Boone County Recorder . the public take care of its own; why should not thestate and all property therein Contribute to buildingthe roads? Kverybody is interested in them, every-body is affected through the markets by the road con-ditions; they are benefited by good roads and injured~By bad ones. ^%-6^^ew-TfiTiTrgffr-spread throughout thestaff nnd finally New Jersey led the way to better comditions by passing a law by which the state should con-tribute one-third the money --required-to-improve—the-roads. Other states followed, increasing Ihe propor-tion to one-half and in one cascr~Massachuset
Boone County Recorder . the public take care of its own; why should not thestate and all property therein Contribute to buildingthe roads? Kverybody is interested in them, every-body is affected through the markets by the road con-ditions; they are benefited by good roads and injured~By bad ones. ^%-6^^ew-TfiTiTrgffr-spread throughout thestaff nnd finally New Jersey led the way to better comditions by passing a law by which the state should con-tribute one-third the money --required-to-improve—the-roads. Other states followed, increasing Ihe propor-tion to one-half and in one cascr~Massachusetts, tothree-fourths. la many cases of Ihe Xew Kngland states farm property-re only a very small portion of the total taxable property, in some cases not ten per cent., and when the cost of toad impureemcnl was distributed over all prop* erty of the state, the burden was hardly felt, and yet n n -w ?> - » _. Jm^wiaa^g:^—-~~^^M oi- than nnr sum anil then finally nav off tho wi A. BAD JSOADlIN S*/CfiIGAN;. sum and then finally pay off the bsads will hardly be Under a state aid law not a rod of road could be felt by the property owners of the Empire state owing built unless the residents of a township decided to do to their immense list of taxable property. so. Not a dollar of state money could be expended Ohio, after 40 years of bulldlngTOads: by thft old Jinl&Ss the~ftmner5~ In the rural township plan of local taxation and bond issues, in which the voted for improvements. farmer had to pay practically the whole bill, has If U should be alleged that state aid was a plan to passed a state aid law which will enable it to build compel railroads, corporations, merchants and manu- three miles of improved roads where it has been build-ing one, without any increase whatever in taxation upon farm property. ~^TrglhTa^lslnc first southern state to join thestate aid column for good toads. Kentucky is alive to the situation and is taking stops to change its consti-tuti
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