The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-10-12

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cry item of business done. Neither
can the county, which is merely a
business corporation of and for the
public, afford to do business by such
Anticipated methods. The tendency
of the times is toward municipal
government by a small commission
so few in number that RESPONSE
bility for disagreement or mistakes
can be fixed, and that opportunity
for government on a business basis
is afforded.
The makers of our Constitution
wisely provided for county govern
ment by commission in Section 144,
and in obedience to that section Of
the Constitution, the Legislature en-
acted Kentucky Statutes, Section
1S47, which is as follows:
but any county in the Common
wealth of Kentucky so desiring, 1t
may have three commissioners,to be
elected from the county at large,
who. together with the judge of the
county court, shall constitute the
fiscal court of said county to accer-
tain whether a county desires fis-
cal court composed of three COM
missioners and a county judge. The
county Judge of said county (upon
by written petition sign
ed by three hundred and fifty of the
legal voters of said county, is here.
by authorized, empowered and di-
rected to submit to the qualified vo-
tiers of the county at the next gen.
eral election thereafter to be held
Cor county officers in accordance. in
all respects, with the provisions gov
erning general elections prescribed
by law, the question whether the
fiscal court of the county shall be
of three commissioners,
to be elected from the county at
large, and the judge of the county
court 1t is hereby made the duty
of the county judge, after receiving
said petition, to make an order on
his order-book directing the Off
GERS of the election in all voting pre-
cncts in the county to open pom
to take the sense of the legal voters
in. the. county. upon the question
above set forth, and to see that the
officers Of the election at the fespec-
tive voting precincts in the county
ere furnished with poll-books at said
election for the purposes thereof.
The clerk Of the county court shall
furnish the sheriff of said county
with the copy of the order made by
the judge of said county court on
the order-boOk, and the sheriff shall
cause the same to be published in all
the county papers not less than four
weeks previous to the election, and
also to advertise the same by printed
handbills posted not less than two
weeks before said election in a con-
spicuous place in each of the voting
precincts in said county. In coun-
les wherein no newspapers are pub
ished, handbills shall be sufficient
notice of the election; the voting to
De by ballot, each ballot to have
printed thereon the question, Are
you in favor of the fiscal court of
he county being composed Of three
commissioners, to be elected from
he county at large, and the judge
If the county court?' Said election
ihall be conducted, the returns
hereof made, and the result there
If ascertained and determined in dc
ordance with the provisions of the
aw governing general elections. The
judge shall determine the
OF the petition presented |
rom the poll-book of the last prev
Gus general election. If a MAORI |
Y of the legal votes cast at said |
election are in favor of the fiscs' |
curt of said county being composed |
# three commissioners to be elected
rom the county at large and the
Judge OF the county court, it shall
re the duty of the county Judge, be-
ore the next general election for
ounty officers, to divide the county
nto three districts as nearly equal
n population as possible; and at
aid election there shall be elected