Bulletin - United States, Office of Public RoadsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 |
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50 cents Agriculture amount appointed assessed benefit board of county board of supervisors bonds bridges broken stone built cars cents per cubic chert clay clerk committee condition contract convict labor cost county clerk county commissioners county court county road county seat county treasurer cubic yard dirt roads ditches drain duty EDWARD BURROUGH election engineer expense farm farmers furnish grade gravel Harris County haul highways horses inches Jersey land legislature less levy limestone load macadam road ment miles necessary OFFICE OF ROAD Ohio paid person poll tax pounds public roads purpose quarry question railway repair road building road district road improvement ROAD INQUIRY road law road material road tax road-making roadbed roadway rock rolled ROY STONE sand stone roads surface telford thereof tion toll roads town township transportation turnpike wagons wheels wide tires width
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Page 22 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 54 - This Act shall take effect immediately. STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 29 - Townships, who shall hold his office for one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by said Board of Highway Commissioners.
Page 100 - ... and interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, and...
Page 72 - ... of the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of County Commissioners shall...
Page 18 - The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property...
Page 49 - These by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting of the association, by a majority vote of all members of the association.
Page 48 - ... in the sum of one thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office...
Page 9 - State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...
Page 46 - ... with the bidder's bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, with security satisfactory to the board, conditioned that if the contract shall be awarded to him he will, when required by the board, execute an agreement in writing to perform the work according to the specifications...