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 regulations.

APPLICATION OF FUNDS TO PROJECTS

SEC. 3. The funds apportioned to any State under the act shall be 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.