SECTIONS 1670-1672 - California Statutes

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE

SECTION 1670-1672

1670. The board of supervisors of any county may enter into
cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States, or other properly authorized officer of the United
States, for the survey, construction, and maintenance of highways or
trails within such county, or for the survey, construction, and
maintenance of highways or trails outside of its county limits,
including highways or trails lying partly within and partly without
the boundaries of the State, where authorization therefor is given by
ordinance or resolution of the board of supervisors or other
properly authorized agency of the county in which such highways or
trails or a portion thereof are to be constructed.

1671. The agreements shall be entered into pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8 of the act of Congress, approved July 11,
1916, entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid
the states in the construction of rural post roads and for other
purposes," or pursuant to the provisions of Section 23 of the
Federal-Aid Highway Act, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the
county and the Secretary of Agriculture.
The county board of supervisors may incur expenses necessary to
perform its part of the cooperative agreements, and may pay the cost
and expenses of the agreements out of the county general fund or such
other fund as the board of supervisors designates or otherwise
provides.

1672. Upon request of the proper officer of the United States,
together with the order of the board of supervisors of the county,
the county treasurer shall deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank to
the credit of the United States all money set aside by the board of
supervisors under agreements entered into with the United States in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act and
subsequent acts of like nature. The money shall be paid out by the
proper fiscal agent of the United States pursuant to the agreements.