The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-29
NOTICE Of ELECTION
For Bonding st. Fran
co.'s County for $780,
600, for the Construc.
ton Of a System of
Rock Roads.

Marion, Perry and Big River, signed by
more than ten per centum OF the taxpay.
ing voters of each OF the said Townships
OF the County of St. Francois, State OF
Missouri, and the suficicncy of said pc
titions being verified by the poll books
of said County for the last preceding
General Election, by the County Court
OF said county, in open court on Monday,
May nth, 1908, and the 9TH day OF the
May Term, 1908, of said county court;
said petitions praying the said County
Court as follows, to.wit
PETITION FOR ELECTION TO DETERMINE
CONSTRUCTION or ROCK ROADS.
state of Missouri, l.
County OF st. Francois, d.
"Tn the County Court of St. Francois
County
ITO the Honorable County Court OF St.
Francois County, Missouri: We the I'M.
dersigned citizens
ship, constituting more than ten per
centum OF the tax-paying voters of said
township, respectfully petition your
honorable body to order an election to
be held in said county Of St. Francois,
at the usual places for state and county
officers, to determine whether or not GER
titicates, bonds or other iorms OF indebt-
edness OF said county shall be issued by
the county for the construction or i'm.
provement of graded, macadam, gravel
or rock roads and highways OF said
county.
Respectfully submitted"
And whereas, the said county court
did on Monday, May nth, 1903, order
an election TO be held according to law,
on the ord day OF November, A. ID. 1903,
for the purpose of bonding said county
for the purpose OF constructing n system
| OF rock roads, and on June nth. at the
| May adjourned term, made the following
| order,
The Court, after due delibcration, doth
order that the amount OF the bond issue,
| If the proposition be decided on favor.
ably at the election on Tuesday, Novenl.
Der ard, 1904, shall be for the sum Of
| (S2oO ,ooD) Two Hundred Thousand Dol.
lars, the same 10 be expended upon the
following lines of road
To complete the Jackson road to Lib.
ertyville, a distance OF about miles.
To build from Libertyyilc to the Madi.
son county line, distance OF about 4
miles.
To build from Iibertyvillc to Knob
| Lick, distance of about miles.
To complete the perinc road to hill al
J. Tetley's farm, distance of about 4
miles.
To build on the old Periue road, south
from Pennington. distance of about .
miles.
To complete the Pennington and De
I.nssus dirt road, distance OF about
mile.
To complete the Pennington and
| Bonnie Terrc road, a distaecc Of about
mile.
To build from Bismarck south on the
Old Tyler Mill road, assistance OF about
: miles
To build from bismarck to Elyins, q
distance OF about miles.
To build from Elvins to Flat River, q
distance of about miles.
To build from Desloge 10 Huntington
a distance of about ! miles.
To build from Bonnie Tcrre on the Ca
Diet road, distance Of about 4 miles.
To build from French Village to East
Bonnie Terre, distance Of about 9miles
To complete the Hillsboro road to tn,
intersection of the French Village ant
Bonnie Tcrre road, distance of about /.
miles.
To complete the St Louis road to tho
Ste. Gcncvieve county line, distance o
about miles.
To build on the St Louis road, north
from the ste Genevicve county line tc
the intersection of the T. V. and b. T
road, distance of about 4 miles.
To build from Jaydce TO the Hillsbor,
road, distance Of about \ miles.
To build from near the Old Spradliny
place on the Hillsboro road to Deslose
a distance of about 4 miles.
To build on the Burks road to the Ste
Genevieve county line, a distance 0
about 3 miles.
To complete the (Old Plank Farm
ington and Ste. Gencvieye road TO thu
Ste. Gencvieve county line, distance
of about 3 miles.
To build on the ST. Mary's road from
county line, distance of about 4 miles
To build on the Fredericktown road
south, a distance OF about miles.
To bnild on the Syente road from Do
Run, south, distance of about 3 miles
To build on the Old Gravel road iron
Doe Run bridge TO Stone, distance o
about 4 miles.
To build from Blackwell west to th
Washington county line, a distance o
about ] mile.
The bonds to be for (s2oo, 600 .oo) Tw,
Hundred Thousand Dollars and to bea
Z per cent interest from date of issue
and to be Two Hundred in number 70
the sum of Que Thousand Dollars each
one fourth or (5o) of them to be payable
in five years and one-fourth or (5o) o
them to he payable in ten years, and one
fourth or (5o) of them 10 be payable II
fifteen years, and the last one-fourth ,
so) of them to be payable in tweni,
years, the interest on the whole issu,
due and payable annually at the count'
depository, 'at present the Bank o
i'arminglon) at Pennington. Missouri.
Therefore, notice is hereby given Il
the voters of ST. Francois County, Mis-
sour, that an Election will be held G
the usual voting precincts of said count.
on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1908
for the purpose Of authorizing the Coun
ty Court to bond said county for $500,
600 90 as aforesaid for the purpose o
constructing a system of Rock Roads al
aforesaid, the form of ballot at said Elec
tiof being;
For bonding the County for $500, ooo.o'
for the purpose of constructing q sys
TEN Of Rock Roads-YES.
For bonding the County for S2oo, ooo. OK
for the purpose of constructing sys
tenn OF Rock Roads-NO.
| T;,a,, ,,rd.r nur In uds and seal of th,