Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

penSation Of all persons employed
and the necessary expenses incur
red in the execution of such work,
such expenditures to be made as
provided in this act. The Commits
sioner of Highways shall continue
under the provisions Of Chapter
426, Laws of 1925 as amended.
Where any trunk highway runs to
any interstate water forming the
boundary between Minnesota and
any other state and there connects
with any interstate bridge across
such boundary water or runs into
any city or village situated on such
water boundary and intersects any
street thereof adjacent to and con-
Meeting with any such bridge, In
every such case all that part of
any such bridge within the limits
Of this state shall be considered
as a part of such trunk highway
system except where any such
bridge is owned by private per-
son or corporation or is operated
as toll bridge and said commits
sioner Is authorized and directed
to cooperate with the duly author
lied authorities Of such adjoining
state in the maintenance, repair,
construction and reconstruction of
any such bridge"
Section S. Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 1854, Sub
division 2, is hereby amended to
read as follows.
Subdivision CD. On the first
Tuesday of April of each year it
shall be the duty of the commits
sioner of highways, state auditor
and state treasurer following the
transfer to the trunk highway fund
Of any surplus remaining in the
trunk highway sinking fund, as
provided in this act, to set aside
from the total sum in said fund
l. The proportion of expense of
the highway department to be
borne by the trunk highway fund
authorized by section IL Of this
act, not to exceed One Hundred
Fifty Thousand ($150,00O Dollars.
2. The proportion of the trunk
highway fund provided by this act
to be set aside for maintenance.
3. Such sum as may be found
necessary for the payment Of in
terest and principal on trunk high
way bonds Of the State of Mime
sofa or bonds issued by the State
of Minnesota to take up maturing
county bonds Or county bonds as
sumed by the state under Article
16 of the constitution.
4. Such sum as may be necessary
to equal the total sum of the fed
eral aid received from the United
States Government for road pur-
poses in Minnesota.
Any sum remaining in the trunk
highway fund after setting aside
the sums hereinbefore mentioned
together with the sum set aside to
meet the government aid, and the
total amount received as govern
ment aid, excepting such portion of
government aid as may be required
to make connections on the federal
aid system with adjoining states,
shall constitute the portion Of
trunk highway fund available for
construction purposes for that year.
The highway commissioner is here
by authorized to use during the en-
suing year for hard surface con-
Struction on the trunk highway
not to exceed 20 per cent of such
construction fund, provided that
the commissioner of highways, may,
in his discretion, if the provisions
of federal aid should so require as
a condition precedent to receiving
such aid, use an additional amount
from such fund not to exceed, in
any event, an additional thirteen
and one-third per cent from such
construction fund in any one year.
The remainder of such construc-
ton fund shall be used by the COM
missioner of the trunk highway
system for the acquisition OF right
of way and for construction pur-
poses on the trunk highway sys-
tenn, provided the same shall be ex-
pended among the various sections
of the state in equitable proper
ticns as far as practicable in the
construction of said unfinished por-
tions of the trunk highway. Pro-
vided further, that the commits
sioner Of highways shall have au-
thority to use for construction
purposes on the unfinished portions
of the trunk highway system any
portion of the funds set aside as
herein provided that shall not be
needed as a part Of the fund so
set aside, and is further authorized
to use any portion of the trunk
highway fund, set aside for main
tenance in any one county, for
construction purposes in such coun-
ty when not needed for mainten-
ance therein"
Approved April II, 1887.
CHAPTER 263-S. F. No. 1185
A BILL
FOR AN ACT to amend MaSOn'S