Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-21
SECTION OFPOS OFFICE
APPROPRIATION BILL

COllSlIuCllOu vi IuIdi pOSl lOduS,
and for other purposes, approved
July II, 1916, is hereby amended
to provide that the term rural post
roads" as used in section 20 of said
Act, shall be consulted to mean any
public road a major portion of which
is now USED, or can be used, or forms
a connecting link not to exceed ten
miles in length of any road or roads
now or hereafter used for the trans
portation of the United States mails,
excluding every street and road in
a place having a population, as
shown by the latest available Fedora
census, of two thousand five hun
cred or more, except that portion
of any such street or road along
which the houses average more than
two hundred feet apart: PROVIDED,
That section 6 of said Act be further
amended SO that The limitation Of
payments not to exceed $4,000 per
mile, exclusive of the cost OF bridges
of more than twenty feet clear span,
which the Secretary of Agriculture
may make, be, and the same is, in
creased to $4,000 per mile.
Sec. 6. That for the purpose OF
carrying out the provisions of said
Act, as herein amended, there is
hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, the following ad-
ditional sums: The sum of $4,000,
900 for the fiscal year ending June
1919, and available Immediately;
the sum of $75,OOOOOO for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1920; and the
sum of $75,OO0,OO0 for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1921; said adj
ditional sums of $75,000.000 expend-
ed in accordance with the provisiot
of said Act: PROVIDED, That where
the constitution of any State pro-
hibits the same from engaging upon
Internal Improvements or from con-
tracing public debts for extraordi-
nary purposes in an amount suffi-
cient to meet the monetary require
ments of the Act of July II, 1916.
or any Act amendatory Thereof, or
restricts annual tax levieS for the
purpose of constructing and improv-
ing roads and bridges, and where
constitutional alteration or amend
ment to overcome either or all of
such prohibitions must lie submit
ted to referenum at a general cleo
ton, the sum to which such State
is entitled under the method of ap-
portionment provided in the Act of
July II, 1916, or any Act amend
atory Thereof, upon receipt of the
certification of the governor of such
State to the existence of either or
all of said prohibitions, and such
sum shall be carrie by the Secret
airy of the Treasury as separate
fund for future disbursement as
hereinafter provided: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That when, by referen-
dunn, the constitutional alterations
or amendments necessary to the
enjoyment of the sum So Withdraw n
have been approved and ratified y
any State, the Secretary of Il e
Treasury, upon receipt of certifca-
ton from the governor ofsuch State
to such effect, shall Immediately
make available to such State, for
the purpose set forth in the Act of
July II, 1916, or any Act amend
atory Thereof, the snm withdrawn as
hereinbefoIe provided: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That nothing herein
shall be deemed to prevent any State
from receiving such portion of said
principal sum as is available under
its existing constitution and laws
PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the
of this fund for labor
preference shall be given, other con-
ditions being equal, to honorably
soldiers, sailors, and
marines, but any other preference
or discrimination among citizens of
the United States in connection with