The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-03
NOTICE Of ELECTION
For Bonding st. Fran
co.'s County for $780,
900, for the Construc-
ton of a System OF
Rock Roads.

MOCK hOdUS.
Whereas. on and before the 9th day OF
May, \. D., 1903, there were filed in the
Office Of the County Clerk OF the County
OF St. Francois, State OF Missouri peti.
lions from the Townships of Liberty,
Iron, ST Francois, Pendlcton, Randolph,
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 sutiicicncy of said PEE
titlons 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, 1903, aud 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, H..
County of 81. Francois, ~
lin the County Court of st. Francois
County
ITO the Honorable County Court of ST..
Francois County, Missouri We the I'M
dcrsigncd citizens oi--------Town-
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
bc held IN said county Of 81. Francois,
at the usual places for state and county
officers, to determine whether or not GER
tilicatcs, bonds or other forms Of indebt-
cduCss IT said county shall be issued by
the county for the construction or i'm
provcmcut OF graded, mucadam, gravel
or rock roads and highways OF said
county.
"RcspcclfulIy submitted. -
And whereas, the said county cour,
did on Monday. MAY nth, 1903, order
an election to be held according 10 law,
on the sid day OF November, \ u. 1898,
for the purpose OF bonding said county
for the PURPOSE OF constructing a system
Of rock roads, aul on June nth. at the
May adjourned term, made the following
order.
The Court. after due delibcrition, doth
order that the amount OF the bond issue
il the proposition be decided on favor.
ably AT the election on Tuesday, Noycm-
her ;rd. 1903, shall be for the sum of
$500 uoo) Two Hundred Thousand Dol,
lars, the same to he expended upon the
following lines ol road:
To complete the Jackson road to Lib
crtyyillc, distance OF about b miles.
To build from libcrtyyillc to the Madi-
son county line, a distance Of about 1
miles
To build from Libcrtyvillc to Knob
Lick Il distance OF about b miles
To complete the Pcrnc road TO hill at
!. Tctlcy', farm, distance OF about !
miles
70 huillon the old rcrine road south
from Pennington, a distance OF about =
miles.
70 complete the Pennington aud De
I.assus dirt road, a distance Of about /
mile.
To complete the Pennington and
Bonnie TER, road, distacce OF about /
mile.
To build from Bismarck south on the
Old TYLER Mill road, distance OF about
3 miles.
To build from bismarck to Elvins, a
distance OF about $ miles.
10 build from lilvins to Flat River, II
distance OF about , miles.
To build from Dcslogc to Huntington,
a distance OF about ! miles.
TO build from Bonnie Tcrre on the Ca
Diet road, a distance of about miles.
TO build from French Village TO East
Bonnie Tcrrc, distance of about 9miles
To complete the IIillshoro road to the
intersection Of the French Village and
Bonnie Tcrre road, a distance of about 2
miles.
To complete the St. Louis road to the
Ste. Geucvievc county line, distance of
about ) miles.
To build on the St Louis road, north
from the ste. Gencvicve county line to
the intersection of the Il. V. and b. 7.
road, distance of about ! miles.
TO build from Jaydcc to the IIillsboro
road, distance Of about : miles.
To build from ncar the Old Spradling
place on the lIillsboro road to Deslogc,
distance OF about 1 miles.
To build on the Burks road to the ste
Genevievc county line, a distance of
about J miles.
To complete the COld Plank Farm
ingtun and Ste. Gcnevicyc road 10 the
Ste. Gencvieve county line, distance
of about ; miles.
TO build on the St Mary's road from
the Jackson road to the Ste. Gcnevieve
county line, distance Of about 4 miles.
To build on the Frcdericktown road,
south. a distance OF about b miles.
To hnld on the Syenite road from Doe
Run. south, distance of about miles
To build on the Old Gravel road from
Doe Run bridge 10 Stone, distance of
about 4 miles.
To build from Blackwell west to the
Washington county line, a distance of
about l mile.
The bonds to be for (S2oo, DOC. oo) Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars and TO bear
per cent interest from date of issue,
and to be Two Hundred i'll number for
the sum of One Thousand Dollars each
one fourth or (so) of them to be payable
in five wears and oue.fourth or t5o) of
them to be payable i'll ten years, and one
fourth or (So) of them to be payable in
fifteen years, and the last one-fourth or
$50 Of them to be payable i'll twenty
years, the interest on the whole issue
due and payable annually at the county
depository, Cat present the Bank of
Pennington at Pennington, Missouri.
Therefore, notice is hereby given to
,i,a ,,t.ra ~ =, E,anCnis County Mic.