Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-05-30
Meeting of the Board of
Supervisors.

Supervisors.
There was called meeting of the
board of supervisors in the super
visOrs' room Saturday. The whole
board was present, as a matter of i'm
portance affecting the vital interests
of the county was to be considered
There were present J. H. Whitmore
of Lexington; w. g. Matthews, Nat
ural Bridge; George A. Ayres, Buff
falO; c. NJ. Shewey, Kerr's Creek
r. l.. Patterson, Walkers Creek; j.
j. i. Kinnear, South River.
The clerk of the board, A. 7. Shields,
called the meeting to order and an
nounced the death of its chairman,
r. II. Buchanan, since the last meet
ing, whereupon j. j. L. Kinnear was
unanimously elected chairman of the
board of supervisors of Rockbridge
county
An ordinance was adopted to pro-
vide for the issue of bonds of the
county of Rockbridge, to be used to
refund $150,0O0 of the outstanding
per cent. bonds of the county issued
July 1, 1892, to pay the subscriptions
of the county to the stock of the Val
ley Railroad company. The county
treasurer shall sell these bonds at par
and they shall bear interest at the
rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually. The adoption of this
resolution saves in interest $1.5 an
nually to the county
1t was ordered that the county
treasurer in making sale or disposi-
ton of the bonds under this Ordi
nance shall place the same under the
direction of the sinking fund COM
missioners in the neutrality-suspicious.
therefor has been made to the sink
ing fund commissioners. 1t was also
ordered; that the county treasurer,
when directed by the sinking fund
commissioners, shall make call for
the $3.50, 900 of ) per cent. bonds of July,
1899, to be redeemable at the Office of
the county treasurer in Lexington,
Va, on the LIST day of July, 1902.
The following Auditing Committee
was appointed to settle with the
treasurer and recommend the levy for
the ensuing tax year: j. J. l.. Kinnear,
G. NJ. Shewey and w. s. Hopkins.
The clerk of the board was directed
to have the wire fence around the
court house repaired.
The board settled the accounts of
G. S. Lofts, superintendent of the
poor.
Supervisor Whitmore offered the fol-
lowing resolution in regard to the
death of Robert Hanna Buchanan
which was adopted.
Whereas, since the last meeting of
this board, Robert Hanna Buchanan,
its chairman, has departed this life,
ard
Whereas, the board desires to place
OH record testimonial of the esteem
and affection cherished for him by
the members of the board, Therefore
be it
Resolved, That in his death the
county has lost a most faithful, eff
cient and Jealous officer, whose every
official act is an open book covering
many pages of the records of the
board That as chairman of this
board, he was ever courteous and con
sid crate in his bearing, prompt and
firm in decision, seeking at all
times to promote and conserve best
interests of the county. That each
of the board feels the loss of
q personal friend, and sincerely
nourns his unexpected death. 1--WE !
owed him living, we mourn him dead"
That this board extends to his
stricken family heartfelt sympathy
IN their deep affection, and the clerk
Of this board will enter these resol-
ltions in the record book of this |
board, and that he shall send copy |
hereof to the family of the deceased.