Preference: Page struction of Public lands highways... 28 14 27 nected system interstate highways (see 6 116 States. departments for approval of Secretary... 2,7,8 adequate construction materials required. 7 7 7 2 6 23 3,8 6 16 in cost. 17, 23, 26, 28 act of June 24, 1930 (Oddie-Colton Act).. 28 28 28 (see also Authorizations and appropri. ations). authorization for expenditure for public 49 57 P B Pan-American bighway. See Inter-Ameri. Railroad grade crossings: apportionment of funds under Emergency 48 56 12 9, 131, 132 83 56 9 29 9, 10, 45, 64 6 33 by Secretary of Treasury on warrants by 2,8 3,8 8 55 8,8 can highway. 56 ture and Secretary of the Interior for 117 117 113 35, 45, 55 2, 3, 8, 17 3 bridges over 20 feet span. exclusive of bridges over 20 feet span... 12 bridges over 20 feet span under certain 26 bridges over 20 feet span until original 26 35 Recovery Act. 46 55 39, 40, 48, 49, 55 road construction, Federal funds need 55 Forest roads, Labor, etc. tracts, Fraudulent claims, and Labor. Surveys, plans, specifications, and esti- mates. 10, 23, 26, 40, 48, 56 23 6, 23 2, 10 89, 40 45, 56 Reimbusement to States-Continued. Page time of, decided jointly by highway departments and Secretary (see also 3,8 3 and supplies. 3, 5, 9, 45 9 51 9 40 131, 132 39 9, 131, 132 6 9 9 9 9 9 7 9 132 7 4,9, 35, 41, 49, 50 83 73 58 110 108 106 92 83 73 65 2, 10 1,4 State-Continued. Page by State constitution or laws. 2, 4, 11, 12, 17, 20 7 14 40 2, 10 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 28, 30 1,6 contingencies. See Engineering and contingencies. 6,7 9 mates. See Surveys, plans, specifica- tions, and estimates. work to be done under supervision of.... 3,8 construction work and labor to be done 3,8 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 17, 20 3,11 7 7 7 7 7 2,8 cluded and credited to appropriation on 36, 43, 52, 53, 113 45, 46 46, 115, 122 39, 44 2,8 36, 43, 52, 53, 131 57 States. See Rules and regulations on, T 45, 55 Federal funds need not be matched dur- 55 42 appropriation for road within.. 124 1906, are subject to provisions of general 116 21, 36, 40 21 21 125 not fixed by contract with State, etc., to 124 114 46, 122 36, 56 s funds for safer traffic facilities or elimina- tion of hazards to pedestrians or vehic- 44 39 56 9 57 2,8,10 6,8,9 tem. 6 tions, and estimates. 6 1 Page Tolls-Continued. Page 1, 7,21 tolls to be applied in repayment of cost. 21, 36, 40 5 57 23 17 5,6 17 U W See Labor. cost of reconditioning to be charged to ad- ministrative funds.. Federal-aid apportionment. plosives fit for immediate use. Federal Government. roads and other roads under his direct supervision. transfer for highways. Boulevard, Commission established. percent grants). 17 5, 6 122 49 39 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SECONDARY OR FEEDER ROADS UNDER ACT OF JUNE 16, 1936 Rules and Regulations for Carrying out the Provisions of Section 7 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (Pub. No. 686_74th Cong.), Which Relate to the Improvement of Secondary or Feeder Roads in Accordance With the Provisions of the Federal Highway Act (Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture Feb. 9, 1937) DEFINITIONS SECTION 1. For the purposes of these rules and regulations the following definitions shall control. “Act” shall mean section 7 of the Act of June 16, 1936, (Pub. No. 686—74th Cong.) which provides for the improvement of secondary or feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural free delivery mail roads, and public school bus routes in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented. “State” as used herein shall include the Territory of Hawaii and the Island of Puerto Rico. "Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. “Secondary highway funds" shall mean the funds authorized to be apportioned under the act to the several States by the Secretary of Agriculture for the improvement of secondary or feeder roads. “Secondary or feeder roads” shall mean roads outside of municipalities, except as hereafter provided, which are not included in the Federal-aid highway system, and shall include farm-to-market roads, mine-to-market roads, rural free delivery mail roads, public school bus routes, and other rural roads of community value which connect with important highways or which extend reasonably adequate highway service from such highways, or which lead to rail or water shipping points or local settlements. The limitation with respect to roads within municipalities shall not be construed to prevent improvements into or through small municipalities when such improvements are necessary for continuity of service. “Municipality shall mean a populous community, generally of defined area, usually organized pursuant to law into a body politic with corporate name and continuous succession and for the purpose and with the authority of subordinate local self-government. "Project” shall mean a definite undertaking for a purpose defined under the act. Projects shall be designated “Federal Aid Secondary Project No. FAS INITIATION OF PROJECTS SEC. 2. All projects under this act shall be initiated by the States and submitted in the same manner as other Federal-aid projects, and all such projects shall be subject to all of the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture in effect for administering the Federal Highway Act, as amended, except such provisions as are inconsistent or in conflict with these rules and reguas. APPLICATION OF FUNDS TO PROJECTS SEC. 3. The funds apportioned to any State under the act shall he applied to projects, essentially rural in character, that are not on highway routes which are potential additions to the Federal-aid highway system within a reasonable interval. In States where the mileage of the State highway system is a small percentage of the total highway mileage of the State, the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads shall determine to what extent secondary or feeder road projects may be located on the State highway system. 85393°-37 (141) |