20 BULLETIIS^ 381, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



1915 at 98^ cents on the dollar. Road bonds were retired as follows: 

 Ben Hill County, $350; Towns County, $700 and Turner County, 

 $1,000. 



ROAD MILEAGE. 



At the close of the year 1914, according to reports received, 

 Georgia had 80,669 miles of public road, of which 12,342.12, or 15.3 

 per cent, were surfaced. Of the surfaced roads, 10,778 miles were 

 sand clay, 1,073 miles gravel, 234 miles macadam, 87 miles bitumin- 

 ous macadam, 45 miles shell, 1.7 miles brick, 0.4 mile concrete, and 

 123 miles not classified as to type. 



In mileage of surfaced roads, Emanuel County stands first with 

 500 miles, or 68.8 per cent; Decatur County, second, with 500 miles, 

 or 67 per cent; Richmond County, third, with 405 miles, or 81 

 per cent"; Bulloch County, fourth, with 400 miles, or 53.4 per cent. 

 There are 6 counties having between 300 and 400 miles surfaced, 14 

 counties having between 200 and 300, 29 counties having between 

 100 and 200, and 52 counties that reported no surfaced roads. There 

 are 30,554 miles of roads reported as graded and drained earth. 



In 1909 there were 5,978 miles, or 7.27 per cent, reported as sur- 

 faced, thus indicating that during the 5-year period 6,364 miles 

 were surfaced. Information showing the total mileage of aU roads 

 and the miles surf aced in the various counties is contained in Table 41. 



KENTUCKY. 



By R. C. Terrell, State Commissioner of Public Roads and Collaborator United 

 States Office of Public Roads and. Rural Engineering. 



Kentucky has an area of 40,181 square miles, a total road mile- 

 age of 57,916, and a population, according to the 1910 census, of 

 2,289,905. The State, therefore, has a population of 56.9 per square 

 mile of area and 39.5 per mile of road, with 1.44 miles of road per 

 square mile of area. Of the population in 1910, 75.7 per cent, or 

 1,734,463 was rural, making a rural population of 29.94 per mile of 

 road. 



In 1912 the legislature enacted a law creating a department of 

 public roads, the chief officer of which is the commissioner of pubfic 

 roads, who is appointed by the governor for a term of four years 

 and is required to be a graduate of civil engineering from some 

 reputable university or technical school. 



The commissioner of public roads had no authority over county 

 roads, other than in an advisory capacity, and the expenditures of 

 the department of public roads were not to exceed $25,000 annually, 

 to be -paid from the State road fund which was composed of the 

 proceeds of the license tax on motor vehicles. In 1914 a new law 

 was enacted enlarging the powers of the State commissioner of 

 pubfic roads and levying a State tax of 5 cents on each $100 valu- 



