Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-11
TO CHANGE SYSTEM
Of TAXATION

-Four townships of MontOur county
West HemlOck, Liberty, Valley and
Mahoning-have gone on record as be-
ing i'll favor of better methods in road
construction and of changing the sys-
tenn of taxation for working the pub
lie roads as provided by the Act of
I General Assembly approved the 18th
day of April \. D., 1905
The petitions signed by residents anG
tax payers as required by the Act was
presented to the Court of Quarter Ses-
sions Monday praying that an cleo.
tlon be directed, giving the electors of
said townships at the February (l9O6
municipal election, after thirty days
notice, thereof, the power to vote to
change the system of taxation for work
ingithe public roads as provided in
the above Act.
The petition from West Hemlock
township was signed by the following
Lloyd Bomboy, L. G. Shultz, W. c.
Shultz, w b. Billheim, a. j. Ballet,
William Hester, August Shultz, Clar-
ence J. Shultz, John b. Sees. \. ID.
Crossley, Daniel Hort, T. J. Betz, j.
W. Ande, G. G. Sterling, Hiram Sterl-
ing, Jacob II. Welliver, Oscar Lock
hoof, Jacob Flick, c. J. Deighmill-
er, Paul Mausteller, J. c. Grim. 5.
B. Flick, J. II. Tanner, Frank Cross
ley, W. H. Snyder, c. H. Pursel, J.
NJ. Moore, Peter Kitchen.
The petition from Liberty township
was signed by the following: G. c..
Billmeyer, j. CT. Bogert, C. Geringer,
Daniel Helm, William S. Bogert,
Andrew Billmeyer, William Robbins,
+. G. Taylor, William Billmeyer, r.
G. Auten, c. H. Auten, c. Hufnagle,
G. E. Lazarus, d. T. Lazarus. J. Foust
S. H. Sechler, S. G. Wagner, William
H. Clewell, W. Z. Boyer, John Bow
man, H. j. Lindner, r. f. McCrack
en-, Edward Geringer, Joseph Hagen
buch, H. H. Taylor, W. C. Robbins,
John J. Auten, William Curry.
A petition for a special election in
Mahoning township to change the
manner of collecting road taxes is
signed by the following: f. L. White,
George Heckendorn, Peter Mottern, W
W. Diehl, William Wertman, Edward
Rudy, Gustave Oelschlager, Henry
Schram, Anthony Diehl, W. G. Heller,
J. A. Shine, John f. Roberts. Samuel
Heimbach, W. Morrison, John 5. Krum,
Charles Krumm, James Morrison, Lloyd
Baylor, NJ Breckbill, James B. Baylor,
Frank Schram. r. W. FouSt. W. r.
Paules, T. G. Vincent. c. \. Gillaspy.
The petition of taxpayers of Valley
township for an order for election to
change system of taxation is signed by
the following Philip +. Maus, Charles
W. Cook, J. y. Merrill, James Nc
Cracken, Frank Meyer, Joseph p Sny-
der, Pierce Gearhart, +. p. Appleman,
William David Wise, c. b. Apple
+. 5. DelSite, John Hendricks, John
Fry, James O. Frazier, d. r. p. Childs.
David Wilson. Jacob r. Gearhart, J.
J. Johnson, J. T. Lenig. Walter J.
Vincent, n. G. Kindt, W. s. Lawrence,
Edward Roberts, Joseph Churm, George
f. Pursel, Samuel Pursel. John T.
Blue, Hiram ]. Childs and X. NJ. Pur-
sci.
The petition III each case was grant
ed by the Court.
The Act provides that upon a petit
tiOn from tax payers the Court of
Quarter Sessions shall authorize a
special election to be held at the time
of the February election when the
question of abolishing the work tax
shall be decided by majority vote of
the electors. \ township which thus
abolisheS the work tax is entitled to
receive from the State a sum in cash
equal TO ID per centum of the actual
amount of the cash tax collected by the
township.