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 356 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sm. I. Ch. 241. 1916. @;_,mm¤,s_ character and method of construction: Promlled, That all roads under the provisions of this Act shall be free from tolls 0 . ¥"°‘““¤ °‘°°”’“·,. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of this Act the term "rural post road" Rmlpm md' shall be construed to mean any public road over which the United States mails now are pr maiy hereafter be transported, excluding evez street and road m a p ace having a pisipulation, as shown by the test aviiaiipble Federalfcensus, si two t usaiiisil five hunifilrpidifiir .. more excep at portion o an suc street orro o w e 1¤•rrE¤iia¤i§.llmh'°y dl housds average more than two hundred feet apart; thentgarm ‘?State h1g]1wagidepartment" shall construed to include   department of ano er name, or commission, or official or offic_, o a_ State ..Cmmm,_m_,, empoyveiiieg, urésiesc its laws, go exercisis sihiie ifiimctipns ordinarily exercise y a a highway epartmen · e rm construction ’ ..,,mD_,,i, mm shall be construed to include reconstrudtion and improvement of ¤>¤d¤;iii‘1>r<>§riy   as useiil ilisiem ¤m.11.be eoiistrued to mean e m o n repairs an. e reservation o a reasonabl smooth s ace conside th t tpth ad· b t shall t iiiiiiiiii iiiiiii iii be heldito include extrao   1(ior rgchliistructilon; nediism¤m_“ "° sagi br1dgesda;i1dii¢isu1verts_ shalliieiiiggelnsid parts of the respective ro s covere y eprovisionso c . . ’**’*"°¥""““°°· Sec. 3. That for the pmpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act there IS hereby apiprizgriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropna, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth year ending June tlurtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum m,*m..8’882;.8,1*8.:i.i*tt...* 8*88, 3::8* *882 :*;*;**;*50*08:.8 ¥"““t3§‘“8rS.n“‘“ 6*€° *8 _ e_ sum o · or e year ending June thirtieth nineteen hundred ahd tw t the f iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iii iiiii $20,000ii000; and for the iiscal year ending June tcliirfiveth, niiigtiegn · .;,,..,.;,.1 mmm, hmdm _ 89d l¤W<·>¤¢5';01w. the Sum of $25,000,000. Se much of the ., a ' in that State  the close of the succeeding fiscal6ye(dl·,‘h1;§Pc(ent tllialaz 21x§:i1;1iiiitsii:;]é>i;;:i>iiri:z1or:ied for ansi Eseal fisiar zgiiiaxg Sgate which llxas not _ y epartmen shall a a e or nditure in that State until the close of the third fiscal year  th cl ““PP°{§‘°'{,{';;'}' "' of the fiscal year for which such rti t mgd 0 086 "“""°°°‘   »;i=»i·gii·¤»¤ ?1>?1i¤ii<>¤¢d i¤i·i¤s» the pii¤i?{’i1£§.m°2}“€§s`i“5r .m§;,.$‘$i a e en o e per1_ uringw 'c itis available fo dit Ender the terms of this section shall be reapportionedr vgglfih siicltl; ays thereafter, to  the States m the same manner and on the same basis, and certified to the Secret of the Tre State highway departments and to tlgygoverxgors :i§`§2¥at·:sdhE:vir1i; _ no State hwa de artments in the same way as if it were be` fxyunmeini U spportione undhr this Act for the first time: Provided, Thatuig §;*:iii*§:§?3iE’;‘;i¤lh1Y€<l States wherethe constitution prohibits the State from engaging in anyiiwork oi; mtisiiial improvements, then the amount of the appropria ion un er t Act apportioned to an such State shall be turned ovsir go the higihway department of the tate or to the governor of siaiiii sisite isis e eiirpended under the pirovisions of this Act and er e es an regulations of the epartment of Agriculture ivxihsixiiiispiyii riixiimber of iiisountneshm any sinch State shall approipriate » e propo on or s are nee edito be raised in 0 t i i i i ii *§i¥g§Tt§c2?¢;5¤w to its part of the appropnation apportioned. niilldeg ‘“““““f *5 mg °f‘ nc. 4. _ at so much not to ed 4;},1-86 mast bum md appropnation fori any fiscal year niigzlg by or null;  (si; lll; Seiciirstaryhof Agriculture may estimate to be necessary for adminis ring the provisions of this Act shall be deducted for that p1u·pose,
 * ¤=¤¤¤¤i¤¢=¤¤¤•¤- nineteen    seventeen, the sum of $5,000,000; for the fiscal
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