Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-01-12
TO CHANGE SYSTEM
Of TAXATION

Four townships of Montour county,
West Hemlock, Liberty, Valley and
Mahoning-have gone on record as be-
ing in 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
General Assembly approved the 12th
day Of April, A. D., 1905.
The petitions signed by residents and
tax payers as required by the Act was
presented to the Court of Quarter Ses-
sions Monday praying that an elec-
tion be directed, giving the electors of
said townships at the February (19O6)
municipal election, after thirty days
notice, thereof, the power to vote to
change the System Of taxation for work
inglthe public roads as provided in
the above Act.
The petition from West Hemlock
township was signed by the following
Lloyd Bomboy, L. @. Shultz, W. G.
Shultz, W. B. Billheim, A. ]. Ballet,
William Hester, August Shultz, Clar-
ence ]. Shultz, John B. Sees, A. d.
Crossley, Daniel Hort, T. J. Betz, J.
W. Ande, O, O. Sterling, Hiram Sterl-
ing, jacob H. Welliver, Oscar Lock
hoof, Jacob Flick, @. J. Deighmill,
er, Paul Mausteller, j. @. Grim, S.
B. Flick, J. H. Tanner, Frank Cross,
ley, W. H. Snyder, g. H. Pursel, J.
M. Moore, Peter Kitchen.
The petition from Liberty township
was signed by the following: @. O.
Billmeyer, J. G. Bogert, @. Geringer,
Daniel Helm, William S. Bogert,
Andrew Billmeyer, William Robbins,
E. G. Taylor, William Billmeyer, R.
@. Auten, o. H. Auten, g. Hufnagle,
O. E. Lazarus, D. 7. Lazarus,J Foust,
s. H. Sechler, s. G. Wagner, William
H. Clewell, W. E. Boyer, John Bow.
man, H. ]. Lindner, r. E. MoCraok.
en-, Edward Geringer, Joseph Hagen.
buch, H. H. Taylor, W. O. Robbins
John J. Auten, William Curry.
A petition for special election il
Mahoning township to change the
manner of collecting road taxes il
signed by the following: E. L. White
George Heckendorn, Peter Mottern, w
w. Diehl, William Wertman, Edward
Rudy, Gustave Oelschlager, Henry
Schram, Anthony Diehl, w. @. Heller
J. A. Shine, John E. Roberts, Samue
Heimbach, W. Morrison, John S. Krum
Charles Krumm, James Morrison, Lloyt
Baylor, M. Breckbill, James B. Baylor
Frank Schram, r. W. Foust, w. R
Paules, T. G. Vincent, O. A. Gillaspy
The petition of taxpayers of Valle.
township for an order for election t.
change system of taxation is signed b,
the following Philip E. Maus, Charlie
W. Cook, J. A. Merrill, James Nc
Cracken, Frank Meyer, Joseph P. Sny
der, Pierce Gearhart, f. p. Applemall
William David Wise,C. B. Appleman
E. S. Delsite, John Hendricks, JOIN
Fry, James o. Frazier,D D. R. P. Childs
David Wilson, Jacob r. Gearhart, J
]. Johnson, J.. T. Lenig, Walter J
Vincent, N. G. Kindt, W. s. Lawrence
Edward Roberts, Joseph Churm, Georg
F. Pursel, Samuel Pursel, John 7
Blue, Hiram J. Childs and r. M. Pur
sci.
The petition in each case was grant
cd by the Court.
The Act provides that upon peti
tion from tax payers the Court o
Quarter Sessions shall authorize
special election to be held at the tim
Of the February election when tn
question of abolishing the work ia
shall be decided by majority vote O
the electors. A township which thu
abolishes the work tax is entitled t
receive from the State sum in cas-
equal to 10 per centum of the actua
amount of the cash tax collected by tn
township.