The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-15

OOuHtl, submitting 10 The
Voters OF Said County, the
Proposition to Vote Bonds in
the Sum of $4,000 for tn,
Purpose of Erecting Several
Bridges:
! Upon the petition of VI. W. Hoskins an,
4 80 other resident tax payers of Calkoar
county, praying the County Court of sal 4
county Ia submit To the voters of sad coun
~ at the election to he held in Novernbei
next, the proposition To levy and appropri
ate money for building bridges i'm said cuin
~, ~ provided in section %, chapter y n
the Code Of w. Va, 1892 and the County
Court of Calhoun County deemng it bene.
fetal fDr the County Court of said county
to contract for and appropriate nancy for
the construction of bridge across the
/ Little kanawha river at Grantsville. said
county; one across said river at Annamo.
riah, this county; one across Steer creek
near It's mouth; one acrnes the West Fork.
near Arnold:burg; one across said West
/ Fork near Rocksdale; one across said West
! Fork, near Rilla; and also to pay one hall
the expense of building bridges across Steer
creek near Stumptown and lIenrys Fork
near Joe COrders, provided G.lmer and
KOane counties will pay the other half of
the expense in the construction of said twr
last named bridges, and To provide for the
payment thereof and accrueing interest an
annual iustallments.
/ 1t is therefore ordered that on the 4th
day of November 1902, the polls shall re
opened and an election held ut each voting
precinct in said comfy for the purtose Of
ascertaining aud DISCRIMINATING whether ot
not the County Court of said county shall
levy and appropriate the sum of $40.
OOOl Forty Thousand Dollars.
payable IN orders of said county as provId-
ed by law, in equal installments, uue in
| 1, :, 3, t. etc to 80 years after date thereof
respectively bearing interest at not more
Than per cent from the date thereof. and
said County Court to have power t. levy q
suihclent tax TO meet the annual install.
ments without regards 10 the constitutional
limit OF 10 cents ON the Hundred dollars
and to authorize the said County Court [,
DO all things necessary To carry out the
purpose and intent thereof Which SAID
election shall be held and conducted bv th,
2 Commissioners conducting the election I,
be held the said 18th dav of November
1907 and the result thereof certified nc
cording to the law governing said election
ana those voting for the proposition to levy
and appropriate the money aforesaid fol
The purpose aforesaid shall have written o.
printed upon their ballots "For power [,
levy Tor bridges" and those voting agains
same, Against power 10 levy for Bridges.
IL ~ therefore ordered that before sucl
election shall be held, notice shall be .,iyel
by posting attested copies of this order. on
OF which the Clerk shall forthwith post il
conspicuous place i'll his office and tn
other copies he shall deliver to the Sheriff
OF sand county, who shall forthwith DOS
one oi said copies in a conspicuous piac,
at every place of voting i'm the county
which said notice shall be posted at leas
80 days before said poll is taken, and tn,
Clerk shall also cause a copy of the orde
to be published for four successive weeks
prior to toe said election in some newspa
per published in Calhoun county.
Inc total amount of the debt contracted
under this order shall not exceed $4,000
and II the Court shall be unable to contract
Tor the building of said bridges at that or d
lower sum, then no bridges shall be bull
under this order. Except that in the even
That either or both the counties of Roam,
and Gilmer shall refuse or fail to unite in
the building of the bridge or bridges across
across the streams dividing such cuuntie,
respectively, then such refusal or failur,
snail not prevent the Court from contract
ing Tor bridges, which are woolly i'm tho
county, or from uniting with either of th,
said counties which shall not 80 fail or re
fuse IN the erection of bridge on tn,
county line, but il both counties shall fai
or refuse, not more then $50 900 shall be-
/ expended, and if only one of them shall re
fuse, not more than $4,000 shall be ex.
pended, and the Court shall have power tc
contract for the bridges wholly in the coun
/ ~, at sum not exceeding $4,000, and for
this county's share OF the other two bridge,
Il
The orders issued by the Court shall bt
redeemalle at any time upon giving tire,
months notice for that purpose and ii such
order shall be sold To raise funds. thew
shall not he sold for less than their face
value.
/ A Crpy Teste
l.. III. TRIPPETT, Clerk.