The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-30
OPPOSES BOND ISSUE
MEMbtSR OF REVENUE BOARD
 MAKES STATEMENT.
VoJeets to Scheme of Raising S25O,. OsO Tor Improvement of County N"ads-DurinE Twenty Years %1.OoO,OOO Has Been Dis.
 burscd.

The qualified voters of Montgomery county will vote Tuesday. 'ovembcr 6. on whether or not they desire the county to issue s25o.0o0 of bonds for extending and improving roads. The question has been an important one with the Board of Revenue cnd since
 H.ed movement was inaugurated for the
 nond issue, it has been d topic of no little interest which has been infor. mally discussed at various times by
 Inc members of the Board
 Warren D. Brown, for my years a
 member of the Board of Revenue. ex- pressed the following opinion yester- day on fhe policy of issuing the bonds. on my return to the tty, after a., fosence of some weeks. l learned that on September ,. the Board had deter
 mined to submit to the legal voter, o' the county the question as to the issuance of additional bends, for road improvements. to the extent of s25O,- "oo. faken somewhat by surprise at
 such precipitate action upon so imoor-
 tant matter, l resolved to formu | late protest against it. giving my
 reasons therefor, and to ask the Board to have the same incorporated in the
 minutes.
 Before any action was taken in the
 matter, a prominent gentleman whose facilities for learning the sentiments. of the people upon any given question | were exceptional. openly stated in tn |.
 meeting that there was such unanami- ! tr for the issuance of the new bonds, l that it would be difficult to obtain enough citizens of opposite views to , act as managers at the polling place ,
 in tn" different beats, the election law, I believe requiring this as a safe
 guard. Assuming that he might be
 I
 subsequently the amount was sealed to $23o,000, and I expressed the hop. 1 that if the scheme was fully carrie i. | out. no necessity might arise in the 1 future for still increasing the bonded i, indebtedness for the purpose of keep ! ing in repair these extensive and cos: 1 ly lines of road.
 | since then. or1r President has mad 1 a painstaking and exhaustive reporta; [ to tn" condition of our county affair; 1 The President and thoughtful Of our ] citizens may pa hse and consider wha;
 is best to be done. Remember that within the past fifteen or twenty years; 1 the astounding sum approximating d million dollars has been disbursed in | the improvement of our roads and bridges. For this expenditure there is
 much to show of substantial charac. ter although every administration since tho organization of the Bnar' has made mistakes which cXpericnc. will hereafter help to rectify.
 Those who have not made thc cal. | rulation in cold figures, will realiz
 that the interest alone. when those l bonds nature fifty years hence, vii! ] have amounted to the snug sum nf { $5G2. 2.500-makng grand final total of sS12,500.
 'Thc sum and substance then. o' ] the whole matter is, if some one had the wisdom to devise a scheme to more 1 honestly and equtably assess real and personal property for taxation. the problem would be solvrd. and all nc-
 cessity for issuing more bonds. or in.
 creaSing the rate of taxation. however insignificant, hc entirely avoided. Tn. majority of the Board of Revenue con cur in this opinion" ."