The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-06-04

AN ACT for the benefit Of white School
District number twenty-eight of Mad
isOn county.
Be It enacted By the General dssrmETy
| Of the Commonwealth of heHtgriv.
SECTION ONE: That the Trustees Of
/ Richmond Common School District Of
Madison county known as Common
| School District number twenty-ejght,
/ white, be and they are hereby authorized
/ and empowered to issue the bonds of said
| school district 10 an amount not exceeding
/ the sum OF twenty thousand dollars for
| the purposes hereinafter set out, said bonds
/ shall run for twenty years, and shall bear
not more than six per cent interest per
aunum PAYABLE semi-annuaily. at the Far
meris National Bank of Richmond Ken
/ lucky, and shall be of the denomination of
not less than one hundred dollars each.
SECTION Two: That these bonds may
/ by the said Trustees, be sold, and the pro-
| ceeds thereof, shall be used for the build
/ ing Of one or two school houses in said
| school district, and for furnishing the same,
/ and to raise the money to redeem said
/ bonds, a tax of not exceeding two dollars
/ per capita, and twenty cents valorem,
| on each one hundred dollars worth of all
the taIable property in said school district,
/ shall be levied for each year until the bonds
! and interest on same. described in section
/ one Of this act, shall have been paid of
and cancelled, and this tax when collected
shall be first used in paying the interest on
said bonds.
/ SECTION THREE: The said Trustees
/ shall appoint the Assessor for the town of
/ Richmond, to assess the property Of said
/ school district, and he shall. also assess the
/ polls within said school district, and this
assessment shall be made at any time the
said Trustees may appoint, but the prop
erty Of the cOiOred people in said school
| district shall not be assessed or taxed under
this act, neither shall any poll tax be col
lected of any cOlOred man living in said
school district, for the purposes OF this act.
SECTION Four Said Trustees shall
have the power to appoint a Collector to
collect said taxes, and to him they shall
| deliver correct and certified COPY Of said
list, taking his receipt for same. Said Col
lectOr shall execute bond with approved
! security, in the sum Of FIVE thousand dol
lars, for the faithful discharge OF his duties,
but It shall be the duty of the Trustees to
appoint the Collector Of the town of Rich
mOud, to collect the taxes under this act,
provided they can agree with him as to
his compensation, and il this can not be
done, then they are to appoint a Collector
as above set out.
SECTION FIVE; It shall be the duty Of
the county superintendent Of common
schools in, and for the county of Madison,
to pay over to the Board Of Trustees Of
said school district, all the moneys accu-
ing to said school district out OF the public
funds Of the State, as now directed BY law,
which money shall be used only 10 pay
teachers Of the common school branches
in said school.
SECTION SIX: This act shall take ef-
eCt and be in full force as soon as the
same shall be ratified by a majority of all
the white and qualified voters OF said school
district, at an election to be held within
one hundred and twenty DAYS after the
passage Of this act. Said election IS to be
held at the time and places fixed by the
! Trustees of said school district, and OF
this election twenty days notice shall be
given BY printed advertisements in the
CLIMAX and Richmond Register, and all
women who are not married, and who are
twenty one years Of age, and who own
property in this school district, shall be
entitled to vote, and if a majority Of those
voting are in favor OF this tax, then the
provisions Of this act shall be carried.
SECTION SEVEN 1t is understood that
the object CT this act is to give to the cit
liens OF said school districta better school
building or buildings, and this act is not to
IN any way interfere with the common
school law, now applicable to said school
district, but only work in connection with
the same.
w T. cox, pro tenn,
Speaker House Of Representatives.
D. II. SMITH, pro tenn.
Speaker Of the Senate.
Approved, Nav 20, 1900.
BY the Governor; S. B. BUCKNER.
Go NJ. ADAMS,
Secretary Of State.
And It viii be seen that by section six.
not only white males Of laval age are
quaiihed to vote. but all women who are
not married, and who are 81 years old and
own property in the district are author.
lied TO vote.
Charles Huniey and Presley Smith are
hereby appointed Judges Of said election
anc Z. II. Sullivan, Clerk and in case oil
me lnaOiilty OF either to act, a substitute
WIZ oe appointed on the day and prior &c
tne election. Before acting said Officers
VIII take an oath before some officer duly
quaiihed TO administer Tire same. fairly and
nnparnaily TO discharge the duties Of theft
SAD oihces, and they viii on the Monday
i0ilowlng the election return the pol books
kept oy them 70 the undersigned for action
as authorized by the statute aforesaid.
All persons who shall vote at said elec.
ton not qualified so to DO, subject them
selves % all the fines and penalties imposed
oy the General Statutes Of Kentucky. pan
isatng illegal voting. As the matter IS one
o. great importance, a fiill vote is de-
sired and expected.
9. W. PIcKELs, Chm.
Ed ROWLAND. Tristses
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