Highway legislation files, 1960-1964.

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Highway legislation files, 1960-1964.

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Inter-office memoranda and outgoing correspondence concern state legislation affecting the Highway Division. Topics include motor vehicle laws, licensing and regulation of contractors, sale and purchase of land, fuel tax funds, administration of local roads and streets, flood control, personnel code, transfers of easements, and safety responsibility. File also includes reports and bulletins on highway transportation laws.

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