Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-21

funds shall only be paid out upon
itemized bills or estimates showing
in detail the time. place and char
acter of work done, or in detail the
supplies or materials purchased
and received for county road and
bridge purposes, duly rendered and
approved by the road supervisor OF
the road district in which such
work is done or for which such
supplies or materials are purchased
and received, by warrant drawn
by the board of county commission
ers on the county road and bridge
fund.
Sec. {. At a meeting TO be
held between the first day of June
and the second Monday of Septem-
Der in each year, after publication
for two consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation
in the county, Of a notice stating
the time and purpose of such meet
ing, the BOARD of county commits
sioners of each county in this state
shall prepare and adopt a plan OF
road work for the ensuing fiscal
year, and shall prepare and adopt
a budget covering all expenditures
of county road and bridge funds for
the ensuing fiscal year. Such plan
and budget shall recognize each
school district in the county and
provide for a fair and equitable
distribution of road and bridge
fund expenditures throughout the
entire county. Said budget shall
be in the form of a resolution OF
the board Of county commissioners
and ii shall be unlawful to eXpend
or disburse any moneys from the
county road and bridge fund
for any other purpose or in any
other manner, than as provided
in said budget. except in accord
ance with an amendment to said
budget, duly adopted by resolution
of said board of county commits
sioners.
Sec. s. AS soon as possible
after the passage and APPROX
al of this act, and not later
than June i, 1921, the board of
county commissioners Of each
county shall prepare and
adopt a plan and budget in
the same manner and with the
same effect as provided in
section Z of this act, for all
expenditures from county
road and bridge funds for the
balance of the current fiscal
year ending November 80,
1921.
Sec. 9. The budget herein
before provided shall provide
for engineering, supervision,
experimenting, automobile
travel expenses and other
overhead expenses and for
the compensation of county
road superintendent in coun-
ties where the county road su-
| perintendents plan is adopt
ed; for such overhead and
! other expenses of the state
! highway commission in coun-
ties where the state highway
| commission contract plan is
| adopted, and for the compen-
sation of road supervisors
where the road supervisors
plan is adopted, but the total
| expenditures for all of the
foregoing purposes in any one
fiscal year shall not exceed 10
per cent of the total county
road and bridge budget up to
and including fifty thousand
| ($50,000) dollars and per
cent of such budget in excess
of fifty thousand dollars ESQ.,
000) and up to and includ-
ing seventy-five thousand
($75,000) dollars. and 2 1-2
per cent of such budget in ex-
cess Of seventy-five thousand
($75,000) dollars.
Sec. 10. The board of county
commissioners of each county in
this state shall at the time of levy
ing other taxes for county pur-
poses each year, levy a tax of not
less than one mill nor more than
two mills on the dollar of the es-
sessed valuation of all property
subject to taxation in the county
sufficient to produce the total
amount required for said annual
budget, except such portion there
OF, If any, as may be produced
from bond issue, special leves or
other sources, and such tax levies
shall not be subject to the limita-
tons in Chapter IA of the Laws Of
1918, of Chapter II of the Laws of
1919; provided, however, that the
total tax levieS for county pur-
poses excepting school tax levies,
special levies on specific classes of
property and levies for payment
Of the public debt and interest
thereon, including the levies here
in directed to be made shall not
exceed five mills in any one year.
It shall be unlawful to
transfer any moneys from the
county road and bridge fund
to any other county fund. The
county treasurer shall be liza
bic on his official bond for any
such transfer or transfers.
Sec. IL. Rights of way deemed
necessary by the board of county
commissioners for new roads or
changes In location in roads, shall
be acquired by the board of county
commissioners, by donation by the
owner, by payment of a price
agreed upon by the owner and the
board of county commissioners, or
by the exercise of the power oil
eminent domain in the manner
provided by law for acquiring
property for public use. No
change of location of any portion
of q state highway or road con-
struction with federal or state aid
shall be made without the approx
al of the state highway commits
sion.
Sec. ~. All county roads and
bridges shall be maintained at the
expense of the respective counties
ALI roads, and bridges upon roads,
that have been declared to be al
state highway by acts of the legis-
lature or resolution of the state
highway commission shall be
maintained at the expense of the
state, provided, that whenever
there shall not be sufficient funds
aVaila BILE in the state road fund for