The Rural Post Roads Act of 1916 provided federal aid in the
United States
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to the states for the construction of rural post roads, construed to mean any
public road
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
over which the
United States mail was then transported.
President
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
signed the bill into law on July 11, 1916.
References
1916 in American law
United States federal postal legislation
United States federal transportation legislation
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