before ment. to determine ment roll of the last preceding year in counties where such valuation is more than seventy-five million dollars and does not exceed one hundred million dollars; such tax shall not exceed fifty cents on each one thousand dollars of assessed valuation according to the assessment roll of the last preceding year in counties where such valuation is more than one hundred million dollars. At the annual meeting of the board To be laid of supervisors held in October, the county clerk shall lay supervisors. such determination before the board of supervisors, and such board of supervisors shall pass upon the said determination, and if a majority of such board of supervisors agree there- Apportionwith, then such tax shall be apportioned among the several townships and cities of said county according to their equalized valuation. If the determination of the board of county road commissioners shall not meet with the approval of a When majority of the board of supervisors then the said board of supervisors supervisors shall proceed to decide upon the amount of tax amount. to be raised for such year in such county for the purposes aforesaid and may allow or reject in whole or in part any or all of the items for the sections of roads thus submitted for its consideration; and it shall not be lawful for such county road commissioners without the consent of such board of supervisors to expend any such moneys upon any other roads than as thus specified. It shall be the duty of Reasonable the board of supervisors to raise a sufficient tax to keep any county roads or bridges already built in reasonable repair, and in condition reasonably safe and fit for public travel. After the said board of supervisors shall have decided upon the amount of tax to be raised, the said board shall there- Apportionupon apportion such tax between the several townships and cities of said county according to their equalized valuation. The supervisors or other assessing officers in such townships Levy. and cities shall levy and apportion the taxes so apportioned as provided in this section, to their respective townships and cities respectively, upon which the county taxes are assessed. The taxes so assessed shall be collected and paid to Collection. the county treasurer the same as other county taxes. All the provisions of law relating to the assessment, levy, collection and return of county taxes and the sale of property delinquent therefor, shall apply to taxes to be raised pursuant to this act. The county treasurer shall keep a separate ac- Account count of the taxes collected and moneys received under this of taxes. act and shall pay the same out only upon the order of such How paid out. board of county road commissioners and upon warrants signed by the chairman and countersigned by the clerk of repair. ment. the board. In counties having a county auditor or board County of county auditors the warrants shall pass through the auditors. hands of such county auditors and be further countersigned by them, when payment shall be made thereof by the county treasurer. All moneys raised under the provisions of this Expenditure. act shall be expended by such board of county road commissioners exclusively for the purposes herein mentioned. Limit of indebtedness. Proviso, roads under construction. Reasonable repair. SEC. 21. Said board of county road commissioners shall have no power to contract indebtedness for any amount in excess of the moneys credited to such board and actually in the hands of the county treasurer: Provided, That the board may incur liability to complete roads under construction and upon contracts, after a tax is voted, to an amount not exceeding three-fourths of the said tax. It is hereby made the duty of the counties to keep in reasonable repair, so that they shall be reasonably safe and convenient for public travel, all county roads, bridges and culverts that are within their jurisdiction and under their care and control and Law to apply. Which are open to public travel. The provisions of law respecting the liability of townships, cities, villages and corporations for damages for injuries resulting from a failure in the performance of the same duty respecting roads under their control, shall apply to counties adopting such county road system. In actions arising thereunder, service shall be made upon the chairman of the board of supervisors or the county clerk of the county made defendant therein, which shall be named in the process as the "county of......" and any judgment obtained thereon against such county shall be audited and paid as are other claims against such county. Service Road institutes. Discussions. CHAPTER V. SEC. 3. The highway commissioners of the several townships in each and every county in the State, and the county highway commissioners in counties working under the county road law, shall if deemed advisable by the State Highway Commissioner, meet annually in a road institute, at such time and place as the State Highway Commissioner may designate, there to consider such matters as he may present to their attention, and to discuss such matters of road improvement as may be of special interest to such township and county highway commissioners, and everytownship highway commissioner may collect from his townPer diem and ship the same per diem as in actual road work, and his actual expenses in attending such institute shall, if reasonable, be allowed by the township board and shall be paid by said township. Every county highway commissioner may collect from his county the same per diem as in actual road work, and his actual expenses in attending such institute, shall, if reasonable, be allowed by the board or committee, or county auditors who may have the authority in such matters in the county of which he is a county highway commissioner, and shall be paid by said county. expenses. Application for state reward road. SEC. 9. Whenever any township board, good roads district or county road commissioners shall make application for State reward on a road under their jurisdiction, certify state com ing that they have made arrangements to improve the same under the provisions of section ten, chapter five of this act, and shall file plans and profile of the road to be improved made out by a competent surveyor, and shall make application for general plans and specifications, it shall be the duty of the State Highway Commissioner, in case the location of Duty of such road meets with his approval, to enter such application missioner. in the order in which it is received and to furnish the general plans and specifications asked for. When such road has been completed and inspected by the State Highway Commissioner, or someone acting under authority of the commissioner and is found to be up to the required standard, he shall, providing there are funds in the State treasury for the paying of this reward, verify the same to the Auditor Verification General of the State, who shall draw a warrant upon the general. State Treasurer, payable to the proper authorities in such township, good roads district or county, for the amount of the reward due them according to the class and width of road built. And providing there are no funds in the State treasury for the paying of such reward when such road is completed and accepted, as soon as sufficient moneys shall become available, the State Highway Commissioner shall When reward verify the same to the Auditor General, who shall draw his warrant as above set forth, providing that the road shall have been kept in as good condition as when approved by the commissioner until the payment of the reward thereon. to auditor payable. merited. fifty dollars. SEC. 10. The following classes and widths of roads, when Reward built, shall merit the reward attached to each description: (a) Every mile of well graded road on which the steep- Two hundred est incline shall not exceed six per centum, except where found impracticable and a steeper grade is recommended after examination by the State Highway Commissioner, and the width of which shall not be less than twenty feet between and exclusive of side ditches, and which shall be properly drained, and have a wagon way or travel track not less than nine feet wide, made of a mixture of sand and clay or other material according to specifications furnished by the State Highway Commissioner, shall merit if approved by the State Highway Commissioner a reward from the State of two hundred fifty dollars, and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile. with an extra twenty-five dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of metaled surface in excess of nine feet up to and including sixteen feet; dollars. (b) Every mile of well graded road on which the steep- Five hundred est incline shall not exceed six per centum, except where found impracticable and a steeper grade is recommended after examination by the State Highway Commissioner, and the width of which shall not be less than twenty feet between side ditches, and which shall be properly drained, and have a wagon way or travel track not less than nine feet Proviso, crowned to shed water. Seven hundred fifty dollars. Proviso, crowned to shed water. Seven hundred fifty dollars. Proviso, crowned to shed water. One thousand dollars. wide and which shall consist of not less than eight inches of compacted gravel, or not less than twelve inches of compacted burnt shale, which must be applied in not less than two layers, each layer to be rolled separately: Provided, That both shoulders and metaled track shall be properly crowned so as to shed water quickly to the side ditches, shall merit, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, a reward from the State of five hundred dollars, and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile, with an extra fifty dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of metaled surface in excess of nine feet up to and including sixteen feet; (c) Every mile of well graded road on which the steepest incline shall not exceed six per centum, and the width of which shall not be less than twenty feet between side ditches and which shall be properly drained, and have a wagon way or travel track not less than nine feet wide, made in two courses, the bottom course to be crushed stone, slag or other material, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, and shall not be less than four inches thick after thorough rolling, and a top course consisting of a layer of gravel or blast furnace slag which shall not be less than three inches thick after being thoroughly rolled: Provided, That both shoulders and metaled track shall be properly crowned so as to shed water quickly to the side ditches, shall merit, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, a reward from the State of seven hundred fifty dollars, and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile, with an extra seventy-five dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of metaled surface in excess of nine feet up to and including sixteen feet; (d) Every mile of well graded road on which the steepest incline shall not exceed six per centum, and the width of which shall be not less than twenty feet between side ditches, and which shall be properly drained and have a wagon way or travel track not less than nine feet wide made in two courses, the bottom course to be of gravel, slag or other materials, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, and be not less than four inches thick after thorough rolling, and a top course consisting of a layer of crushed stone which shall be not less than three inches thick after being thoroughly rolled and properly bonded: Prorided, That both shoulders and metaled track shall be properly crowned to shed water quickly to the side ditches, shall merit, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, a reward from the State of seven hundred fifty dollars, and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile, with an extra seventy-five dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of metaled surface in excess of nine feet up to and including sixteen feet; (e) Every mile of well graded road on which the steepest incline shall not exceed six per centum, and the width of crowned to which shall not be less than twenty feet between side ditches, and which shall be properly drained, and have a wagon way or travel track not less than nine feet wide of well compacted macadam not less than six inches thick laid in two courses of crushed stone, each to be properly bonded, with stone screenings, asphalt, bitumen, or other cement approved by the State Highway Commissioner, and thoroughly rolled: Provided, Proviso, That both shoulders and metaled track shall be properly shed water. crowned so as to shed water quickly to the side ditches, shall merit, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, a reward from the State of one thousand dollars, and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile, with an extra one hundred dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of macadamized surface in excess of nine feet up to and including sixteen feet; dollars. test of (f) Every mile of well graded road on which the steepest Nine hundred incline shall not exceed six per centum, and the width of which shall be not less than twenty feet between side ditches, and which shall be properly drained, and have a wagon way or travel track not less than eight feet wide in the clear between beveled edges and which shall consist of properly laid concrete not less than six inches in depth, composed of Portland cement and gravel, or sand and crushed stone, with or without a paving brick surface: Provided, however, That Proviso, the cement shall be required to meet the standard tests then cement. in force of the American Society for Testing Materials, and that the other ingredients, the manner of laying and the kind of inspection employed shall be made to comply with specifications made by, or approved by the State Highway Commissioner, shall merit, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, a reward from the State of nine hundred dollars per mile and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile, with an extra one hundred dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of concrete surface up to and including sixteen feet; (8) dollars. quality of Every mile of well graded road on which the steep- Nine hundred est incline shall not exceed six per centum, and the width of which shall be not less than twenty feet between side ditches, and which shall be properly drained and have a wagon way or travel track not less than eight feet wide in the clear between curbs and which shall consist of a paving brick surface laid on gravel, sand, broken stone or slag: Provided, Proviso, however, That the quality of brick, manner of laying and the brick, etc. kind of inspection employed shall be made to comply with the specifications made by, or approved by the State Highway Commissioner, shall merit, if approved by the State Highway Commissioner, a reward from the State of nine hundred dollars per mile and pro rata for extra miles and fractions thereof in excess of the first mile, with an extra one hundred dollars per mile for each additional foot in width of brick roadway up to and including sixteen feet. Any road may be built with a central track of one class How road may be built. |