HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-09-13-1000AM-RegularMonday, September 1], 1968o'
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~ud Se. · t
September 1], 19~8, with the fol~ov~n8 members present:
A· S. Ware, county ~udse, presldins;
;, NSrton R. Bu~khnlter, Commissioner, Precinct' No. 1;
.... William A. Conrad, Comml~aloner, Precinct No. 2;
Clyde Jo Porterfield, Commisntc~er, 'Precinct HOc ~;:'
'~ewton Burlin, Commissioner, Precinct No. 6; and'
A· B. Syptak, ~ounty Clerk.
The Commissioners, Court of Brazos County, Taxa's, met in the offto~ of the County
the Courthouse in Bryan, Texas, in resular session at ten 6'~look'ao mci t~onday,
County and precinct off'-oars, reports of'fees collected for the month:of August','.'
1968, and duplicate receipts sho~ns remittances tO the County Treasurer of the amounts
specified, were received and approved as follow9: ''
Wa re,
A.S. County Judse ..... . ...... ', ' ~- ':
Ac B. Syptek, county clerk ..... ' . j o .' "' -; .~'..'
· · ..... 1,059.00 z,' ,' ...... /. .
~. W. Hamilton, Sheriff ......... ; .....'.. ~- .....
F. T. Cole, ~lerk of uistr~ot Court ...... '. · · ~ · .6?9.85
Davis Grant, County Attorney ............. ~. °2~8.60 '"
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.' E. ~. Dodson, ~usttos of the Peace, : '",
.~ ,. Feea collected and ~id to County .......... 166.90
Fees due h~m by County: ]6 oases @ $2.50 ....... 85.00 ~ ~, ....
~,, ~.,Vlrsil Es~lll, Constable, Precinct ~o. 6:
,,. - Fees collected and retained by him ....... · · · · 1]~.1~ ,
The follovdn8 reports were reoetved and approved es submitted:
Brazos county Health Unit for the month of'duly, 19~8;
lJrnzos County Welfare Assool,~'tion, ~ra. ~'. L. Breck,
t;hsirmnn, for months of dune and ,luly,
W. M. Klmb~ul~h ~ County Asrioulturel A~ent of Brnzos County, for the month of August,19~;
~,.Emlly Ritter, County Home i)amon,~trntion A~ent,~ for the month of August,
E. O. Pace, l~e~ro County A~ant, for ~te month of August, l~; .,
Fannt. e ,1. Taylor, nesro County Home Demonstration A6ent, for the month of
The court received and,..considered the-followinS oo~nieation which wan personallyf
delivered by ~ro W. ~ippreoht of I~ryan:
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~00 29th ,qt., Bryan, Texas,
September 1], 1968.
d ud~e, co~mieai c~ers court,
B~azo8
Dear ~ud~e ~a~:
~ r~e~er a'~er. 'you received ~e letter March I from ~. C. Greer, State Hi,way
'~buZl~n8 of~ u~ss, ~der ~e ~u~ern.Pao~o ~il~ad. ~r. ~e~'seems to have
~me~8 else o~ his min~ than to .follow the instructions of ~e law that bs~e effect-
lye ~aroh IS, lS~ whl~ st~otly,.zn~ruots the' M~ay occasion to r'e~ild and
September'
County $~,.?~8°20, and thst'up to September 1, 1947, it reserved in the last named year
s total of $1~7,75X.
By the statement of Mr. Orasr the in.ease of seat hae. inoreased very much, the
increase of money resolved from this county has inarsaasd~ ia proportion. Those that
are interested in the building of this u-4erpaas would like to know what authority
the highway oo~nission has to ignore the mandate of the law passed in 1929. ! am quite
sure that all of us wish to keep it out of polities..
Thanking you and the C~.mlssic~ers Court for the interest you have taken in this
matter, I am,
Yours very truly,
W. Wippreoht.
Whereupon the County ~udgs was requested to transmit the original letter of Mr.
lgAppreah t to Honorable D. C. Greet, State Highway Engineer, State Highway D, ep,arment et
Austin, Texas, with request that the matter be given prompt and serious attention.
On m~tion duly saoonded end unanimously adopted, the Court voted to authorize all
emmbers of the Commissioners Court to attend the Annual Conven~on of the County Judges and
CommAssioners of Texas, to be held at Dallas on September 19, 20, and 21, 19~8, on offiolal
business of Brazes County, with thai r actual expenses inourred on this trip to be paid out
of the Om, oral Fund. In the sase motion, the 0ourt voted to allow Sheriff ~. W. Hamilton a
refund of his ao~ual expenses insulted in attending the A~nual Convan~ton of the Texas
Sheriffs Assoolatt on to be held at Austin, Texas, du~lng the month of September, 19~8, and
allow County Cle~ A. B. Syptak his aotual expenses to be tnourred in attending the Annual
Convention of the Texas Assoolation of County Clerks to be held at Laredo, Texas, during the
month of Ootobar, 1~8.
On motion duly seoondsd and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to pay all bills
which have bean properly filed and approved and for whioh budgeted funds ara available.
The Court ransived and oonsidsred the following sommunioation from the Texas High-
way Department as submitted by Honorable D. C. Greet, ~tate Highway Engineer, under ,~sta of
August 27, 19~8~
"Austin 26, Texas, AUgUSt 27, 1948.
Subject: New State-Federal Farm-to-Maxket Road Program.
TO ALL COUNTY COMML~SXONER~ COURTS AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE:
Gan tJ. emsn,'
' The purpose of this letter is to aoquaint you with the prooeduro for tho
laotion of roads for inolualon in the new State-Federal Seoondary Road Program of
The Federal Highway Asr of 1~8 provides for Federal ansistanoa in the oo~tr2etion of
roads for the fisoal years 19~0 and 1951. The new law follows the same pattern of the
Highway Act of 19~4 exoept the amount of Federal funds has been reduoed by 10% and
covers only a two-year period. Federal funds under the Asr ,will besoms ,available no~
later than ~uly 1, 1949. The State will match the Federal funds, build and maintain
the roads. The Counties will be required to furnish right-of-way free of goat,
State.
The Aot provides for the aeleotion of roads to be oonstruoted on the Fedsral*aZd
': Secondary System, whish lnoludes farm-to-market roads, to be made by the ~tghway Depart
m~nt i,n,e,ooperatton with the County Commissioners Courts. It will be the pur.~se of
this Department 'tO have the Dlstziot Engineers con~aot the County Commissioners Court
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.I " ."., ~ the month of Sepbembar to ascertain f~om them the principal road nee~s of
~ij' ~'' ' '' :'' t''b'~ their pa°plo' When ~hiahas been d°n° the Highway C°mmIasI°n will f°rmulate a tw°'' ' "'"i ~''~'~'
i ] ". ,. year program. In line with this procedure it will not bo necessary for delegations ~:;"
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:.' ~~:' ~,7'' '., The Act also provides that the reeds are to be selected from the principal
" Secondary and Feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads and rural free delivery I
,-. , : ., mail end public school bus routes.I [~"
~..~ . For your general Information this is to advise that the funds made available by
', :' tho Ht~hway Act of 1944 covering the fi'Fsi three post-war years will have been sxpendo~ ~",~
" ,. ,': or contracted by early in 1949. The selections for this progra~ made in 194~ when eom-~
.,, ploted will he~e cost about seven~ million dolle~s, thirty million dollars being fromI
, ~ , ;~'-~o, ,
: ' Federal ~unds and forty million dollars fren State funds. This overrun In cost Is' '~ :.
,, to the Increasingly high cost of construction during t~is period. This program in
~ ' ' conjunction with the State-County cooperative plan adopted tn 1947 wlll give the Statel
~',, ,, a completed farm-to~narkot road system of approximately 8,600 miles. The roads will i
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' ; ,. , ': The new progr~n, severing only e period of two years end with reduced funds and .~
,';'~ .ts' ~. with continued hX~h construction costs, will fall short in continuing the rate of
, -, progress made under the old program. This means that seX action under the new program ,! ~.',;';~"
i" ' must be carefully made to assure rendering the ma~t~um of service to the people. Upon:
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'~ '" ,' the formulation of the two year pro~rem there will be no funds available for addlt- 1
Xonal
year period, unless additional f~nds are provided from · .
durXng
this
two
} : ' presently unknown sources.
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j! '. 'If addit~ml taformetion Xa desired, It is suggested that you contact the Dis- i
' triot Engineer of your District.
"., ' crests of our people will be genuinely appreoletedo{
, [ Sincerely yours, '
:' ~' ' ':" ' Do C. ~reer
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~ i ' Te'~as Stnte Hi.way En~tneer, tho Court received end considered the f~Llowing communication i
' "" '? fr~m Mr. ~ohn E. Blair, ~striot E~Xneer of the Texas State ~X~hway Dep~rt~ent, at Bryan, ! [['~,, '
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, .,' ' "Bryan, Texas, August il, 1948.
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~ · '~ ; . "' Federal-Aid Hi~hw~ Act of 1948
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· -..~~ ,.~: ,. ., ,. Dear Sir:
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~ iq' ';,., :... - .,: .. ' As you know the new Federal Aid Itlghwey Bill has now become law and the forming i ~',f.
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~ " ' 'IS n~ In order.
"~'!N~ ' ] ' ""f"': ~ '"""':"'" '~; We are taking this means ofreo6'rdin~ your pl~ferenee in the progr~n~Xng of~
i::,qI!i ""' '" ' '?' ' "' '
. . :' ' ' ' 'the Sedondery Roe~s tn your aount~ by sendingyou the attached Planning Survey Map ~'~:
· ' 'k" ' on ~htoh you ara to t~dlcate'your choice for oons~ruotlon by red pencil and numbered
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We are u~able, at this tim, to ~tve you tho exaot m~16s tha~ wiX1 bo posaib~e'
to oo~truot u~der thla tm. year progr~ but this ia not moesear~ fo~ you to in.~toate
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Yoar choice of p~Jeota -nd their priority. .
You r~nlize, of oottrse, that the fiml deoisicn as to prosr~m~n8 and aotual oon-
et~uotion will be made by the Highway Co~desion based on traffio de'ands a~d their
for~lty with the State syat~.
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Whereupon altar detailed oons~deration and dlsousa~on, by u~nous
of
the
C°ur~' l'separate farm't°'a~ket °rl'tar'l road proJeots were approved by the Court, ,
oo~struol~on as desired b~ B~zo~ County, all as indicated by red ~arka -nd fl~es
the attached mGp. '
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