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RES OLUTI ON NO. 75 WHEREAS, the Federal-Aid Highway Act has apportion- ed certain Federal sums to the State of California on a long- range program and will continue such apportionment for each fiscal year until 1972 for the purpose of eliminating in the State existing deficiencies in Interstate, Primary and Second- ary Highways and extensions of these systems within Urban areas; and WHEREAS, the apportionment received each fiscal year by the State of California is based (a) 45 per centum for pro- jects on the Federal-aid primary highway system; (b) 30 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system; f. (c) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of these systems within Urban areas; and WHEREAS, the apportionment so made will, over the next fourteen years, improve the standards of all important highways necessary to the motoring public who use said primary and secondary systems and extensions of these systems within the Urban areas ; and WHEREAS, by an Act of the State Legislature of Cali- fornia referred to as Chapter 5 "Federal Aid for Secondary Highways" being Sections 2200 to 2214 inclusive, of the Streets and Highways Code, all Federal funds apportioned to the State of California for Secondary systems have been allocated to the counties for county highways throughout the state in the follow- ing amounts : not less than eighty-seven and one-half percent (870) of the money apportioned to California for projects in the Federal-aid secondary system except that during the fiscal years of 1957-58 and 1958-59, at least ninety-eight and one-half percent (980) of such moneys shall be expended for the improve- ment of county highways; and WHEREAS, Section 2210. 5 of said Streets and Highways Code further provides that the State shall contribute toward the improvement of county highways , in addition to the amount provided for in the preceding paragraph, money not to exceed $100,000 in any one year except that during the fis'al years 1957-58 and 1958-59 no county shall receive in excess of $200,000 in any one year; and