The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-04-12
RESUME OF OHIO
COUNTY FISCAL COURT
People Will Have Chance to Say
by Vote Whether They Fa-
vor 100000 Road Fund.


it's work for the special term adjourn
ed last Saturday. Excepting those we
reported last week the following are
the most important orders entered:
On motion committee, consisting
of w. p. Miller, S. H. Render and
Cal +. Keown, was appointed with
view of having bridges erected across
Huff's creek on the Barretts' Ferry
and Fordsville public road. Said COM
mittee was directed to make such
contract as they deemed to the best
interests of the county for either wood
or steel bridge.
Ordered that Rowan Holbrook, f.
NJ. Woodward, and w. b. Taylor be
appointed as commissioners with a
view of grading and levying up above
high water mark the levee north of
Hartford on Hartford and Greensboro
public road and construct a fill on
the river bank to prevent the over
flow from injuring said levee.
Ordered that the citizens of the
county be granted the privilege of
erecting and maintaining telephone
lines along the public highways pro-
vided same shall in no Nay interfere
with travel or graders in working
roads.
On motion E. G. Barrass and w.
S. Tinsley were appointed commit
tee to construct toilet room in base
ment, to be made under court house.
Ordered that the question as to
whether or not the county shall issue
bonds to the amount of 100000 for
the purpose of improving and repair
ing the public roads in the county by
grading, widening, graveling, macada-
MIXING and otherwise improving and
repairing as may be deemed best be
submitted to the qualified voters of
the county at the regular election No
vember 5, 1907.
Capt. j. Nj. DeWeese, Esps. b. S.
Chamberlin and S. H. Render were
appointed committee and empowered
to make such a contract with the
joint committees of the Knights of
Pythias and Masonic lodges as they
deemed suitable for the accommoda-
tion of Company H, X. n. c., for a
period of not exceeding 2 years and
at cost of not exceeding SITS per
year.
Ordered that the Road and Bridge
Commissioner take such. steps as may
be necessary to test 'the split log
drag process of repairing roads" and
that said commissioner expend not
exceeding $50 in said test.
Ordered thhat the Read and Bridge
Commissioner be directed to expend
equal amount of the money appropriat-
ed for road purposes in each Magister-
ial district.
Ordered that c. NJ. Grove and Amos
Miller be appointed as commissioners
to carry out a former order of the
court in determining the feasibility
and possibility of establishing a pub
lie road across the bottoms west of
Hartford near the Madisonville, Hart
ford and Eastern railroad right-of-
way.
The following order was made with
reference to matchmaking two
miles of road north of Hartford:
In view of the fact that there has
been presented to this court By citi-
zens and taxpayers of Ohio county a
petition and subscription to induce and
to aid this court in grading and rock
ing or matchmaking two miles of
road just north of Rough river and
near Hartford and in view of the fact
that this court has appointed a COM
mission to grade said road or a por-
ton of same. In view of the above
facts and in the event that the COM
mission above referred 10 raises the
grade of said levee in accordance with
the profile as filed herein by engineers
Cooper and Porter. 1t is therefore
moved by Esq. Chamberlin that the
said petition be not rejected, but in
the event the petitioners herein re-
ferred to guarantee to this court that
q subscription equal in amount to ST.
900 per mile shall be delivered to the
commission to be named by this court
thesaid proposition is to be. or may