Chap. 131.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled: An
act to establish a State highway commission, to define its powers and duties;
the term of office, salary and qualifications of the commissioner; to authorize
the commissioner to call into consultation the professors of engineering in
certain State institutions, and appropriating money to carry the provisions of
this act into effect approved March 6, 1906.

Approved March 3, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine of an act entitled “an act to establish a State highway commission,
to define its powers and duties; the term of office, salary and qualilica-
tions of the commissioner; to authorize the commissioner to call into
consultation the professors of engineering in certain State institutions,
and appropriating money to carry the provisions of this act into effect,”
approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and six, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows: |

§9. Whenever the local road authorities of any county propose to
improve permanently any main traveled road or part thereof in their
county, they may apply to the State highway commission for a com-
petent civil engineer to view the proposed road. Upon receipt of such
application the State highway commissioner shall send to such local
road authorities a blank form, furnished by him for the purpose, elicit-
ing from said local road authorities such information touching the pro-
posed road improvement as he may desire, which blank form said local
road authorities shall fill out to the best of their ability and return to the
commissioner. If the commissioner be satisfied that the proposed im-
provement will be permanent and upon a main traveled road, and that
the plans proposed by the local road authorities for such improvement
are in his judgment adequate and practicable, he, or one of his as-
sistants, shall view said road or part thereof proposed to be improved,
and shall carefully prepare plans, specifications and estimates of cost
for its construction with the materials agreed upon between the loca].
road authorities and the commissioner; a copy of said plans, specifica-
tions and estimates of cost shall be submitted to the local road authori-
ties and a copy filed in the office of the commissioner. Whenever the
commissioner shall be satisfied that the local conditions are such as to
render advisable the building of sand-clay roads in any county he may
authorize the building of such roads under the provisions of this act. If
the local road- authorities shall then decide to improve or construct said
road or part thereof in accordance with the plans and specifications
recommended and submitted by the commissioner, they may then apply
to the State highway commissioner for such State aid for the improve-
ment or construction of said road as may be obtained under the provisions

of this act.