Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-07
Lexington Requests Equitable
Adjustment of Road Levy

Lexington Requests Equitable
Adjustment of Road Levy
In compliance with a resolution
adopted by the Lexington Town
Council. Attorney Pendleton, Coun'
Gilman Pole and Mayor Kennedy
appeared before the Board of Sup
ervisors Mondsy ana asked that an
equitable adjustment of the road
tax levy be made, in order to re-
lieve the Town of Lexington from
the payment of road tax to the
county. The matter was present.
ed to the Board Of Supervisors by
Attorney Pendleton, who made an
argument in defense of his claim.
A committee, composed OF Chair
man W. A. Kinnear, Common.
wealth'e Attorney d. <. Moore
and Clerk A. T. Shields, was APP
pointed to investigate the matter
and report at the next meeting OF
Supervisors.
Following is the paper presented
by Attorney Pen dletou:
"To the Honorable Board of Sup.
ervisors of Rockbridge County:
THE Mayor and Council Of the
Town of Lexington respectfully
represent to your Honorable Body
that they think an injustice has
been done to the town by the leyies
of the Board and the setting aside
of 100000 of the levies each
year for the past two years for
the Improvement of roads. We
are satisfied that there was no in
tention to do any injustice. and
that it is only necessary to call the
attention of the Board to it to
have it corrected.
"This fund wac paid ratably by
the citizens of Lexington, except
there was reduction Of 0 cents Oh
the hundred dollars in Lexington,
to cover the amount of 81, ZOO
which, by the Rockbridge Read
Law, Is required to be distributed
by the county amongst the die
tricts.
"The total assessed value of
real and personal property In the
county, including the Town OF
Lexington, is about 81, 145, 542.Sc;
the value in Lexington is about
81, 1856, 166.79. These figures are
only approximate, and will have
to be verified before an adjust
ment can be made. OF course the
$4,7OO each year was properly dis
tributed but Lexington got none
of the balance of $4,000. The
town charter requires the town to
keep up it's own streets and roads.
and also all roads within ooe mile
Of town, and In consideration
thereof exempts persons and prog
erty in the town from county and
district road taxes.
"In the suit of F. 7. Glasgow.
etc., vs. Board of Supervisors, by
decree of 21st September, 1897,
the Circuit Court of Rockbridge
decided the exemption was valid
and the county must levy tax for
roads, from which Lexington was
exempt. A copy of this decree Is
hereto attached. and We ask that
the Board comply with it, and also
refund to the town the amount 1t
ought to have. The town Is lad.
lily in need of money now for its
roads"
following lie the concluding par
agraph of the decree rendered by
Judge WellfLrd of Richmond, who
sat in the Gaze:
"And the court is further of the
opinion and doth decide: That
it is the duty of the Board OF Sup
ervisors of Rockpridge county to
raise all funds for road purposes,
except the fund required to be
raised for road building and repair
of bridges under said road law, by
special levy for road purposes,
from which the taxable persons
and property in the Town Of Lex
| rgton are exempt