The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-28

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! before the first day of August Of any
year, by a resolution filed with the
state highway commission, specify
the division or divisions OF the pri'
mary road system in said county
which they desire to improve here
under. Said resolution shall indicate
the program of improvement for the
ensuing year or years and shall
specify the funds available or the
method proposed to finance the cost
of such improvements. II the reso:
luton filed with the state highway
commission embraces the hard surface
ing of any division Of primary roads,
the same shall be. accompanied by
proposed assessment district for
each division in the form of an en-
gineer's plat. Each district shall be
clearly designated by some appropri-
ate and distinctive name and number,
such, for instance, as "COrrectionyille
Road, District No. l." Portions of
primary roads which diverge from
common point may be included
within one district. No district es-
tablished by the board Of supervisors
shall embrace real estate within a
city, but no proceedings for an i'm.
provement which embraces road or
street of town shall be affected by
the fact that subsequent to the estab-
lishment of the district, and before
the completion of the Improvement,
such town becomes city by change
in population. All real estate lying
upon and Immediately adjacent to
each side of the highway, and con-
stituting two continuous zones each
three hundred and twenty rods in
width, measured from the center Of
the highway shall be included with
in each district. The board of SUI
pervisors may increase the width of
either Of said zones by extending the
outer boundary thereof for a distance
of not to exceed one hundred sixty
rods. If either of the zones first
mentioned be increased In width, tho
outer boundary Of such increase may
follow governme entail or other well de-
fined lines; and II any part Of gov.
ernmental forty acre tract, or less,
is within four hundred eighty rods
of the. center o. the road, then and
lnsuch case the entire forty acres or
less may be included within the dis
trict. Should the center of the high
way be less than four hundred eighty
rods from an interstate boundary
line, or river, which acts as such in
terstate boundary then the zone ad-
jacent to such line or river may ex-
tend to such line or river. Should
travel to or from such highway to
real estate within either of said zones
be wholly barred by natural or art.
ificial barrier, the board of supervi-
sors may wholly exclude such real
estate, or any portion thereof, from
such assessment district, or may 9th
erwise meet the difficulty by making
a nominal assessment on said real
estate.
When the resolution has been A.
ually approved, the commission shall
make, or cause to be made, proper
surveys, and shall prepare the plans,
specifications and estimates for such
Improvement, or shall cause the same
to be prepared by the county engi-
neer, under its supervision, which
plans, specifications and estimates
shall be finally annroyed by the board
and the commission. and filed with
the county auditor, and the work
shall be done in accordance there
with, except in SO far as the same
may be modified by the commission
to meet unforeseen or better under
stood conditions, and no such modifi-
cation shall be deemed an invalidat-
ing matter. Such plans and specifi-
cations may provide, as a part OF
said hard surfaced roadway, and to
be computed as a part OF the cost
for such shoulders of gravel
or other material as may be neces-'
sary to protect the roads thereof and
to facilitate travel thereover,
Claims for draining and grading,
or oiling, shall be paid
wholly from the county's allotment Of,
the primary road fund. Claims for
hard surfacing, in case the county is
proceeding without bond issue, shall
oe paid to the extent OF seventy-fives
.er cent ef the total eest Of such