The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-05-12

The following is the text of tn, Road Bill introduced in the House of Representatives by the Commit tee on Roads and Highways. Repre- sentative A. A. Allan, chairman, af ter conferences of the Senate ant House Road Committees with Cover nor Riggs and Major Waugh, presiden of the Alaska Board of Road Com missioners:
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska:
 Section l. There Is hereby ere ated Territorial Board of Roat Commissioners for the Territory ol Alaska. for the construction anG maintenance of roads, trails. bridges and ferries in the Territory of Alas ka. This Board shall consist of the Governor of the Territory. the Sur veyor-General and the Territorial Treasurer. and shall be known as the Territorial Board of Road Com missioners.
 "Section 2. The Territorial Board of Road Commissioners shall have authority to enter into cooperative agreement with the Board of Roat Commissioners for Alaska, and the Secretary of Agriculture of the Unit. ed States. or other federal authori. ty. for the construction. repair and maintenance of any public road, bridge or ferry within the Territory of Alaska. In the case of co.opera- tive work. the Territorial Treasurer is authorized to deposit in the Unit. ed States Treasury the funds agreed upon to cover the share of the Ter ritOrial Road Commission in such CO., operative projects as are entered into. in accordance with the provi- siOns of this Act. Such funds shall be expended by the Disbursing Off. cer of the Federal authority desig- hated in the cooperative agreement, and detailed statement of expen- ditures from such funds so deposited shall. upon the completion of the project for which they were deposit ed, be furnished to the Territorial Treasurer. Any unexpended balance of such Territorial funds shall be returned.
 Section 3. The said Territorial Board of Road Commissioners is em. powered to act for the Territory in the receipt. allotment and disburse- ment of any Federal funds that may be turned over of the Territory for the building and maintenance of roads, bridges and trails unless oth. erwise provided for.
 Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners to furnish the Legis. lature of the Territory while in ses. sion, with an estimate of the amount required to construct and maintain roads. bridges and trails in each of the Territorial Road Divisions and to apportion and to transfer to the Treasurers of the various Divisional Road Commissions such funds as shall be available as hereinafter pro vided, and to appoint 8 Treasurer who shall be an officer of a Terri torial or National Bank in the h. vision. for which he is appointed, for each of the four Road Divisions The Treasurer shall be the custodian and disbursing officer of all moneys appropriated for the building and maintenance of roads, bridges ano trails in the Division for which he Is appointed. when the same is trans. ferred to him from the Territorial Treasurer on the order of the Terri. torial Board of Road Commissioners The term of office of the Divisional Road Treasurer shall be for two years, but he may be removed for cause by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners and he shall be required by the Territorial Board ol Road Commissioners to give a bond good and sufficient, in amount tc we'll protect the Territory.
 Section s. That in the 'appor tionment of funds to the Divisional Boards of Road Commissioners. the Territorial Board of Road Commis sioners shall so arrange the appor tionments that no Division shall dur ing any biennium receive 8 lesf amount of the combined amounts of Territorial appropriations and CO operative funds than one quarter ol the total amount appropriated tt carry in effect the provisions of thi.