Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-04

| OF said election. Notice OF such cleo
ton shall be given as provided in
section twenty-five (25) of this act,
and the notice shall give the time
said election shall be held and the
form of the proposition submitted
and such proposition shall be con-
tanned In the ballot. Special cleo
tons shall be held in the same man
ner as general elections. The ques
ton OF hard surfacing shall not be
submitted to a vote in any county
oftener than one in twenty-four
| months.
| The question as to hard surfacing
OF roads and as to issue of bonds I'M
der the act may be submitted at the
same election. And at the election
as to the question of whether or not
bonds may be issued, there may be
submitted at the same election and
upon the same ballot as a separate
proposition the question of whether
or not hard surfacing may be done.
II upon such submission the prop
osition of hard surfacing is defeated,
such vote shall thereby nullify the
vote as to the issuance of bonds
For the purpose of creating a bas-
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provement, the board of supervisors
of each county, in conjunction with
the county engineer, shall, as soon as
may be reasonably possible after the
taking effect of this act, divide into
divisions the roads of the primary
road system within their county, with
view to the most advantageous pro-
gram OF Improvement having in
view the development of the primary
roads in the county in such order
as will best and most fairly meet
the convenience Of the public viewing
the county as whole. Different por-
lions of primary roads which diverge
from a common point may be so d.
vided into divisions that the several
divisions Immediately adjacent to the
common point will constitute an ap-
propriate district. Said divisions
shall be suitably designated on a map
filed with the state highway commits
sion, and shall be recorded by the
| county auditor in the proceedings Of
the board, and shall be final, except
that the board may, under changed
or better understood conditions, mod
ify such record in order to attain
more advantageous results in cost.
No division established by the board
of supervisors shall embrace roads or
streets within city.
When the board Of supervisors Of
any county shall decide to begin the
improvement of any division OF said
primary road system, it shall, on or
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
tof such improvements. II the reso-
Hutton filed with the state highway
commission embraces the hard surfac-
ing of any division of primary roads,
the same shall be accompanied by
la proposed assessment district for
each division in the form of an en-
Igineer's plat. Each district shall be
clearly designated by some appropri-
ate and distinctive name and number,
such, for instance, as "Correctionville
Road, District No l." Portions of
primary roads which diverge from
a 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 a 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 a city by change
in population. All real estate lying
upon and Immediately adjacent to
each side of the highway, and con.
lstitUting 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 su
Ipervisors may increase the width of
either of said zones by extending the
outer boundary thereof for distance
of not to exceed one hundred sixty
rods. If either of the zones first
mentioned be increased in width, the
|outer boundary of such increase may
follow governmental or other we'll de-
lined lines; and II any part OF gov
ornamental forty acre tract, or less
lis within four hundred eighty rods
Iof the center of the road, then and
Iinsuch 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
Iterstate boundary, then the zone adj
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
ifcial 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
lestate.
When the resolution has been f.
nally 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