The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-28

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eral aid road act; provided, that the
said designation of the roads shall,
for more efficient service or more
economical construction OF the fed
eral authorities, be subject to revis-
ion by the state highway commits
sion. Any portion of said primary
system SO eliminated by any change
shall revert to and become part oi
the system from which originally
taken. The state highway commits
sion may, for the purpose of afford
ing access to state parks and recrea.
tion centers within a county, add
such road or roads to the primary
system of said county as the board
Of supervisors may specifically desig-
nate and request.
The secondary road system shall
embrace all roads not embraced IN
the primary system and not embrac-
ed within the limits of cities or
towns. Roads embraced in the sec
ondary road system shall continue to
be classed as at present, as county
roads or township roads as the case
may be.
There is hereby created fund
which shall embrace the federal.coun-
Incorporation road fund as created
by chapter 249 Of the laws OF the
ThirtySeventh General Assembly, all
additional and future federal aid
road funds, and all other funds de-
rived from year to year by the state
under acts regulatory of motor ve-
hicles, commencing with and includ-
ing all fees for the year 1920, except
such portion Of said motor vehicle
fund as shall be necessary to main
cain the federal aid engineering fund,
and as may. by law, be retained IN
the state treasury as commission,
or as a fund to cover administration
Of the motor vehicle department.
Said primary road fund shall be ap-
portioned to the respective counties
in the ratio that the area OF the
county bears to the total area Of the
state, and, shall be employed as here
in provided, solely in the drainage,
grading, surfacing and maintenance
of the roads Of the primary road sys-
tenn. except as hereinbefore provid-
ed. The portion Of said fund sp-
portioned to each county as above
provided, is hereby pledged to the
completion of said primary system
and is dedicated by the state to the
county, to be used solely for the pay
ment of the cost OF such improve
ments or the maintenance thereof,
and for the redemption Of any bonds
issued thereof Is herein provided.
For the purposes Of administr ton,
the appesti ti6nnaesssts sAy county may:
be made up partly from the federal
aid road allotments.
The state highway commission
shall open an account with each coun-
~ in the state in relation to the pri-
mary road fund, and shall first cred
1t each county with any unused por-
tion of the allotment Of the federal
county.co-operation road fund, as
shown by the official supplementary
bulletin OF the state highway commits.
sion of June, 1917, and designated as
Volume v, No. s." and shall each
year credit each county with Its al.
lotted portion Of the primary road
fund, and charge it with the amount
Of all duly and finally approved
vouchers for claims properly charge
able to said county. Said account
shall also show the amount OF each
separate authorization Of bonds or
road certificates hereunder, and the
amount, number, date, maturity. and
interest rate of each series Of bonds
or certificates actually issued by the
county under this act. The said COM.
mission shall, at all proper times,
keep each county fully informed as
to the state of its account.
Each county, acting through Its
board Of supervisors, shall have three
options In the expenditure Of its al.
lotments from the primary road
fund.-:
!, First, 1t may elect to complete the
grading. and drainage Of any part OF.
all OF the primary roads within the
county before laying any hard sur
face; or
Second, 1t may hard surface IN any
one year. such portion of the roads
in the primary system in its coun-
ty as may be met by its4allotted por-
ton OF the primary road fund for
said year, plus any balance remain
Ing to Its credit from previous allot-
ments, plus the special assessments
on abutting and adjacent real estate
as hereinafter provided; or it may
proceed In any one year with drain
Ing and grading on one or more divi-
siOns OF the primary system and with
hard surfacing on other divisions OF
said system.
Third, it may proceed with said
hard surfacing in more rapid man
ner when authorized to do SO by the
voters OF the county as hereinafter
set forth, provided no hard surfacing
shall be constructed on any division
Of the primary roads until the drain
age and grading of said division shall |
have been fully completed.
1T is hereby made the duty Of the
board OF supervisors to proceed in
the improvement Of primary roads
under this act as fast as the primary
road fund is available. until the i'm
provement Of the. primary. system Is
provided, however, that
any county, after draining and grad,
ing it's primary system or any divi-
sion thereof, shall have the right to
surface same with gravel or oil or
both IL by resolution Of the board OF
1t elects SO to do. Such |
or oiling shall not be con-
sidered hard surfacing within the