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able property therein to pay for them. The bond issue must receive the favorable 
vote of two-thirds of those voting at an election called thereon. 
Any county, township, precinct, city, or village, when authorized by three-fifths 
of those voting at an election thereon, may issue bonds in an amount not exceeding 
10 per cent of the taxable value of all property therein for the purpose of building 
bridges across any boundary river. 
Townships, precincts, cities, or villages, respectively, may issue bonds in amounts 
not to exceed 10 per cent of their taxable valuation for roads and bridges, when author- 
ized by a vote of two-thirds of those voting at an election called thereon. 
Provision is made for the improvement of roads in counties of more than 20,000 
population on petition to the county boards, signed by the owners of a majority of 
the frontage of lands abutting on such roads, and for the payment of the cost of such 
improvement by the issuance of county bonds, the interest and principal of such 
bonds to be paid by special benefit assessments on lands lying within 2 miles of the 
road or roads improved. 
State prisoners work on the roads, streets, or alleys. 
ROAD MILEAGE. 
At the close of 1914 Nebraska had 80,272 miles of public road, of which 1,204.54 
miles or 1.5 per cent were surfaced. Of the surfaced roads 1,131.1 miles were sand- 
clay, 39.21 miles macadam, 21 miles gravel, 7.53 miles concrete, 2.4 miles brick, 
1.3 miles bituminous macadam, and 2 miles gypsum. There was also reported 
27,540.90 miles of graded and drained earth road. 
In 1909 Nebraska reported 80,338 miles of public road, of which 248.55, or .31 per 
cent were surfaced, a gain in surfaced roads in the 10-year period of 955.99 miles. 
Detailed information as to road mileage for 1914 is presented in Table 19. 
REVENUES APPLIED TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. 
The total revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1914 amounted to $1,796,277.69, 
of which $1,454,680.65 was derived from general county and township taxes, $85,399.77 
from poll taxes, $114,724.44 from inheritance taxes and other special taxes, $47,086 
from the automobile fund, and $94,386.83 from the State-aid bridge fund. The total 
revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1904 amounted to $878,547.40, a gain in the 
10-year period of $917,730.29, or 104.4 per cent. Information regarding road and 
bridge revenue and taxation for these purposes is presented by counties in Table 42. 
BONDS. 
No State bonds have been issued for roads and bridges and so far as can be ascer- 
tained, no bonds have been issued for these purposes by counties or townships. 
NEVADA. 1 
Nevada has a land area of 109,821 square miles, a total road mileage of 12,182, of 
which 262 miles or 2.14 per cent were surfaced at the close of 1915. 
By a law enacted in 1913, a board of county highway commissioners was created 
in each county to be composed of the regularly elected board of county commissioners, 
the county assessor, and the district attorney. The board is vested with exclusive 
control of all matters pertaining to the construction, repair, and maintenance of 
public highways, roads, and bridges within the county, and may appoint a county 
road supervisor, who, under the direction of the board, has charge of all county roads, 
and supervises and directs construction, repair, and maintenance. If the county 
k '^rd of highway commissioners decides not to appoint a county road supervisor, it 
1 In collecting the information for Nevada assistance was rendered by Parvin P. Jones, collaborator 
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
