Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-14
COUNTY To PAY Is
PER CENT Of COST
PROPERTY OWNERS ASSESSED
oNE-FoURTH OF EXPENSE
or ROAD WORK.
SUPERVISORS NAME BOARD
TO APPoRTioN BENEFITS
Method Of Procedure in Establish
ing Secondary Road Improvement
Districts Fully Covered by State
Highway law-No Limitations on
Territory Included in Zone.

Seventy five per cent OF the cost
of crawling county roads under the
secondary road system gravel.ns
plan. as will be done in districts Nos
/ and 2, popularity known as the lis
comb Albion and the Union Sta,
tCrd Liscomb districts, approved
Saturday by the county board of sup
tervisors. is borne by the county
Property owners receiving the bene-
fits from such improvements pay the
other % per cent.
The state highway law provid, $
for the establishment M such dis
tricts. ordering such Improvement
made and the assessments. TIL.
county board has no Independent &C
ton In the matter but must follow
the law.
The county hoard has no power to
establish such districts except on pc
tition of at least 20 per cent OF the
property owners In the proposed dis
trict.
The petitioners must state definite
~ in the petition the scope OF the tel
ritory they desire to include. The Pc.
tition is received by the SUPERVISORS
md referred TO the county engineer
for recommendations.
The engineer draws plans for Nc
districts and may enlarge or decrease
he size Of the districts as appears
most reasonable to him from an
engineering standpoint.
Tho net{ttnparo NOV ,,>oI,,l> ,.~.,.
territory than is desirable IN one
district or NAV propose district too
small to he considered. In such cases
the engineer may fix the boundaries
II the district aud recommend TO the
supervisors what action should h.
taken.
Property Owners Given Hearing.
The county auditor then notifies
the property owners interested. b,
publication. OF the action of tbs
9oard. and announces the date fixed
y the board for the hearing. At tn,
1me fixed those opposing the i'm
provement may appear before tn,
GARD ard make such objections
hey see fit and the board then wiz
AXE final action.
L.
the Union Stanford -Liscomb roaf
and the adjacent territory, the petl
ton for the establishment of the dis
rlct was submitted to the engineer
VINO prepared plans and suhmitte.r
.Shem to the county board with thu
recommendation that the pet ton ~
aSorobiy acted upon. The board th,.
'Sed DEG. 80 ~ the date for hnaring
ELECTIONS. II here are no objection
] II the directors ..an not rive sr;
'cient reasons against making The
Improvement. the board then will SO
time for receiving bids for thc
work.
Method Of Assessments.
sf.rr the bids have Ioen nnero
I'd the contract let the supervisors
III appoint board az assessmel.
whose duty 1t will Sc 10 aoportio.
nnnf $ t, properly on the highwa
adjacent thereto. and from thia
.np"rt:onmort the assessments eha.'
9 rnadr. The portion of tho law RAJ
tive to the assessments for socon
laI" reed system aravnling and i'm
'ror"ment is identical with TIM
"@'ative to improvements in the pri
''afS ROAD systems.
The Law does not fix any territorie
mutations on assessments hut leaves
= to the Judgment of the board as t.
be ben Gifts derived lv propcrts>
Nwners living at a distance off tn
n'nroved highway.
Tho assessment hoard r,ust be cor
-t!tnted of three resi- lent freehnIders
" the county. hut no one living i.
n" proposed district or owning LAM
herH1r may be a member OF th+
board
If on Dec. 80 there appear no
"aterial objections the board will di-
rect that bids be received on the
work in the newly established dis
tricts and as soon as the r,ntract l.
'et the members of the assessment
board will be named