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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 19??-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1917)
Sectioa 1. The Stato H lghwsy Com- mission is hereby authorised, empow- ered end directed, during the next Ave years, to eoli thè bonds o f the Stato o f Oregon ss herrinsfter pro- vided, in an amount sufflcient to rsiae enough money to m eet thè rCtjuire- m enti o ftk is A et. 000,000 la bonds shall be issued here under during the year 4917, and that not more than $ 2 ^ 00,000 in addition to sa y surplus unissued or unexpend ed out o f the 81,000,000 authorised fo r the year 1917, shall be issued during the year 1918. Section 2. The State Highway Com mission la hereby authorisd, empow- Section 8. The A ttorney General thall, under the direction o f the State Highway Commission, prepare a form o f interest-bearing gold bond o f the State o f Oregon, to be sold in order to provide funds fo r the carrying out o f the purpose o f this A c t Sold bonda shall be numbered serially, beginning at Number 1, and shall bo payable la the order o f their issuance. Said State Highway Commission Is hersby au thorised, em powered and directed to issue bonds o f tho State o f Oregon fo r the purpose o f caryriag out the pro visions o f this A ct in an amount not exceeding 84,000,000, e f which sum, at least 8000,000 shaU be issued in de nominations o f 8800 each or lean. The bonds issued in any year under the provisions o f this A ct shall b« pay able one-twentieth each year, com mencing with the sixth year after tha issuance thereof. One-half o f the bonds payable each year shall be pay able en the 1st day o f A pril and the other h alf ea the le t day e f October. Each bond shall bear upon its face s statement showing the date o f Ha ma turity. Said bonds shaU bear inter est at the rate o f four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on A pril 1st and October 1 st Principal and interest on said bonds shall be payable at the office o f the 8tate Treasurer at Salem, Oregon, end if acid State Highway Commission shall ae direct, said bonds m sy also provide fo r payment at seme other place. Said bonda shall be in a form em bodying en abeolutq promise o f the State o f Ore gon to pay the amount thereof in gold coin o f the United States o f Am er- shall be In such denominations aa the State Highway Commission shall sle e t They shall be signed by the Governor, Secretary o f State and strutting said Pacifie Highway, and in paving a large portion thereof, and in so doing has practically exhausted its abiUty to raise money by any is- i nance o f county bonds, the said State Highway Conunission is hereby au thorised, from the fqnds arising from this A ct, in edition to com pleting the paving o f said highway in Jackson county, to use from said funds suffi before the h u m are eold, and shall cient to provide fo r com pleting the also require such deposit with bids preparation o f said highway through as m ay bs required, and ganarally said county, fo r the paving thereof. shall conduct the sale and issuance 8. Commencing on the Columbia o f said bonds under such rales and River Highway at or near A rlington regulations not inconsistent with this In Gilliam county, thence up W illow A ct as shall he adopted by said Com- creek in M orrow county, through the mssion. if}p cities o f lone, Lexington and Hepp- Section ft. The money arising from ner in M orrow county and through Pilot Rock, ~ Pendleton, Adams, be deposited in the State Treasury to Athena, W eston, M ilton, and Free the credit o f s special fund, which water fat Um atilla eounty to the O re shall be uaed in carrying into effect gon and W ashington State .line. ” ' the provisions o f th is A ct. Ths Sec 7. A road from the south line o f retary o f State is hereby authorised Clatsop county, at the end o f its high and directed to audit all claim s in way described in paragraph 1 here curred in carrying out the provisions of, south by W heeler to Garibaldi. o f this A ct In the same manner as A A road from the Multnomah other claim s against the State are county line by Tigard, Rex and New- audited, and pay the same from any berg to M cMinnville. moneys provided by law fo r the pay F or the purposes o f this A ct the ment thereof upon the submission o f above highways are to be known as duly verified vouchers therefor ap hard-surfaced highways. proved by the Com m ission; provided, Section 7. The follow ing highways shall be pcid to-w it: that bonds end as is provided in Section 1 hereof. 1. The rood running from the north Section 6. The highways described line o f Douglas eounty to the Jack- in Sections 0 and 7 o f this A ct are aea county line over the line o f the hereby determined to be highways o f Pacific Highway as adopted by the first importance to the general public State Hghwuy Com m ission; 8. A ll that portion o f the Columbia. o f the State o f Oregon. It is hereby determined that the follow ing high River Highway described. in the ways should be permanently con fourth paragraph o f too description structed and finished w ith-a hard sur- o f hard-surfaced ronds as deaeribed. L The Columbia R iver Highway from the Multnomah County line to A storia, Seaside, and south in Clat sop county to tha Tillam ook county lne. Inasmuch aa the counties o f Co lumbia and Clatsop have already ex pended large sums o f money in con structing the said Columbia Highway through said counties and in doing so have practically exhausted their ability to raise money by an Issuance o f county bonda, the State Highway Commission is hareby authorized, from tho funds srisin g under this A ct, in addition to paving said highway; to use from said funds sufficient to provide fo r the preparation o f said highway through said counties fo r toe paring thereof. paving with hard-surfaced paving as s post road, and eligiblo to im prove ment as such under the provsions o f this A et; 8. A road from Roosburg, by Myr- 2. A rend from a point in Lan* county to be n h e to d by the. 8tato Highway Commission and tk# Fédérai officiais representing U m fé d é ra l Gov- emment. o M rttin f undcr w h it i l known as ths “ Shakelford B ill,” by way o f ths Siuslaw river, to a point in Coos eounty to be soloetod by «nid Higkway Conunission. S. A rond (rom E ncan« connecting U m W illametta V alley with Eastern Oregon by way o f the McKenzie river JL poet roads, at least sixty par cent shall be expanded en the above men- toned poet roads, in the counties east of the Cascade Mountains. Provided, however, that the above provision shall not he construed to impair the assent e f the State to the „Federal aid as hereinbefore specified, and to lim it the necessary co-opera tion between this state sad the F eder al Government in the construction *of forest end poet roads. Ne description o f any highway pro vided fo r herein, shall be construed to prevent the State Highway Commis- 2. The Pacific Highway from the Multnomah eounty line through W ashington county and Yamhill coun ty by way o f H illsboro, Forest Grove. McMinnville to Dallas, Monmoeth and Independence, in Polk county; to Cor vallis and Munroe in Benton county, and through Eugene to the north line o f Douglas eounty. 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CH EN ITT a CO., Toledo, <X S«0 PICTURES SSO ARTICLES (RULAR rotary o f State t t necessary to defrqy any further adm inistrative expenses fo r the balance o f any license year, shall be transferred on the first day o f A pril and ths first day o f October in each year by the Secretory o f State to an account to be expended under the jurisdiction o f the State Highway Commission in paym ent o f the inter est and principal aa the same shall be com e d m tome bonded indebtedness o f the State o f Oregon, contracted fo r road purposes undqr the provi sions o f this A ct or under the provi sions o f the said House Bill No. 21 referred to by title in Section 8, o f this A c t A ny rem ainder o f such sur plus or unexpended balance so trans ferred to the jurisdiction o f tty State H lghw sy Commission shall be sub ject to the paym ent o f any other law ful claim or claim s incurred or con tracted by said Commission. Section 18. The State Highway Commission is hereby authorised end empowered to enter into contract« for the purpose o f constructing the roads provided in this A ct; provided, how ever, that all contracts shall be let ac cording to law and in open and public session o f said Com m ission; provided further, to st if, in tbs opinion e f a m ajority o f said Commission, the low est bid fo r the construction o f any o f the roods or parts o f roads herein authorized to be constructed, shall be excessive, then and in that event, said Comm ission shall have the right and 8. Tho Pacific Highway from the Multnomah county line through Os wego, Oregon City, and Csnby in Clackamas county, thence through Marion and Linn Counties, to a junc tion with the highway at Junction 4. Such portions o f the Columbia River Highway between the Multno mah county line easterly through the City o f Hood River and Hood River county and through The Dallas and W asco county, through Sherman county, through Gilliam county by way o f the town o f Arlington and up the Columbia River to the confluence o f the Umatilla River with the Co lom bia River, thence up the Um atilla River, through Hermiston, Stanfield, Echo And Pendleton, and thence by such root« as shall be determined by the State Highway Commission to La Grande, Raker, sod to the Idaho line, as the county courts o f too various counties affected shall agree to pre- pare toe road ready fo r paring. Pro- rified, that inasmuch as the County o f Hood River has raised by bond issue snd expended upon said Columbia River Highway practically its full Constitutional lim it, said Commission may expend on said Columbia River Highway in HSod River county, such portion o f the money srisin g under this A et as it may deem proper in preparing said Columbia R iver High way fo r paring. The various county courts in said counties in Eastern Oregon through which said Columbia River Highway is projected shaU **re« with the State Highway Cam- «•fi ve MY rt M e M r YM Rjtf 8 f f read connecting the poet road bbs • Columbia River Highway up n Day V alley with the poet a m The Dalle« and Bend, road, from Albany, via lo b - under the operation o f House B ill No. lascadhk and « a h Lake, to 68, passed by this Legislative Ses sion, which bill is entitled “ F or an A ct to Amend Chapter 174 o f the Gen eral Laws o f O regon fo r 1911, as n rafri*^ by Chapter 18ft o f the Gen eral Laws o f Oregon fo r 1918, end as s mended by Chapter 850 o f the Gen The funds with which to pay the eral Laws o f the State o f Oregon fo r portion f t the expense o f the con 191ft; providing fo r regulating the struction o f m id poet ronda and for aee, registration, license, identifica est roads payable by the State o f O r tion, conduct and operation o f vehi egon, shall be secured from the m l« cles operated upon the public roads, o f bonds as is provided in House BUI streets and highways o f the State o f Number 21, passed by the present O regon; to regulate pad license the Legislative Samoa, which bill is en persons who drive the sam e; to pre titled, “ A B ill fo r ea A ct to accept scribe penalties fo r violation hereof the benefits o f the A ct pasead by toe end to prohibit the unauthorised pos Sixty-Fourth Cehgrees o f the United session ftr use o f a vehicle and to pro S u tes entitled, ‘An A ct to provide vide a penalty th erefor; to license and that ths United States shall aid the identify all m otor vehicles; to lim it a ta tos In the construction o f rural the authority o f d ries and towns on poet roads, end fo r other purpoeee,’ Hke subjects concerned with said ve and to provide fo r the issuance o f hicles; to prescribe the duties o f the bonds o f tha State o f Oregon to raise Secretary o f 8tate as to certain pro such money as may be required to visions o f this A ct; to provide fo r the meet the requiremento o f said Federal handling end distribution o f the funds derived from the operation o f this A ct and to repeal all A cts and parts o f A cts in conflict herewith,” remain in g after the paym ent o f all claims incurred in carryin g out the prohi New Home Users Quality shall hare prepared the foundation In accordance with the requrementa o f said Commission, then «aid Commis sion shall let contracts or otherwise provide, according to lew , fo r the com pletion e f said hard-surfaced roods by causing said roads to be finished snd feard-eurfaced according to plans and specifications prepared by said Commission, snd the funds required therefor shall be derived from the eel* o f bonds, provided for in Section 8 hereof. Seetkm 11. The State Highway Choosers ary, equipment, toóla and applian *► and to em ploy all r ssssear y help and labor and to do all things necessary and convenient to carry ont the pro visions o f this A c t / Section 14. This A ct shall bo re ferred te toe people fo r their n tH t y . ties or rejection at a special electien to be called in the manner provided by law , said election to be held eh toe 4th day o f June, 1817, and shall ha in fu ll force and effect as soon aa rati fied by the people at such eleetto>i. Section 1ft. On account o f the 1m- M.J.HARTSON