The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-08
ORDER


Proposition to Vote Bends In
the Sum of 100000 for the
Purpose OF Erecting Several
Bridges:
Upon the petition Of NJ w. Hoskins an,
80 other resident tax payers of Calhoun
county, praying the County Court Of sal
county To submit 10 the voters Of sad coun
ty at the election to be held in November
next, the proposition TO levy and aupropri
ate money for building bridges in said conn
ty, as provided in section %, chapter 8 o
the Code of w. Va, 1899, and the County
Court of Calhoun County deeming it bene-
tcial for the County Court of said county
to contract for and appropriate nancy for
the construction Of bridge across the
Little hanawha river at Grantsville, said
county; one across said river at Annamo.
ran, TINS county; one across Steer creek.
near It's mouth; one across the West Fork,
near Arnoldsburg; one across said West
Fork near Rocksdale; one across said West
Fork, near Rilla; and also TO pay one half
the expense of building bridges across Steer
creek near StumptOwm and Henrys Fork
near Joe Corders, provided G.lmer and
Roane counties will pay the other half of
the expense in the construction of said two
last named bridges, and to provide for the
payment thereof and accrueing interest ON
annual installments.
1t is therefore ordered that ON the 4th
day OF November 1902 the polls shall he
opened and an election held at each voting
precinct in said comfy for the purtslse of
ascertaining aud DISCRIMINATING whether of
not the County Court of said county shall
levy and appropriate the sum Of $40.
600 Forty Thousand Dollars,
payable IN orders OF said county as provId-
! ed by law, in equal instalments, due in
!, Z, 5, 1, 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 70 levy a
sufficient tax to meet the annual install
ments without regards to the constitutional
limit OF 10 cents on the Hundred dollars
and to authorize the said County Court "a
do all things necessary to carry out the
purpose and intent thereof Which said
election shall be held and conducted by tn,
Commissioners conducting the election t.
be held the said 4th day of November
l9O2 and the result thereof certified ac
cordIng 10 the law governing said election
and those voting for the proposition To lew
and appropriate the money aforesaid fol
the purpose aforesaid shall have written o
printed upon their ballots "For power q
levy Tor Bridges" and those voting agains
same, Against power To levy for Bridges
1t Is therefore ordered that before sucl
election shall be held, notice shall be civeI
by posting attested copies of this order, ON
OF which the Clerk shall forthwith posi- il
conspicuous place in his Office and tn
other copies he shall deliver to the Sherii
oil said county, who shall forthwith DOS
one OF said copies in conspicuous piac,
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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 the said election in some newspa
per published in Calhoun county.
The total amount of the debt contracted
under this order shall not exceed $4,000
and If the Court shall be unable to contrac
for the building of said bridges at that or ,
lower sum, then no bridges shall be buil
under this order. Except that in the even
that either or both the counties of Roam,
and Gilmer shall refuse or fail to unite /,
the building ofth bridge or bridges acros
across the streams dividing such cuuntie,
respectively, then such refusal or faimr,
shall not prevent the Court from contract
ing for bridges, which are woolly in IN,
county, or from uniting With either of IN,
said counties which shall not so fail or re
fuse in the erection of a bridge ON th,
county line, but if both counties shall fai
or refuse, not more thVn $35. 900 shall b,
expended, and il only one Of them shall re
iuSe, not more than S37 500 shall be eR
pended, and the Court shall have power t,
contract for the bridges wholly in the coun
ty, at sum not exceeding $4,000, and fol
'h's county share OF the other two bridge
at not more than $25O0.OO each.
| The orders ISSUED by the Court shall b,
redeeIuabls At any time upon giving tire,
months notice for that purpose and II such
order shall be sold to raise funds, the,
shall not he sold for less than their fac,
value.
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