The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-05
To Form Highway District

There are number of points rel
ative to forming highway district
that might be of interest to those
residing within the proposed dis
trict which takes in Kendrick and
parts of American Ridge, Bear
Ridge, Little Bear Ridge, and
Texas Ridge.
Most everyone is familiar with
the preliminary steps necessary to
form district. The boundaries
have to be mapped out and decsrib-
ed on the petition which is circulat-
ed among the residents of the dis
trict. Any qualified voter may
sign the petition and number of
signers equal to one-ffth of the
votes cast in the proposed district
for governor in the last general
election, or a petition signed by
adult residents OF the district own
ing one-tenth of the land within the
district, is necessary to bring the
matter of organizing the district
before the county commissioners.
The petition together with a copy
of the map of the district, is filled
with the Clerk of the board of
county commissioners. The COM
mlssioners have ten davs time after
the filing in which to meet. They
then set the date for an election,
and the residents may then deter
mine whether the district shall be
formed or not All qualified vot-
ers within the proposed district are
eligible to vote at the election and
if more than one half of the votes
are favorable the district is then
organized.
Three commissioners, recommend
ed by the residents of the new dis
trict, are appointed by the Governor
and hold office for a period of four
years after which time they are
elected by the residents of the DIS
trict. They serve without salary.
The commissioners hold meetings at
least once a month, if not oftener,
at which time all business concern
ing the district is transacted.
Road overseers are appointed by
the commissioners and compensa-
> tion of these officers is fixed by the
: commissioners. A clerk of the
board of commissioners is also ap-
pointed and his salary fixed by the
|. commissioners.
A highway district cannot issue
bonds except by an election requir-
ing a two-thirds majority of the
qualified voters residing in the dis
: trict.
By having a certain strip of road
within the district that would con-
u meet with the state highway, desig-
mated as lateral of the state high
way it lis possible to secure state
;, aid; also, all mail routes within a
y highway district are eligible to Sc
cure federal aid. If both state and
. federal aid are secured on the same
strip of road. the highway district
pays in the ratio of one dollar to
Il two dollars secured from the state
t and federal government. Neither
state nor federal aid can be secured
until bonds have been voted in the
3 district.
! Those promoting the formation of
the proposed Kendrick Highway
4 District are not working for 1t with
any selfish motive in view. Under
the present system the highway dis
trlct is the only hope of securing
good roads. Those who took the
initiative in Kendrick toward Great
a. ing the district did not do so with
rs any idea Of furthering the interests
I'd of the town to the detriment uf any
ID of the interests of the surrounding
of country. To do so would be lacking
n in judgement, as it is impossible to
ct boost the town by any means tina,
ne would injure any part of the farm
an ing country surrounding it. kend
ct rick's interests and the interests OF
lb the Potlatch country in general, are
ed one and the same thing.
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