Identifier: biennialreporto1922nort (find matches)
Title: Biennial Report of the State Highway Commission of North Carolina
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: North Carolina State Highway Commission North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission
Subjects: Roads
Publisher: Raleigh, N.C. : The Commission
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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orting docu-ments, shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Secretary orhis authorized representatives, and copies thereof shall be furnished whenrequested. Regulation 11. Payments Section 1. Vouchers, in the form provided by the Secretary and certi-fied as therein prescribed, showing amounts expended on any project andthe amount claimed to be due from the Federal Government on accountthereof, shall be submitted by the State Highway Department to the Bureauof Public Roads, either after completion of construction of the project, or,if the Secretary has determined to make payments as the constructionprogresses, at intervals of not less than one month. Regulation 12. Submission of Documents Section 1. Papers and documents required by the act or these regula-tions to be submitted to the Secretary may be delivered to the Chief ofthe Bureau of Public Roads or his authorized representatives and, fromthe date of such delivery, shall be deemed submitted. PART II Departmental Reports
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Topsoil Road in Stanly County—Route 74 Departmental Reports V LEGAL DEPARTMENT The reorganization of the Commission under the provisions of the 1921law effected the organization of the above department. Since that timethe following transactions have been carried out or are pending: Number letters written 694 Number damage claims filed 47 Number damage claims closed 17 Number damage claims pending 30 Number suits entered 30 Number suits closed 14 Number suits pending 16 Number arrests of men in construction forces 16 Number of contracts written 63 Number condemnations 6 Number deeds written 6 Number cases on appeal, Supreme Court 2 Number drainage districts begun 2 Number drainage districts completed 1 It will be observed from the foregoing that the greater amount of workin this department has! arisen from alleged damages for rights-of-waynecessary in highway construction. It is fair to the freeholders of NorthCarolina, however, to state that in the majority of instances the necessar

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