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the governor and council that the road is completed, and state the 

 amount that has been expended by the town. The town is entitled to 

 receive from the state an amount equal to that expended in road 

 improvement up to ^100, this being the maximum amount of state 

 aid that can be given any one town. Towns must apply for state aid 

 to the secretary of state. Applications are filed in the order in which 

 received. If the appropriation is insufficient to pay all claims in any 

 one year, the last claims received are paid from the following year's 

 appropriation. The appropriation for 1902 was $15,000.^') 



Vermont. 



In this state there is a state highway commissioner appointed 

 by the governor for a term of two years; compensation, ^4 a day 

 and traveling expenses. The commissioner supervises the expendi- 

 ture by towns of state highway money and gives advice to town road 

 commissioners. 



A state tax of one-half mill on a dollar of valuation is annually 

 levied and distributed to the towns in proportion to their road 

 mileage.^^) 



The town road commissioners make to the state commissioner a 

 detailed report of roads built and the expense of building. If the 

 state commissioner is satisfied that the town has spent an amount 

 equal to its portion of state highway tax, he issues his certificate on 

 the state treasurer in favor of the town. 



The road commissioners of the various towns in a county consti- 

 tute a county board of road commissioners. The county boards 

 meet annually in their respective counties with the state commis- 

 sioner. The state commissioner may employ experts to instruct in 

 road maintenance and building, and he may personally direct the 

 work in towns. ^^) 



North Carolina. 



In North Carolina there is a state highway commission com- 

 posed of the commissioner of agriculture and state geologist. No 



(1) Me.. '01. Chap. 285. 



(2) Vt. Statutes. '94, mu. 



(3) Vt. '98. Chap. 65. 



