14 BULLETIN 389^ U. S. DEPARTME^STT OP AGBICULTURE. 



REVENUES APPLIED TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. 



The total revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1914 amounted to $1,937,546.23, 

 of which $1,553,655.91 was derived from the general county road and bridge tax; 

 $25,040.36 was received by counties from motor-vehicle licenses; $56,340.85 was 

 received by counties from the forest-reserve fund; $285,851.61 was received by counties 

 from the State fund ; $15,423 was appropriated by the State for the administration of 

 the State highway department; and $1,234.50 was expended from the bond-issue fund 

 in Garfield Coimty. The total revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1904 amounted 

 to $707,223.63, a gain within the 10-year period of $1,230,322.60, or 173.96 per cent. 

 Detailed information in regard to revenue applied to roads and bridges is shown by 

 counties in Table 32. 



ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 



The total road and bridge bonds outstanding on January 1, 1915, amounted to 

 $90,500, of which $55,500 was for Garfield County and $35,000 for San Miguel County. 

 Bonds in both counties bear 6 per cent and the Garfield Coimty bonds run for 20 

 years. There was expended during the year 1914, $1,234.50 from the bond-issue 

 funds in Garfield County. No State road and bridge bonds have been issued. 



IDAHO. 1 



Idaho has a land area of 83,354 square miles, and a total road mileage of 24,396, of 

 which 679 miles, or 2.78 per cent, were surfaced at the close of 1914. 



The State highway commissiop consists of the secretary of state, who is ex officio 

 a meinber and secretary, and two other members appointed by the governor for terms 

 of three years. The commission appoints a State highway engineer, who is the execu- 

 tive officer of the commission and may be removed by it. The State highway com- 

 mission, acting through its executive officer, has general powers and jurisdiction over 

 the laying out, constructing, improving, and maintaining of a system of State high- 

 ways and bridges and the expenditure of State highway funds. The commission ia 

 authorized to appoint such assistant engineers and other assistants as may be necessary 

 and also to advise, assist, and cooperate with local road officials in all matters per- 

 taining to highway and bridge construction and maintenance. 



A system of State highways, to consist of main trunk lines connecting the larger 

 centers of population, was to be selected by the State highway commission and plans 

 prepared therefor. All highways constructed by the State or by the aid of the State 

 are State highways and shall be maintained at the sole expense of the State. Where 

 highways are built by the State in cooperation with a county or a highway district 

 or a good-road district in any county, the county must pay, if the cooperation is with 

 a county, not less than two-thirds of the cost, and the district must pay, if the coop- 

 eration is with a district, not less than one-half the cost, if the taxable valuation of 

 the district is $1,000,000 and less, and not less than two-thirds of the cost if the tax- 

 able valuation of the district is more than $1,000,000. State bonds are authorized to 

 pay a portion of the cost of constructing the system of State highways. A State 

 highway fund is created for a like purpose. 



The board of county commissioners in each county is vested with jurisdiction in 

 all matters pertaining to roads and bridges therein. Boards of county commissioners 

 may divide their respective counties into suitable and convenient road districts and 

 appoint one road overseer for each district. The road overseers are subject to removal 

 by the board of county commissioners. A board of county commissioners may appoint 

 a road supervisor for the county who shall have immediate control of all road and 

 bridge work in the county under the board of county commissioners. 



' 1 In collecting the information for Idaho assistance was rendered by E. M. Booth, State highway engineer, 

 and collaborator of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



