Bulletin - United States, Office of Public Roads (Volume 1-16) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: State high- 2. Upon petition of county commissioner the commission may adopt wajs' any road as a State highway, and construct the same if the legislature makes appropriation therefor, except that the grading and bridging shall be done by the county. Such highway to be maintained by the State under supervision of the commission. Connecting 3. Upon petition of two or more cities or towns a connecting road, new or existing, may be made a State highway, and constructed in the Bame manner. MICHIGAN. County Option Law, 1893. Electors'tovote J. The board of supervisors of any county may, by a two-thirds vote Mvs'ihm. of all the members of said board, submit the question of adopting the county road system to a vote of the electors of such county. County road 2. In any county where the county road system shall be adopted, a board of county road commissioners, not exceeding five in number, shall be elected by the people of such county. Duties. 3. Said board of county road commissioners may lay out such new- roads within the county as they deem necessary. County roads. 4. Any road heretofore laid out, or any part thereof, shall become a county road if the board of county road commissioners shall at any time so determine. Tax, raiting. 5. Said board of county road commissioners shall determine the amount of tax to be raised. Such tax shall not exceed $2 on each $1,000 of the assessed valuation. Bonds, issue 6. Whenever the board of supervisors of the county shall, by a two- bo submitted totn'rds vote of a11 tue mend)erai resolve to contract indebtedness or vote of electors, issue bonds to raise money for the construction and maintenance of county roads, the question shall be submitted to a vote of the electort of the county at a general or a specia...