The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-07-30

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| demptlon fund. to pay the interest
annually as it shall accrue on eacf
| and every bond issued under the pro
visions of this act and also to pay
and discharge the principal of such
bonds at par value as such bonds
shall respectively fall due: Provided
that no such direct annual tax shall
be levied for any year in which suf-
ficient money is collected under said
chapter 142 and paid into said bond
redemption fund to pay the interest
as it shall accrue on said bonds fol
that year and also to pay and dis
charge the principal of all of said
bonds falling due during such year.
Any surplus of money collected UNI
der said chapter 142 after the pay
ment of the expenses of administer
ing said law by the secretary of state
and providing for the payment of the
principal of and the payment of the
interest on bonds falling due during
that year, as aforesaid, shall be paid
into fund to be known as the Estate
Trunk Line Highway Mainten-
ance Fund" and used for the purpose
of maintaining the roads herein de-
Scribed in pursuance of appropriations
therefor by the legislature.
Any surplus remaining in the state
trunk line highway maintenance
fund over and above that expended
in pursuance of appropriations for
the maintenance of roads as herein
provided, shall annually be distribut-
ed to the various counties, cities and
towns of the state in the following
manner:
To the various counties of the state
in which are located primary high
ways the Improvement and mainten-
ance of which is not provided for by
this act, for the maintenance of such
highways; and to the various cities
and towns of the state in which are
located streets forming part of the
route of any primary highway
through such city or town, for the
maintenance and improvement of such
streets, sum not to exceed two hun
dred dollars ($200.00) per mile for
each mile of such primary highway
and streets.
Primary highways and city and
town streets, in order to come under
the provisions of this act for main
tenance purposes, must be of a char
acter equal and up to the standard of
permanent highway construction. All
sums apportioned to counties shall be
placed in the permanent highway
maintenance fund of such county. All
sums distributed to cities and towns
shall be RENTED by the state audi
tor to the cities and towns entitled
thereto and shall be expended by
such cities or towns only for the
maintenance or improvement of such
streets. The state highway board
shall determine what streets in cities
and towns form part of the route of
any primary highway through such
city or town, and what primary high
ways the improvement and mainten-
ance of which is not provided for by
this act, and shall between the 18th
day of February apd the 18th day of
March of each year certify in tripli-
cate, one copy to the state treasurer,
one copy to the county commissioners
of each of such counties, and one copy
to the clerk of each city or town af-
fected by the provisions of this act.
the number of miles of primary high
way, or city and town streets entitled
to apportionments as provided by this
act. Any surplus remaining in the
state trunk line highway maintenance
fund after the making of such ap-
portionments shall be distributed to
the various counties of the state in
proportion to the amounts paid into
the permanent highway fund by the
various counties of the state and
placed in the permanent highway
maintenance fund.
SEC. II. Whenever any county
shall have expended any moneys from
the road and bridge fund OF from the
proceeds of bonds in the improve
ment or construction of any of the
highways described in this act by
paving such highway, the state high
way board shall, if such paved high
way is of proper and durable hard
surface type to make it practicable to
do so, utilize such paved highway in
the system of state trunk line high
ways provided for in this act. If any
highway so paved by any county be
so utilized, the state highway board
shall determine the amount by which
the utilization of such paved HIGHWAY
lessons the cost of improving and
constructing the state trunk line sys-
TEN of highways provided for in this
act and such amount lin no event to
exceed the actual amount of the first
cost of construction paid from the
funds of such county, shall be placed
to the credit of such county in the
permanent highway fund in six an
nual installments. beginning on the
first day of January, 1922, or, if the
board of county commissioners of
any county so elect, such payment,
instead of being credited to such
county in the permanent highway
fund, shall be paid to such county to
be used in the payment of any county
bonds issued by said county for the
Improvement of any such highway.
SEC. u. This act shall be submit
ted to the people for their ratifca-
ton at the next general election in
accordance with the provisions of
section 8 of article VIII of the state
constitution; and in accordance with
the provisions of section / of article
II of the state constitution, as
amended at the general election held
in November, 1912, and the laws
adopted to facilitate the operation
thereof.
Passed the Senate March 8, 1919.
Passed the House March s, 1919.
Approved by the Governor, March
~, 1919.
NOTE BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
The above act filed in the office of
the Secretary of State March 10.
1919. |. NJ. HOWELL.