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
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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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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
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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
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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-
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