Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-07

Perry. May steele Blake. chair
man Of the good roads committee OF
the Perry Bureau OF Commerce. has
prepared a condensed report Of the
new road laws Of Iowa and they will
be OF interest TO every land owner
He says:
The highway law or paved road
act or me Thirty eighth general as
semoiy provides in general means OF
paving or graveling the primary Sysi
tenn of roads and Of crawling the
secondary roads. Heretofore We have
had county and townships roads. The
funds for their Improvement were
raised by county and township tax
levies respectively. That distinction
will still exist and the tax levles re-
main the same, but certain Of the main
market ROADS connecting COUNT seats
and large centers OF population VIII
be designated as primary roads. All
other roads in the county will be desIs-
mated secondary roads.
The primary roads will average
about sixty miles to each county and
none of the regular county or town
ship road levies will De available for
their Improvement Instead a special
fund will be used consisting Of money
obtained from the United States treas
ury, known as federal aud. the automo-
bile and other taxes, and special as
sessment Of lands abutting upon and
adjacent to the primary roads and not
to exceed one mile and a half from
them.
The secondary system will have all
Of the county and township road funds
and there may be special assessmen :
against abutting property for gravel
ing.
The primary roads have already
been designated but the designation is
subject to amendment or revision at
any time by the state highway COM
mission.
Fer the Improvement Of this pri-
mary road there viii be available the
first year in Dallas county approx
mately $4,000 federal aid, s65, 900
state aid (motor vehicle taxi and such
special assessments as are levied upon
abutting property. There will be no
general tax levied or available for this
road othec than the motor vehicle tax.
The federal and STATE aid will be
Immediately available f0r grading and
draining and no special assessments
can be made for that work. As soon
as any part or all of the system has
been graded and drained to the salts
faction of the state highway commits
sion and the federal government he
board Of supervisors may proceed TO
submit the question of hard surfacing
TO the people. Hard surfaclng may .
either pavement or gravel or oil. The
question may be voted upon at any
general election or a special election
may be called All Of the qualified
electors of the county VIII be eligible
to vote. The question might he for
example, Shall the board Of super
visors r'oceed to hard surface the
road from Ade TO Perry describing
the road and exact character of the
Improvement or the question might
be general, Shall the board OF super
visors proceed to hard surface the pri.
mary road system of Dallas county,
The question may be submitted at IN!
time 3s to any part or the whole either
before or after the road is graded. a
the same time the question should be
submitted as to whether the boarC
shall make the Improvement piece
time Or do the whole job at once anC
/ ISSUE bords to pay for it, the bonds t
Y be retired by the funds before named
'Ie the.e questions carry the boarC
Proceeds to let contracts for the worl
subject at all times to the approval o
the highway commission and the pro
eedure from that point is similar t.
that followed in establishing a drain
sse ditch.
The assessment on the abutting
propertyNis % per cent of the cost OF
the hard surface only. AS shown in the