but let the twenty-five thousand and first butchery be the signal for the arrest of the 50 state highway commissioners.

The best reason that can be advanced for the state adopting the practice was the advent of expanded highway construction during the 1920s and '30s.

The large sign, formerly reading " University of Lawsonomy ", was a familiar landmark for motorists in the region for many years and was visible from I-94 about 13 miles north of the Illinois state line, on the east side of the highway.

Caltrans manages the state highway system ( which includes the California Freeway and Expressway System ) and is actively involved with public transportation systems throughout the state.

At the time, there was no state highway system, since roads were purely a local responsibility.

The voters approved a $ 18 million bond issue for the construction of a state highway system in 1910 and the first Highway Commission was convened in 1911.

* K-7 ( Kansas highway ), a state highway in Kansas

* K-9 ( Kansas highway ), a state highway in the U. S. state of Kansas

* M-107 ( Michigan highway ), a former state highway in Michigan

According to the Texas Transportation Commission, Paris is the second-largest city in Texas without a four-lane divided highway connecting to an Interstate highway within the state.

A 2009 meeting between the heads of state of Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan paved the way for a new highway through Tajikistan.

Similarly, the nationwide state 55 mph ( 90 km / h ) speed limit,. 08 legal blood alcohol limit, and the nationwide state 21-year drinking age were imposed through this method ; the states would lose highway funding if they refused to pass such laws ( though the national speed limit has since been repealed ).

California Vehicle Code, Sections 360, 590, define a " highway " as only a way open for use of motor vehicles, but the California Supreme Court has held that " the definition of ' highway ' in the Vehicle Code is used for special purposes of that act ," and that canals in the town of Venice, California, are " highways " that are entitled to be maintained with state highway funds.

Through the RCNL, Howard led campaigns to expose brutality by the Mississippi state highway patrol and to encourage blacks to make deposits in the black-owned Tri-State Bank of Nashville which, in turn, gave loans to civil rights activists who were victims of a " credit squeeze " by the White Citizens ' Councils.

Toll roads peaked in the mid 19th century, and by the turn of the twentieth century most toll roads were taken over by state highway departments.

The river crosses the richest agricultural and timber districts of the state.

The Humboldt River crosses from east to west across the northern part of the state, draining into the Humboldt Sink near Lovelock.

The state crown of Henry VII had five fleurs-de-lis, five crosses and two arches topped by a gold orb and cross.

The East River Mountain Tunnel, connecting Virginia and West Virginia, is one of only two instances in the United States where a mountain road tunnel crosses a state line.

Route 4 crosses the Saddle River and then enters Paramus, which is home to one of the largest concentrations of retail shopping districts in the state.

It crosses back into Nutley, Essex County and regains state maintenance.

It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Texas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue.

The state forest is also crossed by the Appalachian Trail, which crosses from Great Barrington, below the peak of the mountain and on to Sky Hill in Tyringham.

Interstate 90, also known as the Massachusetts Turnpike, crosses into the state in West Stockbridge.

Approximately long and running north-south, it lies entirely in the state of Western Australia and crosses the Nullarbor Plain and the Great Victoria Desert.

It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue.

The east end of the highway in the state is at Clarkston, where the highway crosses the Snake River into Idaho at Lewiston.

It runs north-eastwards, entering Austria, and from Landeck eastwards through the Austrian state of Tyrol and its capital, Innsbruck ( bridge over the Inn ), and crosses the border into Bavaria near Kufstein.

Along its route, the trail crosses numerous local parks, state parks and forests, state wildlife and natural areas, as well as the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.

By the early 20th century, the state had two railway systems: the Paranaguá to Curitiba ( 69 miles ) ( 111 km ) with an extension to Ponta Grossa ( 118 miles ) ( 190 km ) and branches to Rio Negro ( 55 miles ) ( 89 km ), Porto Amazonas ( 6 miles ) ( 10 km ) and Antonina ( 10 miles ) ( 16 km ); and the São Paulo and Rio Grande, which crosses the state from northeast to south-west from União da Vitória, on the Iguaçu, to a junction with the Sorocabana line of São Paulo at Itararé.

Other names that were proposed, at the time of the split and afterwards, include " Pantanal " ( a reference to its best known geographical feature ) and " Maracaju " ( a reference to the Maracaju mountain range that crosses the state from north to south ).

A short distance later, Route 143 crosses US 30 and continues for a little bit to the end of state maintenance.

After the Pan-American Highway crosses the state line into Anzoátegui, it almost immediately enters the city of Barcelona.

The Blue Ridge Parkway crosses the North Carolina-Virginia state line at mile 216. 9.

Chambliss was criticized for remarks he made during a November 19, 2001 meeting with first responders in Valdosta, Georgia, where he said that homeland security would be improved by turning the sheriff loose to " arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line.

The crest crosses the California-Nevada state line just south of a final high summit Boundary Peak, Nevada's high point.

Instead, a " great crown " comprising a circlet of gold with crosses and fleurs-de-lys atop its rim, but without arches ( an open crown ), was a king's usual headgear on state occasions until the time of Henry V, who is depicted in statuary and illustrations with an " imperial crown ", i. e., the great crown with gold arches added ( also called a closed crown ).

U. S. 412 crosses Missouri on its Bootheel, and runs concurrent with Interstate 155 east of Hayti to the Tennessee state line.

Abbots more and more assumed almost episcopal state, and in defiance of the prohibition of early councils and the protests of St Bernard and others, adopted the episcopal insignia of mitre, ring, gloves and sandals.

Since 2007, the Kelheim Berufsschule has had a campus in Abensberg, and outside the state sector is the St. Francis Vocational Training Centre, run by a Catholic youth organisation.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St. James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.

After 52 often beleaguered years in St. Louis, the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1954 and adopted the Orioles name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland.

Some of Pope Gregory the Great ’ s letters survive that relate to the mission of St. Augustine to Kent in 597 ; these letters provide information about the mission specifically, but also can be used to draw conclusions about the state of Kent and its relationships with its neighbours.

* 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.

An editorial in the St. Petersburg Times argued :" Reno's reputation as a state attorney, the foundation for her eight years as the nation's attorney general and her candidacy for governor of Florida, was built in significant part by her aggressive prosecution of three sensational child abuse cases in Miami-Dade County.

* 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.

In the 1985 World Series against the cross-state St. Louis Cardinals ( nicknamed the " I-70 Series " because the two teams are both located in the state of Missouri and connected by Interstate 70 ), the Royals again fell behind 3 – 1.

Following his death in 1626 in Southwark, he was mourned alike by leaders in Church and state, and buried by the high altar in St Mary Overie ( now Southwark Cathedral, then in the Diocese of Winchester ).

The youngest parts of the state were formed over the last 7, 500 years as deltas of the Mississippi River: The Maringouin, Teche, St. Bernard, Lafourche, the modern Mississippi, and now the Atchafalaya.

He is the only canonised king of France ; consequently, there are many places named after him, most notably St. Louis, Missouri and Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in the United States, São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil and both the state and city of San Luis Potosí in Mexico.

The Fernando de Noronha and St. Peter and St. Paul archipelagos together comprise a unique case of a " state district " under the direct administration of the state government of Pernambuco.

The state lies at the intersection of the three greatest rivers of North America, with the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers near St. Louis, and the confluence of the Ohio River with the Mississippi north of the Bootheel.

The two largest Missouri rivers are the Mississippi, which defines the eastern boundary of the state, and the Missouri River, which flows from west to east through the state, essentially connecting the two largest metros, Kansas City and St. Louis.

The body then lies in state for several days before being interred in the crypt of a leading church or cathedral ; all who have died in the 20th and 21st centuries have been interred in St. Peter's Basilica.

The Phillies are one of four teams in Major League Baseball that do not display the name of their city, state, or region on their road jerseys, joining the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Rays.

* St. Paul Baptist Church-Founded in 1867 by former slave Elijah Barnes, registered at the state and federal level as the second oldest African American Baptist Church in the state.

Already in 1059 he had persuaded Robert Guiscard and Richard of Capua to become vassals of St. Peter for their newly-conquered territories: now Gregory VII immediately after his election sent for him to give an account of the state of Norman Italy and entrusted him with the negotiation of an interview with Robert Guiscard on 2 August 1073, at Benevento.

* The Patrimony of St. Peter, a mediæval state in Italy, ruled by the Pope ; see Papal States and Patrimonium Sancti Petri