Model State Law for Street and Highway Lighting

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It is necessary for a state to enact a suitable law in order that its subdivisions may be permitted to contract for public lighting.There has always been some provision in the laws of all states permitting the ordinary type of street lighting.There was no provision for special lighting such as Whiteways.Recently a number of States have amended the original law to provide for this new condition. Within the last year the same necessity has arisen with respect to Highway lighting.
There are still a great many states who have not passed laws covering Whiteway lighting, and with one or two exception, none of the states have passed law covering Highway lighting. In the states where such legislation exists, there is no particular uniformity in the laws, and provision is not always made to cover all possible conditions.
We have secured a collection of all such existing laws, and the Legal Department has prepared from them a model law covering every class and condition of public light ing, and embodying all the good points of previous legislation. There is no question but that each state could profitably annul their old acts and replace them by this new law.I hope you will find it pcssible to bring this attached form to the attention of the proper people in each state.