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placed exacth' in the position of township A. It refuses aid upon 

 the plea 1 hat but a small niiuority of its citizens will reap the benefit 

 of any outlay by the county. An instance can be cited of this ''dead 

 lock," as it were. A road extends out from Philadelphia twenty- two 

 miles to a borough of about ten thousand population. This road is 

 splendidly macadamized with the exception of two miles in one town- 

 ship and a half mile in another township. The county refused aid 

 tlirouf2:h the grand jury, one of the townships refused private aid 

 to the sum of one-third the cost of the betterment, and again the 

 sui)ervisor of said township refused to permit the building of the 

 road by contract unless a large part of the cost of the improvements 

 in money was raised. The supervisor was evidently loyal to the 

 will of his constituents in the matter; oor should we be disposed to 

 reflect upon the citizens of the township. Evidently, legislation is 

 needed in the case here cited that will justly equalize road taxation. 

 One of the townships cited adjoins the borough, north, south and 

 east. This township has more travel to contend with than any other 

 township in the county, and is gradually macadamizing all the ap- 

 proaches out from the borough. Although citizens of the county, 

 south, east and west are using these roads abutting the town, the 

 county refuses aid. There can be no compulsion in the matter. 

 What shall be done to break this and kindred hindrances? Motor 

 carriages from Philadelphia, rigs from Montgomery and Delaware 

 counties pass over this thoroughfare, except when blocked by the 

 two cited mud patches. Thus our county is disposed, if anything, 

 to lay the burden on the State. Is not the county justified in this 

 and would not State aid consistentl}^ solve the problem and remove 

 the hindrance? 



REPORT OF THK LIVK STOCK COIMMITTKK TO 

 THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



M. E. CONAKI), Chdirman. 



Harrisburg, Pa., January 23, 1901. 



Mr. Chairman and Fellow Members of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture: 

 Your Committee on Live Stock, beg leave to make the following 

 report : 



■ Peniis\ Ivania has wondcrliil and almost unlimited resources, and 

 not among the least is the live stock industry, which we think Is 



