
1 OF money from year 10 year to aid
/ the various counties In building these
] hard surfaced lateral roads thus eN-
| tcudiug from year to- year this great
system of transportation and com
munlcation,
Wherever the trunk line system
traverscs the corporate limits OF
town or city which has power under