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PUBLIC LAW 86-767-AUG. 27, 1958
(f) The system or systems of roads in the Territory of Alaska on which Federal-aid funds may be expended under this chapter shall be determined and agreed upon by the Governor of Alaska, the Alaska Highway and Public Works Board, and the Secretary. (g) The system of highways on which funds apportioned to the Territory of Hawaii under this chapter shall be expended may be determined and agreed upon by the Governor of said Territory and the Secretary. §104. Apportionment (a) Whenever an apportionment is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure upon the Federal-aid systems, the Secretary shall deduct a sum, in such amount not to exceed 3 % per centum of all sums so authorized, as the Secretary may deem necessary for administering the provisions of law to be financed from appropriations for the Federal-aid systems and for carrying on the research authorized by subsections (a) and (b) of section 307 of this title. I n making such determination, the Secretary shall take into account the unexpended balance of any sums deducted for such purposes in prior years. The sum so deducted shall be available for expenditure from the unexpended balance of any appropriation made at any time for expenditure upon the Federal-aid systems, until such sum has been expended. (b) On or before January 1 next preceding the commencement of each fiscal year, except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection, the Secretary, after making the deduction authorized by subsection (a) of this section, shall apportion the remainder of the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure upon the Federalaid systems for that fiscal year, among the several States in the following manner: (1) For the Federal-aid primary system: One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States, except that only one-third of the area of Alaska shall be included; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States as shown by the latest available Federal census; one-third in the ratio which the mileage of rural delivery routes and star routes in each State bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in all the States at the close of the next preceding fiscal year, as shown by a certificate of the Postmaster Genera^ which he is directed to make and furnish annually to the Secretary. No State shall receive less than one-half or 1 per centum of each year's apportionment. (2) For the Federal-aid secondary system: One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States, except that only one-third of the area of Alaska shall be included; one-third in the ratio which the rural population of each State bears to the total rural population of all the States as shown by the latest available Federal census; and one-third in the ratio which the mileage of rural delivery and star routes, certified as above provided, in each State bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in all the States. No State shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum of each year's apportionment. (3) For extensions of the Federal-aid primary and Federal-aid secondary systems within urban areas: I n the ratio which the population in municipalities and other urban places, of five thousand or more, in each State bears to the total population in municipalities and other urban places of five thousand or more in all the States, as shown by the latest
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