FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I. 61 



work the road. But, after this year, the money is going to be 

 collected by the treasurer; they know they can get the money 

 and go aliead and do the work. As has been stated liefore, this 

 has been the trouble. The law came into operation so late, and 

 the men not acquainted with the law — they didn't get at it, and 

 it being an exceedingly bad }ear, one man couldn't go over the 

 township. That was the wa\' with ]\Iadison county. We needed 

 a good many bridges that were washed out. In some of our 

 townships w^e had four or five men appointed. I believe we 

 should stay by the new system; 1 believe it will work all right. 



Governor Packard: Is there any objection to the system 

 of paying cash? 



A Member: There is some objection; but I think that will 

 soon pass away. After this, they will pay it all in a lump and 

 will not know how much of it is for road purposes. 



A Member : I wish to say one thing in regard to this matter. 

 For four years now% in Page county, w^e have been letting the 

 road work out. There was a great deal of objection at first, 

 and at last the trustees put it to a vote a year ago and the oppo- 

 sition w^as ^•oted down by a vote of three hundred and thirty- 

 three to- fourteen. Where it is tried and given a fair trial I 

 think it will give far better results and the people are becoming 

 ' better satisfied. 



Mr. Trigg : In order to put the matter suggested by Gov- 

 ernor Packard in shape, I offer this motion: "That it is the 

 sense of this convention that the present road law be not re- 

 pealed until it has been given a full and fair trial; that is, not 

 changed at all, unless it be simply amended. 



The motion was duly seconded. 



Mr. KleinEEIvTER : I would like to ask one question. Does 

 the new law place the burden of taxation for public highways 

 upon the farmers adjacent to the roads, that is, the burden of 

 building the roads upon the local people, or does it dis- 

 tribute it among other people who use the roads, and who really 

 use the roads more than the farmer does ? In other words, does 

 the new law leave the burden upon the farmer along whose land 



