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BULLETIN 1279, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 12. — Highway income and expenditures of States, counties, and local 
communities for all rural highway purposes during 1921 — Continued 
ARKANSAS 
INCOME 
County and district: 
County and district bonds $16, 060, 2S9 
County taxes 4.266.391 
County share motor vehicle fees 
and gasoline tax 526, 544 
Miscellaneous 161,541 
County and district total $21. 014. 765 
State: 
State share motor vehicle fees and 
gasoline tax l 500.000 
Federal aid 1,372,205 
State total 1, 872, 205 
Summary: 
Bonds 16,060.289 
Taxes 4.266.391 
Federal aid 1,372,205 
Motor vehicle fees 856. 544 
Gasoline tax 170, 000 
Miscellaneous 161,541 
Grand total 22,886,970 
EXPENDITURES 
State and county: 
Road and bridge construction $14, 397, 819 
Road and bridge maintenance 3, 196, 665 
Administration and engineering-.. 1. 279, 374 
Interest and payment 
on highway bonds.. 
Purchase and repair of 
machinery, equip- 
ment, etc 
$1, 857, 20S 
479, 94S 
18. 873, 858 
2, 337. 156 
State and county total 21, 211. 014 
The work of the State highway department was 
practically limited to allocating State aid and Fed- 
eral aid to counties and highway improvement dis- 
tricts, and a general inspection and approval of 
! work* before payments were made. 
During 1921 the Federal-aid and State-aid work 
so supervised involved actual pavments of approxi- 
l mately $7,000,000 The State payments for State 
aid were $288,384 and State expenditures for the 
, State highway department, $55,000. All of this is 
included in above. 
CALIFORNIA 
INCOME 
County: 
Bonds $17, 896, 539 
Taxes 15,432,565 
Miscellaneous 3,580,252 
Motor-vehicle fees 2, 434, 800 
County total 39,344,156 
State: 
Bonds 5,122.000 
Motor-vehicle fees 2,434,800 
Federal aid 1,315,201 
Federal forest allotment 1,218,153 
Miscellaneous 257, 585 
State total 10, 347, 739 
Summarv: 
Bonds 23,018,539 
Taxes 15,432.565 
Federal and forest aid 2,533. 354 
Motor vehicle fees 4, 869, 600 
Miscellaneous. 3,837,837 
Grand total 49.091,895 
EXPENDITURES 
County: 
Road and bridge construction $15, 608, 367 
Road and bridge maintenance 8, 819, 765 
Administration and engineering ... 1. 127. 740 
25, 555, 872 
Pavments on highwav 
bonds $1,101,720 
Interest on highway 
bonds 2.138,477 
Purchase and repair of 
machinery, equip- 
ment, etc 1.647,302 
4. 887, 499 
County total . 30. 443, 371 
State: 
Road construction 5, 168. 304 
Bridge construction 142.518 
Road and bridge maintenance 2, 16S. 011 
Administration 153, 156 
Engineering 236, 695 
Field engineering and advance sur- 
veys 291, 643 
S, 160. 327 
Interest on State high- 
way bonds 3 $1,568,000 
Principal on State high- 
way bonds _ 400,000 
Purchase of machinery 
and equipment 346, 228 
Repair of machinery 
ana equipment 340,893 
2, 655. 121 
State total 10. 815.448 
Federal forest road: 
Construction 410,086 
Administration and engineering... 101,342 
Machinery and equipment 52. 725 
Federal forest road total 5i)4. 153 
Summ 
Construction and maintenance 32. 317. 051 
Administration and engineering... 1.910,576 
All other items 7. 595. 345 
Grand total 41,822,972 
Mi but ion of motor- vehicle fees and gasoline tax approximate, as law was changed during course of year. 
• The payments of interesl on highway bonds in some districts were not recorded separately but were 
Led with the expenditures for construction. The sum shown for payments on interest and principal 
d thai for construction too large by an unknown amount. 
>n State highway bonds was assessed againsl counties prior to July l. 1921. 
