Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-27
ROAD BILL Gets
COMMITTEE 0. K.
MEASURE RECOMMENDED FOR
PASSAGE BY VOTE OF
TWENTY TO TEN.
OPPOSITION INOIcATEp:
CERTAIN OF PASSAGE
Bill Specifies Three Optional Methods
OF Highway Improvement Under
County option-Numerous Autono.
bile Bills Joined Into One Compre.
hsnsive Measures.
Special to Times Republican.

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DEG MGines Match 21.-'rhr long
looked for road bill has been recon-
mended out FOR passage by the high
way committee In the auuse and it is
expected will 5e up for consideration
soon. The highways committee voted
TWO To one 10 recommend the bill out
Tor passage, the vote being twenty
votes recommending passage and ten
iof Indefinite IoslpOuement This in
olcdtes there NiIi De opposition to the
OH IN the mouse out tnat ii Will 20
thru with soodly majority.
The bill as reported out is practically
the same as that on which a SYNOPSIS
was committed by the committee lust
before adjournment. The bill Is ex-
pected out in the senate within "A day
or so,
As outlined by the joint highways
committee OF the house and senate
which has worked for weeks on the
measure, its purpose and provisions
in general are in part.
To create u system Of substantial
and durable highway improvements
FOR each county, coordinate same WIN
the requirements Of the federal gov
eminent and seCure the benefit of
present and future aid acts and pledge
the state to meet the same
ITO divide the highways Of the
state into a primary system and a Sec
ondary system, the primary system
(emoraCing about 5000 miles, to con-
sist of the main market roads which
connect all county seat towns and cit
les and main market centers being the
inter county system already deslgnat-
ed under the federal all act and TO
which all federal aid is expressly linn
tied.
ITO provide for the grading and the
draining Of said PRIMARY. system by
each county from funds derived wholly
from motor vehicles and federal aid,
and to provide for the hard surfacins
thereof, such nard surfacing TO be paid
rs per cent from the motor vehicle and
federal aid fund and % per cent from
special assessments on abUtting and
adjacent property within zones specl
fed.
ITO create q road fund for the de-
velopment Of the primary road sys-
tenn consisting of (a) federal aid funds
already available; % federal aid
funds hereafter appropriated; (c) re-
ceipts from motor vehicles; I'D pro-
ceeds of special assessments
Counties Have Three Options.
The synopsis further declared that
ut Is contemplated that TIE county
shall have three options az To drain
and grade all of the primary road sys-
TEN before doing any hard surfacing;
CD to hard surface, always after drain
ing and gradiag) year ny year as the
primary road fund becomes availa BILE
or CD to anticipate it's revenue from
the primary road fund for such pur-
poses by issuing bonds or a vote OF the
people. such bonds to Oe redeemed
from revenues coming fl ON the pri-
mary road fund ana Gin case OF hard
assessments.
Along with the road OH subcom-
mittee from both the house and sem
ate since early in the session has been
working nights and Sundays as well
as other times on an automobile Ii
cense bill which is about ready to be
introduced. The members of this sub
committee are Senators Anderson, of
Greene:' Arney of Marshall. Hol-
doegeI OF Calhoun; and Balkema, OF
Sioux: and Representatives Becker OF
Clayton; Scott, Of Marshall; Miller OF
Boone, and Alderman, Of Story.
Auto Bills Joined.
There have been numerous automo-
bile license bills introduced this ses-
sion but inasmuch as this joint COM
mittee has been working since the
first of the session on Joint bill they
have all been turned over to the joint
committee to have their provisions in
corporated If possible in the joint COM
mittee bill except one measure by the
ways and means committee Of which
Senator KimbaIl is chairman. This
measure involves the experiences of re-
trenchment and reform committee 10
work out a dill and Senator Kim ball
was unwilling to have it swallowed up
In a. Joint committee measure. So
there will be two bills only for the
legislature to consider on the automo-
bile license matter, the one by the joint
committee and the Kimban bill.
Both Of these measures will provide
for registration at the county seat and
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