MEnFORD MAIL TRTBTTNT!. jfTT)FORD, OTJFOOX. Tl'F.TiAV. MArfCTT 0. 1917
TO BE VOTED IN JUNE CALLS FOR $6,000,000 BONDS
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.)