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printing, etc., in the preparation" of said plans and specifications and
estimates as may be required by said state roads commission; but no county
shall be compelled to pay for such plans, specifications and estimate an
amount greater than fifty dollars per mile.
See notes to sec. 44.

An. Code, sec. 70A. 1912, ch. 374.

48. No person shall operate upon any of the public roads or highways
of this State, or of any county therein, any vehicle so constructed or equipped
as to cause any unusual amount of damage to such highways; and no wagon,
truck, road engine, traction engine or other vehicle having metal tires or
treads shall be operated over or upon any such road or highway having
upon the wheels any clamps, spikes, ribs or other devices which may cut
into or injure the road surface, nor shall any wagon or other vehicle of any
kind be operated with a rough lock or similar device under one or more
of the wheels thereof in such a manner as to cut into or injure the surface
of any such road or highway. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction shall be fined not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred
dollars for each offense, such fine to be paid to the board or other public
authorities in control of the road upon which such offense was committed
and to be used for road maintenance; provided, however, that this section
shall only apply to roads which have been improved with modern gravel,
shell, macadam or metal road bed, and shall not apply to dirt roads.

An. Code, sec. 70B. 1912, ch. 375.

49. It shall be the duty of the State Roads Commission to maintain
in good condition and keep in proper order and repair, so far as funds
for such purposes are available, all State roads heretofore or hereafter
constructed or improved by it under the provisions of this sub-title or
which now or at any time may be placed or come under its control; and
to such end the said State Roads Commission shall have power and author-
ity to adopt such method or methods for the systematic repair and main-
tenance of such roads as it may from time to time deem proper and
advisable; and, out of funds appropriated or designated for use in the
repair or maintenance of said State roads, shall have power and authority
to employ such engineers, assistants and other employees, and purchase
such equipment, appliances and materials as may be reasonably requisite
and necessary for the purposes aforesaid. Said commission shall keep
accurate records in detail showing as far as practicable the cost of main-
tenance and repair of such roads under the various systems of maintenance
and repair adopted by it from time to time; the cost and quantities of
different kinds of stone, oil and other materials used in the maintenance and
repair of said roads, and the durability and effects of traffic of various kinds
upon the different types of roads constructed, maintained or repaired under
the provisions of this sub-title. And said commission shall embody in its
annual report to the Governor a synopsis of such investigations and expendi-
tures. The County Commissioners of the several counties of this State are