The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-04-17

Commission and approved by the Sec
retary before any Of the work is start
ed. The award Of contract for the
work is subject to the approval Of the
Secretary. The work must be SUPER
vised by the State Highway Commits
sion and is subject to Federal inspec-
tion.
THE State Highway Commission
must guarantee that the road will be
adequately maintained after it is built.
State Aid
There is $11,OOO.O0 of State Aid
that is or will be available to Bottin-
eau County.
This is part of the State Aid Fund
! which is derived from the Automobile
License Fees and is by law placed at
the disposal Of the State Highway
Commission.
| The conditions, imposed by law, gov
erning the use of the State Aid Fund,
are
1.-The State Highway Commission
must apportion the Fund among the
Counties according to the proportions
1 III WHICH IL is cOllecCeQ.
2-The State Aid money is to be
used with at least an equal amount of
County money in building State High
ways within the County.
| 3-The construction accomplished
by the use of State Aid should be such
as to constitute a substantial improve
ment.
4-Surveys, plans and specifications
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 approv-
al Of the County Board of Commits
sioners, and the work must be super
vised by the State Highway Commits
sion.
The State Laws Provide Way For
the County to Secure Federal
And State Aid
The Session Laws of 1913 provided
(see sections 1915 and 1946) that each
County should levy from one-fourth
to four mills to be known as the Spec
ial Road Levy and the Session laws of
1917 provide (see chapter 131, section
1916 amended) 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 conflict
with any Of the laws of the 1919
session.
/ Statement of Federal Aid
! Federal Aid Apportioned to Bottin-
eau County $114,569.46. -...--.L
i Federal Aid set aside for projects
under way $24,491.66. ...
Balance of Federal Aid available
$90,O77.8O.
Since some of the counties will prob
ably fail to use their total share of
Federal Aid, the State Highway Com
mission will receive application from
a County for Federal Aid, in excess of
it's apportionment and will allow all, or
as much as possible of the above
application.
| 1t is suggested that Bottineau Coun-
ty apply for $191, 100000 Federal Aid.
Statement of State Aid
State Aid credited to Bottineau
County, 1917 and 1918 $7267.87
| State Aid set aside for projects un-
der way $1O,5O0.00
Balance Of State Aid credits $3,-
232.13
Anticipated State Aid credits 1919,
1920 and 1921 $14,232.13
Total Of State Aid available to Bot
tineau County $11,000.00
Suggested Program For Federal And
| State Aid Construction
If the County undertakes an extern
sive program Of road improvement un-
der Federal and State Aid then the
State Highway Commission purposes
to make surveys during this sum-
mer and plans this winter. Contracts
will be awarded beginning next spring
and the work of construction carried
on through the working seasons of
1920 and 1921.
Suggested Scheme For Financing Fed
/ eral And State Aid Projects
| The State Aid available to the coun-
ty may be added to the sum yappropri-
ated by the County Board of Commits
sioners to make a fund that can used
as the basis Of claim for an equal
amount of Federal Aid.
i As indicated by the program above
the County Board may make appropri-
alton from the levies of 1919, 1920 and
1921 to provide the County's share.
! The total Of assessed taxable valu-
ations in the County for each Of the
next three years will be about twenty
million dollars. A three mill levy
woud produce annually about 100000,
and for the three years would produce
a total Of $18O,000.00
The sum Of the county and state
funds would be about $191, 100000.
And the total Of Federal, State and
County funds might be 1882. 10000
The Suggested Scheme Will Not Strip
The County Of Road Funds
i The suggested scheme will leave
available to the County Commission
4 iers, for work under their supervision
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