Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-28
STATEWIDE ROAD Law
Continued from last weekly


the provisionas of this act or here
after collected under the provisions
of chapter one hundred and forty,
Public Laws of one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen. as herein
amended and all property and
funds of the State Highway Com
mission, except as provided in pre-
ceding section shall be converted
into the State Highway Commission
under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 9. If the State Highway Fund
provided by this act shall be in
sufficient to enable the State in CO.
operation with the counties and
subdivisions thereof to advantage
ously avail itself of the Federal
Aid to the fullest extent, then the
State Treasurer upon the advice of
the Governor and Council of the
State shall from time to time
negotiate and secure short term
loan for such amount as may be
necessary to meet the available
Federal Aid. and no more, upon the
best terms obtainable and execute
the note or notes of the State there
fore and place the money so OBJ
tanned to the credit of the said
State Highway Fund to be appor-
toned by the State Highway Com
mission as other moneys in said
fund and as herein provided.
Sec. 10. That so much not to ex-
coed ten per centum, of the State
Highway Fund as provided in this
act, for any registration year, as
the State Highway Commission
may estimate to be necessary for
administering the provisions of this
act, shall be deducted for that pur-
pose, available until expended.
within sixty days after the close of
each registration year, the Stat e
Highway Commission shall deter
mine what part, if any, of the sums
therefore deducted for administer
ing the provisions of this act will
not be needed for that purpose and
said sum shall be returned to the
State Highway Fund.
Sec. II. The right of way FOR the
construction of the system of State
Highways provided for in this act
shall be furnished by the counties,
townships or road districts in which
same are located, without cost to
the State, and the cost of engineer
ing shall be paid for by the State
out of the Highway Fund.
Sec. r. The State Highway Com
mission and the State Forester may
cooperate with the county, town
ship or district road authorities in
the proper selection, planting and
protection of roadside trees, and
the State Highway Commission is
hereby empowered to make all nee
essary rules and regulations for the
protection of the State Highways
and the roadside trees herein pro.
vided for.
Sec. Is. At the expiration of the
terms of office of the present State
Highway Commission, the State
Highway Commission shall consis
OF four members to be appointed by
the Governor, and one of the sale
Commissioner shall be from thu
western, one from the central, ant
one from the eartern portion of tn,
State, and one from the State a
large, such appointments to be con
firmed by the Senate at the presen
session of the General Assembly
two of whom shall be appointed 70
two years from April LIST, one thou
sand niue hundred and nineteen
their successors in office to be an
pointed for term of six years each
such appointments to be confrme
by the Senate. One of the mem
bers of the State Highway Commits
sion shall always be member c
the member of the minority part,
The Governor shall at the time G
making said appointments desis