The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-06-24

Upon the petition Of NJ. w Hoskins and
81 other resident tax payers of Calhoun
county, praying the County Court of sai-
county to submit to the voters of sad conn =
ty at the election to be held in Novemhe +
next, the proposition to levy and approuri.
ate money for building bridge, in said conn
~, IA provided in section 2G, chauter nf
the Code of w. Va, 1899, and the Co,utv
Court of Calhoun County deeming il bene-
lclal f)r the County Court of said county
to contract for and appropriate nancy for
the construction of a bridge across the
Little kanawha river at GrantSvile. said
county one across said river at Annamn.
rIah, this county; one across Steer creek
near Its mouth; one across the West Fork
near Arnoldsburg; one across said West
Fork near Rocksdale one across said Wi
Fork, near Rilla; and also To pry one half
the expense of building bridges across Steer
creek near Stumptown and !lenrys FORK
near Joe Corders, provided G.lmer and
toane 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 4tb
day OF November 1902, the polls shall he
opened ard an election held at each voting
precinct IN said comfy for the purpose of
ascertaIning aud discriminating whether of
not the County Court of said county shall
levy ana appropriate the sum II $40
OOOl Forty Thousand Dollars,
payable In orders OF said county as proyId-
ed by law, in equal installments dine in
/, z, 8, 4, etc to 30 years after date thereof
respectively bearing interst at not more
than per cent from the date thereof and
SAID County Court to have power to levy
suihcient tax to meet the annual INSTALL
ments without regards To- the constitutional
limit OF 30 cents on the Hundred dollars
ana 10 authorize the said County Court to
DO all things necessary To carry ont the
purpose and intent thereof Which said
election shall be held aud conducted by tho
Commissioners conducting the election to
Z be held the said 18th day of November
lJO2, and the result thereof certified az.
cording to the law governing said election.
and those voting for the proposition to levy
ana appropriate the money aforesaid for
the purpose aforesaid shall have written or
printed upon their ballots "FOr power T.,
levy Tor Bridges" and those voting agsi,,.
same, Against power to levy for Bridge"
! rs therefore, ordered that before s,i,L
election shall be held, notice shall be Given
by posting attested copies Of this order, one
OF which the Clerk shall forthwith posi- ia
conspicuous place in his office and the
other copies he shall deliver to the Sheriff
oi said county, who shall forthwith pp,t
one OF SAID copies IN conspicuous place
at every place Of voting i'm the comfy
which said notice shall be posted M le,-t
80 days before said poll is taken, and the
CLERK snail also cause a copy Of the order
to bee published for four successive weeks
prior o. enc said election in some newspl-
per published in Calhoun county.
The total amount of the debt contracted
under this order shall not exceed 10000.
and II the curt shall be unable to contract
for The building of said bridges at that or Il,
lower sum, then no bridges shall be built
under this order Except that in the event
that either or both the counties Of Roaue
and Glimer shall refuse or fail to unite i'm
The building Of the bridge or bridges across
across the streams dividing such counties
respectively, then such refusal or failure
shall not prevent the Court from contract
ing Tor bridge, which are w0Olly in the
county, or from uniting With either of the
said counties which shall not so fail or re-
fuse ln The erection Of bridge ON the
county line but " both counties shall fail
or refuse, not more thUu $4,000 shall be
expended, and il only one Of them shall re-
fuse, not more than $4,000 shall Doe ex-
pended, and the Court shall have power To-
contract for the bridges wholly IN the coun-
", no sum NOT exceeding $4,000, and for
this cOunty's share of the other two bridges
40 not more than s25OO.OO each.
The orders issued by the Court shall be
redeelnable 10 any time upon giving three
months notice for that purpose and IL such
order shall be sold 90 raise funds, they
shall not be- sold for less than their face
value
a Cppy Teste
T. # ImrrgD, Clerk.