Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-11
TIP TO COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
County Clerk Must Publish No
tice Of Road Petition in :
Some County Paper
The New Law

i The county commissioners shoul,
examine the new road law as passet
by the recent legislature and signe'
by Governor Allen. It contains feat
ures relative to the road petitions nov
being gotten up which is worthy O
the closest attention by the commits
sioners.
Under this law the county clerk Il
required 10 have published in some
county paper of general circulation
pending petitions for federal aid. 9th
erwise the State Highway Commits
sion cannot approve Of the petitions.
The new road law also provides that
henceforth after q road has been de-
clared a public utility, notice to that
effect must be published. Thirty days
following such publication, the COM
missiOners may proceed with the sub
sequent steps necessary in construct
ing the road. ..,
The top portion; or a part of Section
1, of House Bill No. 614, relative TO
this matter says: '-''''- '".'y !"
"That section 1 Of chapter 265 of
the Session Laws Of 1917 be amended
to read as follows: Section /. When
a petition signed by fifty-one percent
of the resident land owners owning at
least 'thirty-fve per cent Of the land
within the district, or signed by thir-
ty-fve percent of the resident land
owners owning fifty-One percent of the
land within the district, or signed by
the owners of sixty per cent of the
and within the district, praying for
The permanent improvement of q road
~ roads Of benefit to the district, shall =,
De filed with the board Of county COM
of any county where such |
'oad or roads may be located, and the
Iame shall be found to be in compli-
nee with the provisions Of this act,
he board of county commissioners
hall cause such road or roads to be
as prayed for in the petit
ion and as hereinafter provided: Pro-
ided, however, that before such i'm
as prayed for in such Pc
ition, are ordered by the county COM
iissions, they shall, by order Of the
oard, find the same to be of public
tility and the county clerk shall pub
sh such order in one issue Of the Of
cial county paper and no action shall
e brought to restrain the making of
lch improvements, or payment there
'r, or levy of taxes or special assess .
tents or issuance Of bonds therefor,
the grounds of any illegality in
I'D petition, or in any proceedings
rior to said order, or in said order,
Mess such action be commenced with .
thirty days after the date of said I
der: Provided further, that the .
'ard of county commissioners shall '
It time and place to meet to con- Z
der the petition for road improve a
ents and shall notify the petitioners i
I'd all others interested Of the time .
I'd place Of such meeting by publi- =
tion in the official county paper, or = |,
me newspaper Of general circulation q
the county at least ten days prior to =
e date Of said meeting. Thirty days Z
ter the filing Of a petition with the y
ard Of commissioners no '5igner = !.
ereOn shall be permitted to !with= =
aw his name therefrom. After any IL
tition has been signed by the legal q
ner Of any land in the benefit dis 3
ct the change Of ownership of said III
Ids does not affect the petition. Ad-,
ional or supplemental petitions may
filed with the county clerk at any
ne before the contract is let for the
provements. In any case where the
ners Of lands affected by the pro- L.
ions Of this act are tenants IN COM IN
n, each cOtenant shall be a legal ga
itioner in an equal amount to his Ol
iivided interest in and to said tract en-
and IN