Gammon

The county of Sacramento, in 1916, elected to bring itself within the benefits conferred by the provisions of an act entitled, “An act providing for the laying out, constructing, straightening, improvement and repair of main public highways in any county, providing for the voting, issuing and selling of county bonds and the acceptance of donations to pay for such work and improvements, providing for a highway commission to have charge of such work and improvements, and authorizing cities and towns to improve the portions of such highways within their corporate limits and to issue and sell bonds therefor” (Stats. 1907, p. 666), and amendments thereto. Said act is commonly known as the Good Roads Act and future reference will be made to it as such.

The County Highway Commission’s report and recommendation that bonds issue in the sum of $1,750,000 to be expended in the improvement and repairing of the highways of said county was adopted by the board of supervisors and subsequently ratified by the electors of said county at an election held for that purpose.

The report of the Highway Commission, as adopted by the board of supervisors, designated certain main highways, aggregating…