GRAVEL ROAD ASSESSMENTS.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 215] for the relief of plank, macadamized and gravel roads, recommending that it lie on the table.
Mr. RYAN--The report of the Committee should not be concurred in. This bill provides for the completion and approval of the assessments to extent of enabling owners of this class of roads to collect the pay for liabilities that have been incurred for the benefit of the community. There certainly can be no objection to this measure. Many roads were built in anticipation of this assessment under the then existing law, when the Legislature came along and wiped it out, and left these men bankrupts, growing out of the repeal of this law. It is right, it seems to me, that some such law should be passed to reimburse these men for their means invested.
Mr. FLOYD thought if this measure passed it would lay the foundation for extensive litigation.
On motion by Mr. RYAN, the bill was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee.
