Mountain advocate., 1905-10-13
ORDER A VOTE
On Usual OF County Bonds for Build
ing New Court House.

public convenience and the preserva-
tion of the public records Of Knox
county, that a new Courthouse
should be built for Knox county and
for the purpose of enabling this court
to build new Courthouse and to
provide for the building thereof, the
sum of 100000 is hereby suggested
and appropriated, and for the pur-
pose of procuring said sum it IS fur
ther ordered that said bonds to the
amount of $4,000 be issued and
sold and the proceeds thereof arising
from the sale of said bonds be ap-
piled in building said new Court
house, and to that end it is now or
dered by this court that County
Bonds of Knox County be prepared,
executed and issued on printed forms
under the seal OF the County Court,
which bonds shall be signed by the
presiding Judge of the { ounty Court,
and countersigned by the County
Court Clerk of this county, payable
to bearer, at the Court house, in the
City of Barbourville, Knox county,
Kentucky. Said bonds to be pay.
able twenty years after the date
thereof, subject tc the pre- vision that
they may, at the option of Knox
county, be paid or redeemed at any
time after two years from the date
thereof. and before the expiration of
said twenty years; and said bonds
shall bear interest from date at the
rate of six per cent. per annum, to
be paid annually. Interest coupons
shall be attached to each bond,
which shall be signed by the County
Court Clerk. Said clerk shall keep
a list OF all said bonds, showing the
number, date, amount, time due, to
whom delivered, and when deliv-
cred, which shall be care fully pre-
served in his office. Said bonds shall
be issued in denomination of 81 900
each.
But the bonds mentioned herein
shall not issue until after an election
shall have been held in Knox county
to take the sense of the legal voters
of Knox county upon the question,
whether or not said bonds shall be
issued for the purpose of building
said new Courthouse, and an elec-
tion is hereby ordered to be held on
the day of the next general election,
Tuesday, November Z, 1905, for the
purpose of taking the sense of the
legal voters of Knox county uron
the question whether or not they
are in favor OF the isstal Of COUNTY
BONDS in the sum of THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS for the pur-
pose Of building a new Courthouse
for Knox county, and for that pur.
pose it is hereby directed that a poll
be opened at said election on said
day at the several voting PRECINCTS
in Knox county. 1t shall be the duty
OF the officers of said c'e,'ion in each
precinct to hold said election the
same hours they are required to hold
elections for the county officers, and
said election shall be held and con-
Quoted in all respects under the gen.
eral.election laws of this Common
wealth.
w. w. Byrley, sheriff OF Knox
county, is hereby ordered and di-
rected to advertise said election and
the object thereof for al least thirty
days next before the day thereof in
the newspaper published in Knox
county having the largest circula-
tion therein, and if none be pub
/ lished i'm the county, then bv printed
handbills posted up at three of the
most public places in each voting
precinct and at the Courthouse at
the county seat
A Copy.
ATTEST