The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-05-22
REDWOOD CO. GETS
GAS TAX ALLOTMENT
Redwood County Granted $4O,-
7SS From Gas Tax, $21,423
for State Aid Highways

Redwood county gets $4O,7SS.OO as
its first annual allotment of state
aid from the gas tax fund. Ihls
money is to be spent on roads de-
signated as county aid roads" under
a law passed by the last legislature,
following the adoption of the gas
tax amendment last November. The
apportionment was made by board
consisting of State Auditor Ray P.
Chase, State Treasurer, j. A. Sch
mahl and C. M. Babcock, commission
el of highways.
The allotment is based on an esti-
mate of $2,75O,000 as the one third
of the gas tax ACQUIRING to the coun-
ties in 1929. If the actual receipts
should be greater or less, the pay
ments to the counties will be proper
tionately increased or decreased.
All money coming in before July
will be paid out pro rata August l,
and money coming from July to
Dec 81 will be paid out pro rata
February l. 1t is believed that the
Aug. 1 payments will be about one
third of the amounts allotted for the
year, due to the fact that the increase
in the gas tax from to cents did
not take effect until May 1, and also
due to the fact that gasoline consump-
ton is less in the first half of the
year.
The law governing distribution of
the gas tax provides that the board
shall consider the mileage of town
and county roads, the area and the
traffic needs of each county. Due to
the fact that no state wide traffic
survey were available, the allotment
this year is based on road mileage
and area, with some special additions
to certain counties known to have un-
usually difficult traffic conditions.
Before next year the board hopes to
have more data on traffic needs to
guide them in making the allotment.
The minimum to any county is "a per
cent of the total.
D., The board at the same time made
e allotment Of the one mill state
lid fund, for use on state ala roaoS.
Redwood county is allotted $2l, ,423. 90.
The total amount available in this
fund is S1,964,300, of which regular
allotments take $1,S34,492 and special
allotments $98,458, crediting 3l,349
to the reserve maintenance fund.
The minimum to any county from
this fund is one per cent.
Hennepin, Ramsey and st. Louis
counties are allotted the maximum
amount of per cent, or $4,000 each,
from the gas tax fund. They are al
loted $4,000 each from the state aid
fund. Out of Hennepin's allotment
$4,000 is to be transferred to Wash
ington county for use on a connection
between Saltwater and Minneapolis,
making Hennepin's actual allotment
$4,000.
The minimum allotment of gas tax
is S20,625 and state aid $19,543. In
counties where the one mill tax pro-
duceg more than $19,543, the allot-
ment is in no case less than the tax,
except in the three large counties.
Brown county will receive $27,552
from the county aid gas tax fund and
$20,203.0O from the state aid fund,
while Renville county will get S4l,-
POI. 90 from the gas tax and l,747.-
90 from the State Aid one mill tax.
Lyon county VII receive $32,532.0O
from the County Aid Gas Tax fund
and $19,543.O0 from the state Aid,
while Cottonwood county will get
100000 County Aid Gas Tax and
S19,543.00 State Aid as its share Of
the first annual allotment.