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MEnFORD MAIL TRTBTTNT!. jfTT)FORD, OTJFOOX. Tl'F.TiAV. MArfCTT 0. 1917 TO BE VOTED IN JUNE CALLS FOR $6,000,000 BONDS J BON I Full text of road bonding net (H. 1). 550) passed by the legislature and ' referred to the people, to bo voted on at special election Monday, June 4 1!U7.' An act to provide for the construc tion ol roads and highways In the state of Oregon; to provide for the Issuance of bonds by the State of Oregon to raise money to curry out the purposes of this act; .0 authorize the state highway com.ulsslon to take such ac tion and perform such duties as may bo necessary vo meet the requirements of tills act; to designnto and author ize the construction or certain hnrd Btirfaeed highways and certain post roads and certain forest roads, "and to provide for other post roads anil forest ronds; to provide for the let ting of contracts for the construction, jiving and maintenance of roads anil highways; to make the surplus arising from the foes collected under House Hill No. Gn9 of the present legislative session n fund under the Jurisdiction or the State Highway commission with which to pay interest and principal on bonded indebtedness of the state. contracted by the state for road pur poses, and other lawful claims Incurred by said commission, and to provide for modifying the terms of House Jllll No. 21, passed by the 29th Legislative As sembly of the stale of Oregon.aml to provide for submitting this act to Un people and for the calling of a spec ial election therefor, and declaring an emergency." He it enacted by the iieople of the state of Oregon: Section 1. The Stato Highway com mission is hereby authorized, empower ed and directed, during the next five years, to sell the bonds of the state of Oregon as hereinafter provided, in an amount sufficient to raise enough money to meet the requirements of this net. Provided, that not more than $1,000, 000 in bonds shall be issued hereunder during (lie year 1917, and that not more than $2,000,000 In addition to any surplus unissued or unexpended out of iff.'. $1,000,000 authorized for the year 1917, shall be issued during the year 1!US. Section 2. The State Highway com mission is hereby author.'zed, em powered and directed to enter into such contracts, appoint such officials, and do any other act or thing neces sary to fully meet the requirements of this act. Section 3. The Attorney General shall, under the direction of the State Highway commission, prepare a. form of interosl-bonrlng gold bond of tile State of Oregon, to lie sold in order to provide funds for the carrying out of the purposes of this act. Said bonds shall be numbered serially, beginning at Number 1, and shall be payable in the order of their issuance. Said State Highway commission is hereby author ized, empowered and directed to issue bonds of tlie state of Oregon for the fc-irpose of carrying out the provisions of this act in an amount not exceeding $0.000,0110,000. of which sum at least $000,0(10 shall be issued In denomi nations of $r00 eacn or less. The bonds issued in any year under the provisions of this net shall lie payable one-twentielh each year, commencing with the sixth year after the issuance thereof. One half of the bonds payable each year shall be payable on the 1st day of April and the other half on the 1st day of October. Kaon bond shall hear upon its fact a statement show ing the date of Its maturity. Said bonds shall bear Interest at the rale of four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually r.n April 1 and October 1. ' Principal and interest on said bonds shall be payable at the office of the slate treasurer at Sulem, Oregon, and If said State Highway commission shall so direct, said bonds may also provide for payment at some other place. Said bonds shall be In a form embodying an absolute promise of the state of Ore gon to pay the amount thereof In gold cjn of the Unite.: States of America of the value and weight and fineness of the dato of such bond, and shall be In such denominations as the State High way commission shall elect. They shall be signed by the governor, secre tary of slate and state treasurer. Said bonds shall bear coupons evidencing the Interest to become due thereon for each Installment of such Interest upon which shall be printed the facsimile of the signature of said officers. ,Said commission may, at Its option, cause a part or all of said bunds to be payable to the purchaser thereof and register Hie name of such purchaser In the of fice of the state treasurer and provide Vand appropriate endorsement upon each of such bonds to the effect that the same will be paid only to the owner appearing on the resistor thereof, and providing n method of re-registering the same as the title may he passed, and It may also provide that a part or all of said bonds shall be payable to Iwarer and not subject to registration. Not less than ten days before the pay ment of the principal or Interest falls due on any of the bonds provided for in this act, the Slate Highway eommls slnn shall certify to the state treasurer the amount necessary to meet the pay MAP OF OREGON SHOWING y. W ASHING TON . y Si .COLUMBIA V F-OS-T ffOAD5 JS&TtC J 0 ) jiU" rv ) I ! lX j 1 5IV- Hon",EAo -J-1 i. V r f(; 1 iCW A x LrAoQu,. JotByw. v : i 1 lake : . ; 7 PcfeJf I I J ' HARNEY' I y$--- 1 &;"(? y-jr A solo U "'Tfc I t a I i-S I ' ioH,NijxX pa r j ,,vp I 1 -' " ' T' iu' 1 O t- M I Tbri-e elasis of highways ure are to be const rut'teil in uct that the voters of the ment thereof, fpon receipt of such certificate by the- state treasurer he shall prepare and verily a claim for the amount mentioned therein, attaching thereto said certificate, and present ho sanio to the secretary of state, who shall audit such claim in ;;kc manner as other claims against the state are audited, and pay the same out of moneys provided by law for the pay ment thereof. The state treasurer is authorized and directed to make any such payment of principal or interest on said bonds at such places, other than at Salem. Oregon, as the State Highway commission may provide. All bonds and interest coupons upon pay ment shall be deposited by the state treasurer with the secretary of state to be attached to (he original claim of (he state treasurer for Hie paymenl (hereof. Section t. The Stale Highway com mission shall provide such method as It may deem necessary for the adver tisement of each issue of said bonds before the sanio are sold, and shall also reipiire such deposit with bids as may be required, and generally shall conduct the sale and Issuance of said bonds under such rules and regula tions not consistent with this act as shall be adopted by said commission. Section 5. The money arising from the sale of each Issue of bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund, which shall be used in carrying into effect the provisions of this act. The secre- tary of state is hereby authorized and i directed to credit all claims Incurred In ! carrvlnu out the provisions of this act ! in the same manner as other claims against the stale are audited, and pay j the same from moneys provided by said Columbia River highway practl law ror the payment thereof upon thOjCnlly its full constitutional limit, said submission of duly verified vouchers : commission may expend on-said Co- therefor approved by the commission; I provided, that bonds and columns shall i county such portion of the money aris bo paid as is provided in section Ing under this act as It may deem hereof. i proper In preparing said Columbia Section C. The h. si ways described River highway for paving. The various in sections 6 and 7 or this act are j county courts in said counties In eas hereby determined to be highways or item Oregon through which said fo rks!, importance lo the general public : liinibia River highway Is projected of the state of O.egon. It is hereby j shall agree with the State Highway determined that the follow ing high ! c nnmission upon what portions of said ,,,, should be permanently construct-! highway are io be puveri with a hard- and finished with ii hard surface: j 1 The Columbia River highway from the Multnomah county line In tnrl.i Seaside and south in Clatsop comity to the Tillamook county line. Inasmuch ns the e unUe. of Columbia and Clatsop have already expended I-irce sums of niotiev In constructing "... . .L 1. Ihp said ollllllhlll nigliway HI mi said counties anil In doing so practically exhausted their ubility to lies ignntrl by the limit bomling act, viz: Highways of I'h'st. illioi-tiuiee which are to lie Iiaril surfaced anil post i-oads uimI forest roads that eon junction with the reilei'nl govern nient. The above 'limp shows the proposed routes of the three classes of roatls uk set forth in the state will puss ujHjfi at n speciul electliii Julie -I. . Courtesy Oregon Journal. raise money by nil Issuance of county bonds, the State Highway commission is hereby autht.rlzed, from the funds arising under this act, in addition to paving said highway, to use Trom said funds sufficient to provide for the preparation of said highway through said counties for the paving thereof. 2. The Pacific highway from the .Multnomah county line through Wash ington county and Yamhill county by way of Hillsboro, Forest Qrove, Mc Minnville to Dallas, Monmouth and In dependence, In Polk county; to Cor vallls and Jtonroc in Denton couuty. and through Eugene to the north Hdo of Douglas county. . , 3. The Paeiric highway from the Multnomah county line through Oswe go, Oregon City and Canny in Clacka mas county, thence tliroiigh Marlon and I, tun counties to a junction with the highway at Junction City. 1. Such portions of tho Columbia Iliver highway between the Multnomah county line easterly through tho city of Hood Iliver and Hood Hlver county and through The Dalles and Wasco county, through Sherman county, through Gilliam county, by way of the town of Arlington and up the Colum bia river to the confluence of the irma lllla river with the Columbia river, thence up the rmntilla river through Hermiston, Stanficld, Keho and Pendle ton, and thence by such route as shall be determined by the State Highway commission to La Grande, Baker, and to the Idaho line, as the county courts of the various counties affected shall agree to prepare the road ready Tor paving. Provided, that inasmuch na the county of Hood River has raised I by a bond issue and expended upon Iiimbia River highway in Hood River surface paving nnd what portions are to je constructed ns isist roads, and whenever any or said counties shall have prepared a portion or said high I way ready for paving, then the State ' Highway commission ulinll proceed ' promptly lo pave the same under the 'provisions of this act and the reniain- .1..- ,1 ..lw.ll l. I ... ,,-n,.n,l tier m. i. i.i rwn,, c '" s haepo.st road under the super isions of this act, ami such portion as Iniprov-1 ROAD PROGRAM ed ns a post road shall not be eligible for paving at the expense of the state under tho provisions of this act. 5. Tho PaL-.'c highway through Jackson county, where tho same has not already been paved, along tho route heretofore adopted by the State High way commission. Inasmuch as tho enmity of Jackson has already expend ed large sums of money In construct ing said Pacific highway, and In pav ing a largo portion thereof, and In so doing has practically exhausted its ability to raise money by any issuance of couuty bonds, tho said Highway commission is hereby authorized, from the funds arising from this act, In addition to completing the paving of said highway in Jackson county, to use from said funds sufficient, to pro vide for completing the preparation of said nighway through said county, for the paving thereof. G. Commencing on the Columbia River highway at or near Arlington In Gilliam county, thence up Willow Creek In Morrow county, through the cities of lone, Lexington and Heppe ner In Morrow county and through Pilot Rock, Pendlton, Adams, Athena, Weston, Milton and Kreewaler In Umatilla couuty to tho Oregon and Washington state line. 7. A rond from the south line of Clatsop county, at the end of Its high - way described In paragraph 1 hereof, south by Wheeler to Garibaldi. 8. A road from the Multnomah county lino by Tlgrad, Rex and New berg to Me.Mlnnvllle. For the purose of Ibis act the above highways are to be known as hard- surfaced highways. Section 7. The following highways, 1. Tho road running from the north line of Douglas county to the Jackson J county line over the line of the Pa clflc highway as adopted by the Slate Highway commission; 2. All that iKiriiou of the Columbia River highway descrimd In the fourth paragraph o" the description of hard surfaced roads ns described In section fi of this act, which the county courts of the several counties through which the same Is located, shall not deter mine to prepare for paving with hard- i surfaced paving as herein provided, i Bhall 1m? considered a post road and eligible to Improvement as such under ' the provisions of this act. j 3. A road from Roseburg. by Myrtle j Point and Coiiuille to Marshfleld. 4. A road from The Dalles by way ; of Dufur, Maiipln and Shaniko to Hcd ! mond, Pend and from thence to Klam- 1 ath Falls. 0. A road from Hend to Lukevie'v. REFERRED TO 7. A road from an Intersection with the Columbia River highway at a point either in Sherman or Gilliam county, by-way of Condon, Fossil and Spray and thence up tho John Day Valley to such point as the highway commis sion Bhnll elect, and from thence to Vale and the Idaho Uno. 8; A road from La Grande, through Union and Wallowa counties to Joseph. 9. A road from Rend, through Hums: and Harney to Vale; j Shall be known na post roads and ' shall bo constructed along route be-! tweon said certain points to be agreed' upon by tho representatives of the federal government, and said State lllgbwsy commission. aid post roads shall be constructed uccording to speci fications agreed upon between Iho representatives of 1 lie Federal govern ment and the Slate Highway commis sion. Provided, that. If lire counties of Douglas and Josephine, or either of them, shall preparo any part of the said IHiciflc highway, and make same ready for paving according to tho re quirementn of tho State Highway com mission tlie.n said commission shall Im mediately pave the road so prepared, and nuch portion of said road shall be excepted Irom the classification as a post road. If tho county of Coos shall prepare ' and inake r-ady for paving, according to the requirements of the Stato High way commission, twenty or more miles in length of the post road between RjseburK and Marshfleld hereinbefore described, or the county of Tillamook shall so prepare and make ready for j paving twenty or more miles In length j of the post rond between Tillamook City and McMinnville, and If such por tions of said roads in either or both of salif counties, are so prepared, that thrt same shall.be ready for paving ac cording to the requirements of the Stive Highway commission, then snid commission shnll immediately pave the rons! so prepared and such portion of said road shall be excepted from the classification as a post road, and such portion shall then be classified as a pawed road. Section 8. Roads over the following rouses are hereby adopted and deslg naiird 'is forest roads, towlt: 1. A road from Sledford In Jackson eoirjity as surveyed and adopted by tho federal government in co-operation wl-c the state of Oregon, by the way! of Crater Lake, to a point In Klamath coutty to be selected by the said high-' way commission and the federnl ofl'le- j ials rep! esenting the federal govern-1 j meat, operating inder what Is known 'as tiio "Shackelford Hill." j 2. A road from a point in Lane THE PEOPLE i county, to bo selected by tho Stnloito limit tho authority of cities nnd ! Highway commission and tho federal ! towns on like subjects concerned with j officials representing tho federul gov-lBaid vehicles; to prescribe the duties I ernment operating under what ls known ns tho "Shackelford Hill," by! way of tho Sluslaw river, to a point In tho handling and distribution of tho Coob county to be selected by suld 'funds derived from tho operation of highway commission. jchls Act nnd to repeal all Acts and 3. A road from Kugeno connecting' "arts of Acts In conflict herewith." Willamette valley with Kaslorn Oregon! remaining aftor tho payment of all hy way of tho McKonzic river to Ilend. (claims Incurred In carrying out tho , 4. A read connecting the post road ' Provisions thereof or estimated by from tho Columbia River highway upjtlie f-ecretiiry or stato as necessray to the John Dny valley with the post road defray any further administrative OK- between The Dalles and Hend. j 5. A road from Albany button, Cascadla and Fish Via LO- Lake, to Rend. jtouer in each year by the soerotary No preference shall be given in the!of Btat0 10 an account to bo expend constructlon, improving or paving any! 0(1 under the Jurisdiction of the state or the roads described herein by rea- j hlghw'ny commission in paymcut of son of the numerical designation or tho interest and principal as same such roads. shall become duo upon bondod In- The funds with which to pay the por-'deblednoss of tho stato of Oregon, tlou of the expense of the construction 'contracted for road purposes under of said post roads and forest roads, I tho provisions of the said House Hill payable by die state of Oregon, shall j No. 21 referred to by tltlo In Section be secured from the sale of bonds art of this Act. Any remainder of Is provided in House Hill Number 21, such surplus or unexpended balnnco passed by the present legislative sob-j so transferred to tho jurisdiction of slon which bill is entitled: "A blll.the stato highway commission shulj for an net to accept the benefits oT ' bo subject to tho payment or any oth the act passed by tho sixty-fourth or lawful olulm or claims Incurred or congress of the I'nlted Slates entitled 'An act to provide that the l.'nlted States shall aid the stntes In the con struetlon of rural post roads and for other purposes,' and to provide for j for tho purpose of constructing tho the Issiinnce of bonds of tho stale of j roads provided In this Act; provid Oregon to raise such money as may be ed. however, that, all contracts shall requited to meet the reqniiemenls of bo let according to law and In open said federal statute, and to aulhorlze'nnd public session of said commls the State Hoard of Control lo lake'sion; provided further, that if, In such action and perform such duties as' tho opinion or a majority of tho mem may be necessary to meet Ibe require-1 hers of s.ild commission. Iho lowest incuts or said federal act and federal bid for the construction of nny of the officials acting under snid act." Of roads or parts of roads herein author the funds made available by said m l iiet to bo constructed, shall bo exces for post roads. In the counties east of, slve, then and In that event, said the Cascade nioulalns. commission shall havo tho right and Provided, however, thai the above: u a hereby empowered and nuthor provlslon shnll not be construed to Im-i zcd to reject all bids and to con pair the assent of the state to the struct under its own direction and federal aid as herelnbeforo specified, supervision, all of Buch roads or any and to llr.ill. the necessary co-operation; part thereof, and to this end to ac between this stale and the redernl gov- compllsh this purpose said commls ernment In tho construction of forest 'Rfln Is hereby authorized nnd empow and post, ronds. j,.rr, t puri hue 'or lersn all uoees- No description of nny highway pro-'miry machinery, equipment, tools and. vld"d for herein shall be construed to! appliances and lo employ all noecs prevent the Slate Highway comml:-- mry help and labor and to do all slonor rroni making such local changes ihinKs n, (.,,ssa, y ,,,, ,.0,1Vcnleiit to in the location thereof ns they may i rarrv ou, ,i)0 provisions of this Act. deem proper. Section h. The Slate Highway com-. niiL:;ion Is nl"o aulhoried lo adopt such olhei roads or rouios eonue.-tltm. portions of the stale and to provide fori jibe construction of post roads or forest1 roads over such routes und the Im provement and maintenance thereof, and to pay for the same from the fund created by llouso Hill No. 21, referred to by title In section 8 horcof. Section 10. The state highway commission is hereby authorized, em pow'ered and directed whenever the country through which any portion of said hard surfaced roads may I) a located, shall hnvo constructed all or any section of any such hnrd surfac ed rond In accordance with plans and specifications proparod by the state highway commission, a'.mig routes prescribed by said commission, and shall have provided for suitable drainage of said roads in accordance with the requirements of said com-n-lsslou and shull have prepared the foundation In accordance with the requirements of said commission, then said commission shall let con tracts, or otherwlso provide according to law for tho completion of eatil hard surfaced roads by causing said roads to be finished and hard sur faced according to plans and specifi cations propared by said commission, and tho funds roqulred therefor shall bo derived from the sale of said bonds provided for In Section 3 hereof. Section 11. Tho state highway commission shall pay the Interest up on suld bonds as tho same shall be come dun, from any funds subject to Its control, from whatevor source tho same may como, nnd tho paymonts upon tho principal of said bonds, as tho same shall hecomo dun, shall be paid by said highway commission from any funds within Its control, without regard to the origin of sal4 funds. Section 12. Any surplus or unex pended bnlanco of the fees received under tho oporntlon of House Bill No. 509, passed by this lcglslatlvo session, which bill Is entitled "for an Act to amonrt Chapter 174 of t,iio Gonornl Laws of Orogon tor 1911, as amended by Chapter 135 of tho Gen eral Laws of Oregon for 1913, and as amended by Chapter 350 of the Gen oral Laws of tho Stato of Oregon for 1915; providing for rogulntlng the use, registration, license, identifica tion, conduct and operation of ve hicles, operated upon tho public ronds, streets and highways of the Rtalo of Oregon; to regulate and li cense tho persons who drive the sanio;. to prescribe penalties for violation liorcof and to prohibit tho unauthor ized possession or uso of a vehicle and to provide a penalty therefor; to llcoiiso nnd idontfy all motor vehicle's; of he Secretary of Stato as to certain provisions of this Act; to provide for ponscs for the balance of any license oiiuu " ii anr-iui I ou oil llio lirsfc "a" 01 APm anu mo first day of Oc- contracted by said commission. Suction 13. The state highway commission Is hereby authorized anil empowered to enter Into contracts Section H. Tills Act shall be re fined to the peoplo for their ratifi ivtlon or reiectiun ut n special elec tion to be called In tho manner pro- (ContlnueU on Pag Six.)
