The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-10-14

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operative would have to be passed
by the 1928 session of the state le-
gislature. r. e$.
The proposed constitutional am
endment will provide for approx
mately 5000 miles Of state and fed
eral highways, running from county
seat to county seat, east and west,
and north and south; will include
also all recognized registered high
ways, and such state and federal
aid highway now built as will be
practicable in such system. The
states share of the money to pro-
vide this system would come from
the automobile taxes alone, and not
one cent would be assessed against
real estate. At the present time
the automobile license fund is divi-
ded into three funds, whereby part
Of it goes to the construction Of the
Missouri river bridge between Bis
marck and Mandan, another part
going to the State Highway Com
mission for it's expenses and some
participation against federal aid,
and the balance to the various
counties of the state to be expended
upon federal aid projects for main
tenance. With the license money in
one fund it is figured that the state
will be aple to pay its share of the
cost of the statewide system as
outlined by the North Dakota State
Good Roads Association.
Mr.. Holbein also stated that the
amendment will contain a provision
that no part of the highway fund
noy, hn o,,,,oJ oxvo,,
lily to any other fund.
The constitutional amendment
will also provide for as near a nom
political State Highway Commits
sion as it is possible to form. The
present State Highway Commission
is composed of the Governor, Com
missioner of Agriculture and Labor
the State Engineer and two appoin-
tees of the Governor. Under the
proposed amendment the State
Highway Commission will consist of
three full time members, one from
each congressional district of the
state as now constituted, to be ap-
pointed by the Governor with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
So that if there is anything wrong
with any appointee the Senate can
correct the error by Withholding it's
consent At the present time the
Governor does not have to submit
the names of his two appointees to
the state senate for ratification. The
State Highway Commission in the.
future will expend amounts of mon
Wards, W while the stsae''GR State Railroad
Commission, which does not expend
one cent of money, but merely
stands between the transportation
companies and the people of the
state, are full time members.
There are other features of the
amendment that are designed to
protect the taxpayers of the state
and at the same time see to it that
they are provided with decent high
ways.
The North Dakota State Good
Roads Association is non-political
volunteer organization, depending
upon its finances to conduct it's edu-
cational campaign through member
ships, of which there are two kinds,
the life membership at $25, for
which a beautiful certificate, suit
able for framing, is issued, and the
annual membership, costing S., for
which membership card is issued.
With both classes of memberships
the members are provided with the
North Dakota Good Roads Maga-
zne, which is well worth the mem
bership fees alone.
The North Dakota State Good
Roads Association also has a road
map department which will furnish
to hotels, garages and other busi-
ness firms of the state really auth
entic road maps, in place of the in
correct ones that have been sold in
the state, the profits from the map
department being used in the edu-
cational campaign for the constitu-
tional amendment.
The men behind the North Dakota
State Good Roads Association are
all prominent men of the state, who
are well known, and who would not
dare to be mixed up in anything
that was not absolutely honest, and
for the best interests of the people
of the state.