The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1919-04-11
COUNTY may GET
FEDERAL ROAD AID

There is $74,s57.s1 of federal
aid available to Burke county.
This $74,967.91 is a art of the
| 1929. 100000 which, in round num-
bers, Is North Dakota's share of
two hundred and seventy-f1ve mil
lion dollars appropriated, seventy
five million In 1916 and two hun
dred million this year, by the con-
gress of the United States to aid
the states in constructing state
highways.
The secretary of U. 8. Department
OF Agriculture has charge of the
expenditure Of federal aid and un-
der his instructions and according
to law the following principal con-
ditions govern the obtaining of fed
eral aid. -. @
l.. The federal aid is available
for only a limited time. II state
does not use up its share of federal
aid within the time limit then the
amount unexpended reverts to the
general fund.
q The secretary allows the
state highway commission to ap-
portion the federal aid among the
counties of the state. The state
commission may keep each county's
share available until used up, sub
ject to the preceding paragraph, or,
IL the state commission sees that
any county cannot or will not use
its share, then the state commits
sion may\ give that share to some
other county or counties.
3. Federal aid can be used to
pay not more than one-half the cost
of project and at least one-half
must be paid by the county or the
state and county. r. II.
4. The money must be spent
upon road or roads forming part
OF the state highway system as an
proved by the secretary,
0. The type Of construction. the
nature Of the Improvement. upon
which federal aid Is expended must
De such that the resultant improve
ment can be classified by the aecre-
tary as substantial Improvement
3. Surveys, plans and speciflca-
tions must be made by the state
highway commission and approved
Dy tne secretary before any of the;
worK IS started. The award OF
contract for the work is subject to
tne approval Of the secretary. The.
Work must be ,snpervIsed by. the
s1ate, aiehwdy commission and ID
subject to federal inspection.
Z. The state highway commission
must guarantee that the road will
built. - = =
Z There is si2,ooo.oo Of. state aid
tnat Is or will be- available to Burke
county. - -
This is part of the state aid fund
which Is derived from the automo-
bile license fees and Is by law plac-
cd at the disposal of the state
highway commission,
The conditions. imposed by law.
governing the use of the state aid
fund, are
l.. The state highway commits
sion must apportion the fund among
the counties according to the pro-
portions In which 1t Is collected,
q: The state aid money is to be
used with at least an equal amount
OF county money In building state
highways within the county.
s. The construction ACCOMPLISH
ed by the use of state aid should be
such as to constitute substantial
Improvement .
4. Surveys, plans and speciflca-
lions for the work must be made By
the state highway commission. the
award OF the contracts by the state
highway commission Is subject to
the approval Of the county board OF
commissioners, and the work must
be supervised by the state highway
commission. -
The session laws of 1913 provid-
ed (see sections 1916 and 1946)
that each county should levy from
one-fourth to four mills to be known
as the special road levy and the
session laws Of 1917 provide (see
chapter 13 section 1916 smendedl
that all or any part Of the special
road levy may be used to cooperate
with the state highway commission.
These provisions are not in con-
iict with any Of the laws Of the
1910 cooainn ta>sls-r.l +,t- -. ,EiiiEI.