The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-15

BATS a.d a. II. regular February term, 1900, a
.usciai election has been ordered AMI viii be
bsd In said county in the manner provided by
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Tuesday, the Goth day of March, 1000,
%, the purpose OF voting upon q proposition to
i ~ an inde btedness Of Forty Thousand Dol
iars Tor the purpose Of building court house
M aid county at the county seat thereof by an
iDsyease OF the tax levy Of thirteen cents on the
one Hundred Dollar valuation for period Of
,hree wears to pay the same when and where
s.id proposition will be submitted to the quail
ed voters of said county to be voted upon
whicb said order of said court is as follows:
STATE OF NILSSON RI az
County Of Bates.
:, the County Court at the February Term, 1870
Now on this 9th day OF February 1900,
,e9uIar February term of this court, a
pstition and application signed by ID.
rnsI:ded voters of Bates county, Missouri. who
are tax PAYERS therein and assessed tax paying
citizens OF said county is presented to the court,
said petition and application representing ana
Eating that il necessary to build court house
,rjthin and for said county at the county seat
thereof TO cost the sum of fifty thousand dollars
tsn Thousand dollars of said sum to be act aside
and appropriated from the surplus funds OF said
eounty and the remaining forty thousand dol
lars to be raised by direct leVy OF tsxss Tor saio
5f thirteen cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation for each of said years, said petition
and application and the said petitioners and ap-
niicants stating and representing that it is nee
sssarv to incur said Indebtedness OF forty thou
sand dollars for the purpose of building the said
court house for said county at the county seat
thereof same being in excess or the total IN
come and revenue of said county provided for
this year and for any one year, as limited ny
edness by the direct levy OF taxes for that pur-
nose during the period OF three years, at the
rate Of thirteen cents on the one hundred dol
lars vain alton for each OF said years, and pray
ing that an election be held TO authorize
the mourning OF such Indebtedness and the
"a hAFA naih
petftion and application being heard and con-
adhered and ii being necessary to build court
house for this said county OF Bates at the county
seat the rsOf, and the s1m necessary to build
the same, to-wit, hfty thousand dollars being
in excess Of the surplus funds of said county
and in excess of the total income and revenue
~ aid county for this year and for any
year as limited by law and it being necessary
for this said county 10 incur an lnueotedness OF
forty thousand dollars, for the said purpose of
building court house for said county at the
county seat thereof, which said sum 10 In excess
of the surplus funds of said county and in excess
of the total income and revenue OF said county
provided for this year and for any one year, as
limited by law, and levy of thirteen cents on
the one hundred dollars valuation for period
OF three years being necessary to raise the
amount Of said proposed Indebtedness by direct
tax, 1t is therefore ordered that special cleo
ton be held in this said county in the
manner provided by law on Tuesday, the
aOth day OF March, 1900. for the purpose of
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OF building q court house by an increase Of the
tax levy Of thirteen cents on the one hundred
dollars vaIus ion for three years TO pay the
same TO be voted upon by the qualified voters
of the county at such election in the manner
provided by law, and that said question and
proposition be submitted to the qualified voters
or said county at said special election. And it
is further ordered that at least twenty days
notice of said election be given by publishing
notice of the same in some newspaper publish
ed In Bates county, Missouri.
SAMUEL WEST, Presiding Judge.
g. T. BROADDUS, County Clerk.
Dome in of said order. Ana hereDy
certify that the above is q true copy OF the or
der OF the court in the matter of said special
election ~ the same appears OF record in my
ONCE In testimony whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and Affix cd the seal OF said
fsEALl court at my ONCE in Butler, No, this
18th day of February, 1890.
) T. BROADDUS,
Clerk of the County Court of
Bates County, Mo.