The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-10-29
HIGHWAY LAW
AS AMENDED
500, 900 Appropriated for Support of
Commission. Membership Made
Elective

The legislature at Its last session
attempted much road dOctoring.
Among other things, 1t provided for
the election of the commissioners by
the people and increased the number
from 8 TO 8, or one for each congress
siona1 district The highway COM
missioner was authorized to elect al
engineer at salary Of $4,000 and ex-
penses (and expenses are pretty
heavy when some officers are turned
loose on the public treasury, and
the small sum Of 100000 was ap-
propriated for the year 1920 and the
same amount for the year 1921 to de-
fray the expenses of the highway dc
parTment.
! The highway department is expect,
( ed TO have offices in Jackson and TO
, hold quarterly meetings, the secOnu
Tuesdays in January, April, July and
October. The department is expect
I'd to cooperate with supervisors and
road commissioners in surveying and
laying out roads.
Section ii OF the act provides that
the tax collector shall, at the end
OF each month, or within 10 days ther2-
after, pay into the state treasury, %
the credit Of the state highway fund.
all Of the privilege taxes on motor
driven vehicles collected by him dur
ing the month, less commissions al
lowed by law.
Section II further provides:
That one-half OF the proceeds Of
the motor vehicle privilege tax ere
JSyy
Vided Tor by law, as soon as collect
ed and paid into the state treasury
shall be passed TO the credit of a
fund to be set up On the books OF the
treasury and TO be known as the dis
trict highway fund. That the other
half OF said taxes shall in like manner
be credited on the treasurer's books
to fund to be designated the county
highway fund. The state treasurer
and the secretary of the state highway
commission shall each keep careful
record Of the amount OF taxes paid
into each OF said funds from eacn
county in the state. And there shall
aA .s.cpt ~ thsx Secfesary -ol~ ihsa t;i1tl-'
mission a record Of the county funfs
grouped by counties according to ihE
respective congressional districts III
the state The purpose and intent CT
this requirement being to keep, sep
arate account OF the amount OF the
lax originating in eacn of such con-
aressional districts both by such dis
tricts and by the counties compo'iE
same. Each allotment Of funds to any
county of the state, whether from the
above designated district Oh county
or county highway fund or from the
federal aid funds or elsewhere. Shall
be febited against such county on eb2
books Of the commission, so that the
exact status Of the account OF each
county, with the commission, shall at
all times be definitely shown ON Such
books, and the biennial report OF the
commission to the legislature shall dis
close the status of every account. The
amounts to the credit of said district
and county highway funds shall at all
times be available for use in the dis
cretion and judgment Of the state high
way commission, in the conWayS ahu
OF bridges and culverts on same, pro-
vided that the vehicle taxes tc the
credit of each such counties in the
county highway fund shall be expend-
ed only on roads lying within such
county, and that the moneys to the
credit of each Of such congressional
district funds shall be expended only
on roads lying within the counties
composing the district from which
such funds were collected"