Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
Supervisors Appropriate Large
Sum for Roads

Supervisors Appropriate Lars
of Sum for Roads
m The Board of Supervisors
Rockbridge held busy meetin
* Monday, and among the importar
" matters of business disposed
was the appropriation of te
X thousand dollars for permaner
road Improvement. The mem bel
= of the board are mbued with th
- idea that In order to. build an
maintain good roads it is necessar
to provide sufficient funds for tn
q same. The amount set aside 70
T. sinking fund and interest is 80.
800, and $9,488 for permanen
J. road provement, which is las
d double the sum set aside last year
Following are the amounts for tn,
several districts: Lexington dis
e trict, $500; Natural Bridge, 81,
92O; Buffalo, 81 100; Kerr's Greek,
u, 6O9.60; Walkers Greek, 81 ,696
South River, ST., 7O2 40.
The county levy for 1907 was
fixed at 81 cents on the 500 of
real and personal property, within
the corporates limits Of Lexington,
and 46 cents outside the corpor-
ate limits of Lexington. The coun-
ty levy for schools outside of Lex
ington was fixed at III cents, and
the district levies as follows: Gen.
trail and Natural Bridge districts,
129 cents; Kerr's Greek and Walk
ers Creek III cents; Buffslo and
South River, 20 cents.
The road levy in all districts
was fixed at 20 cents, and for the
poor as follows: Central district,
6 cte.; Natural Bridge, II cts;
Buffalo, 6 cts. ;Kerr's Greek o cts. +;
Walkers Creek ct. South River,
8 cts.
The road petition of E. B. Clarke
ana others tor change of public
road near Natural Bridge quarry
to safe distance was referred to
the following committee of viewers
who will meet at Natural Bridge
station Saturday, May 10; c, A,
Brady, f. F. Harris, +. M. Ruff, |
@. A.Cummins and Jonathan Her
ring.
In the matter of the petition of
Mark Hatten, Sr,, and others, for
change of public road on upper
Kerr's Creek, through the lands of
@. }. Wilhelm and others, begin.
ming at point on the turnpike
road just below the bridge across
Linkswiler's mill race, the follow
ing viewers were appointed to
meet at Smiths Mill Satur.
day, June l: Daniel Welsh,
j. A. wilkinson, j. L. Teaford,
g. McD. Kirkpatrick and Barton [
Lindsay. n
In the matter or the petition of n
J. Nc. Scott and Others for a pub. y
ic road through the lands of w. q
?. Leech, Martha and America !
4eech, the road was ordered es =
ablished, aud SIG damage was al q
owed Martha and America Leech. +,
The petition Of James p. Smith q,
nd Others for change of road a
yer Kyger's hill Buffalo district, y,
'as referred to the following view 10
re, VINO are to meet at Murat, =,
aturday, June l: G. A. Brady, H. >,
:. Moore, c. G. McCorkIe, G. T. ar
eebert and L. A. Crist. h,
Following Are the road commits. II
oners elected by the board of NJ
unCer the new law, r.
lie old law empowering the Circuit r.
ldges to appoint the same: Lex rc
gtOn district, H. f. Moore: Nat th
'al Bridge, W. w. Whitmore; On
ufalo, W. A. Tribbett; Kerr's
reek, j. L. McGufjn; Walkers 90
eek, A. NJ. Anderson; South bo
ver, j. w. Wallace. 20,
The committee in the matter Of ~
Q bridge across Woods Creek ,n
as continued. Peul M. Penick w
rs requested by the board to 60. az,
re hat sums be could by pri- na,
tie subscriptions for the erection ost
the bridge. his
supervisors Shewey, Patterson chr
d Whitmore were appointed q MI,
nmittee to take an inventory at ei,I
poor house Saturday, June l. the
Consideration of the report of has
nmissioners of the revenue with ogr
erence TO telegraph and tele- No
0ne lines was continued. COO
The board decided that they did nlo
have the authority to exempt wit
m taxation the bonds of the hoo
kson Memorial Hospital. 49,
Jerk A, T. Shields was instruct Ton
to provide the court house and oct;
ching yard house with Ice for inf,
summer. who
here was a full meeting. as fol. one,
8: Supervisors j. j. L. Kim
r, chairman, j. Ii. Whitmore, De
E. L. Stark, G. A. Ayres, C.M. A
wey and r. L. Patterson. Eva
SOuJhall Resigns Passionate oiiu