The Brunswick news., 1922-07-21
SERIES Of BILLS
TO Be INTRODUCED
At THIS SESSION
F. E. Twitty Went to Atlanta to
Assist Representative Mann
on Drafting Measures.
Advocates of Perfect Roads
Have Drawn Four Separate
Bills, All of Which Will be
Presented With Every LikeIi-
hood of Passing.

F. E. Twitty returned from Atlanta
yesterday where he has been for the
past three days cooperating with Rep
resentative Mann and other members
sentatives of the highway department
{ in the preparation of a series of bills
to be introduced, providing for that
most important of all questions before
the present General Assembly name
ly, bonds for the construction of the
complete system of highways in this
state. He makes the following report
of what was accomplished
At a well attended but informal
joint meeting of the road committees
of the senate and house held at the
Kimball it was agreed that the bills
as prepared and submitted to the
meeting, and with one or two amend.
ments made upon the recommendation
of those present would be introduced
upon the understanding that further
amendments would be offered. There
are four of these bills as follows:
Cons stitutionbl amendment perma-
nently fixing license fees on all motor
vehicles and all motor fuels and the
occupation tax on distributors of gas
oline at the present schedule of taxes
and providing VARt all such taxes
should be placed in the road fund and
used, first, in payment of expenses of
the highway department, second, in
the cost of maintenance, third, in the
payment of principal and interest on
bonds. The bill provides for the is,
suance in 1923@of road bonds in the
amount of $5,000,000 and provides that
the general assembly shall have the
right to- issue bonds based on these
revenues of the highway department
during the previous year, that is, the
bond commission created by the act
is required to show the total revenue
for the previous year, the total cost
to pay principal and interest on the
bonds already issued, and thereupon
the legislature can authorize the issue
of bonds equal to ninety per cent of
what the balance of the revenue
would take care of, but not more than
$7,OOO,OOO can be issued in any one
year.
Provision is made for a bond pro-
ttctive fund in the sum of $1,000,00
which shall always be left in the fund
after principal and interest due on
bonds have been paid in any one year
and the excess Of $1,000,00 paid over
to the State Aid Foad Fund.
None of the revenues from the gas
oline tax are to be put into the road
fund until after 1926 as all of this
revenue is put into the general treas
ury through that year to take the
place of the rental from the Western
& Atlantic railroad which has already
been hypothecated for a period of five
years. However, it is known that this
gasoline tax will produce more than
ST. 100000 annually and during the
five-year period it should pay into the
treasury between $2,000.O00 and $3,-
100000 in addition to the repayment
of the $4,000 annually to replace
the rental.
This constitutional amendment alsp
provides that amp tax placed on mo-
tor lubricating oils shall become part
of the road fund.
Provision is also made in the bill
that beginning with 1927 when the
state will get the benefit of the gaso-
line tax, the state will begin reimburs-
ing the counties for actual cost, in
Cured up to $4,000 per mile for con-
structio nof state aid roads built an
der the specifications and supervision
of the state highway department, such
reimbursement to be at the rate of
20 per cent per annum, and all mon
eys so repaid the counties must be
used by the counties either in road