Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-02-13
County CornnisSIoners.

County Com n1isSiOners.
Election Ordered to Vote or $4,000
Boud Issue for Road Por-
poses in Hillsboro
Township.
A fnll meeting OF the Board of
Comfy Commissioners was held on
Monday and Tuesday. Feb 4 s.,
Chairman James Laws, Jr. and
Commissioners Monk aud Floyd
being present.
Considerable routine work in he
way Of allowing accounts, looking
after nn,side poor, ETC.. WIS j s.
posed of
On motion OF Commissioned Lloyd
i. was ordered that all supervisors
Of public roads be required to work
not less than eight hands while a,
work on said public roads.
A petition trcm the qualified vo-
ters Of Hilisboro Township asking
the Board to call an election "a pro.
vided in Chapter $50 Of the Public
Laws Of 1901, on the question Of is.
suiag $4,000 in bonds to run for SO
years a, the rate OF 5 per cent. inter.
est payable semi annually, for the
purposes speclned in Section l Of
said Act, was presented 10 the
Board.
Aud it appearing from an inspec.
ton OF the petition and al inspection
Of the registration books Of said
Township that one sixth Of the
qualified voters Of said Township
have signed said petition asking ;ol
said election, :.
It is therefore ordered by the
Board that an election be held al
the various precincts in said Hills
boro Township on the 31st day o:
March, 1902, upon the question Of
issulng bonds in the sum of $4,000
to bear interest at the rate Of five
per cent. per annnm, payable semi
annually, running for a period Of 81
years, at which election all persons
qualified to vote who are in favor O
such proposition shall vote a ballo'
on which shall be written or printed
the words For Road Bonds" ane
those opposed to such proposition
shall vote a ballot on which shall h,
written or printed the word
Against Road Bonds"
And it is further ordered that no
tice of said election specifying tn
date of said election, the amount o
said proposed bond issue. the rat
of intere.t and the period for whio|
said bonds shall run, shall be poste'
} tor thirty days prior thereto at tn
court house door in Hilisboro AM
at each polling place in said Town
ship, and Published tor four week
in the Orange County Observer.
The foilo wing persuns were AZ
pointed to hold SAID election
East Hillsboro-Registrar, job
> Kirkland !; Judges, J. A. Cheek an
J. J. Freeland.
West IIil'Sboro-Registrar Joh
, Christmas; Judges. George Law
and w. r. Thompson,
Cheeks Crossing-Registcar,
F. McAdams ; Judges, Il. M. Chez
and Albert Lynrh,
d University Station
P. Strayhotn Judges, w. \
Slrowd and J. A. McCanley.
TIE old registration books will
used and all persons qualified
vote ia said election and who
: names are not now on the regis,r
! tion books, will be given an oppc
! tnnl,y to register their names beto
the day Of election.
N A majority Of all the voters reg
tered ulGst vote tor the bonds
carry the election for bonds, and u
a majority of the votes cast as 10
other eie:lioDs.
ID The North Carolina Ants
e. loon Lei-ue~ was organized at Il
as eigh last week, with Needham
- Broughton President. Dr.. T.
70 I.ey Secretary and J. G. Blair TIE
A State superintendent v
be put in the field to agita,e
~ work. The constitution declares
ed pnrpose to be the abolition of
of liquor saloon. There are three
ty partments of work-agitation, LEI
l%ation, law enforcement. Editors
% all religious denominationat pap
to In the State and twenty or more II
in isters were present aud par,icipat
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