Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-09
COUNTY BUSINESS
Meeting of Board of Supervisors
Monday


1t the Courthouse, there being n
ull attendance present, as follows:
Kinnear (chairman), !
McNutt, Ayres, Hoting-
Or and Patterson.
The proposition for the board to
relieve the town of Lexington from
the public roads one
mile from the corporate limits OF
the same to be added to
Lexington district, was acted ON
favorably by unaaimOus vote. The
change proposed will be subject to
a bill to be offered in the Legisla-
ture by Delegate Hugh A. White,
which provides fog a change in the
charter of the town Of Lexington.
Clerk Shields was authorized to
prepare and publish a report of the
receipts and expenditures of the
county for six months ending Dec
81, 1909.
DR.. A. D. Estill, County Health
Officer, submitted his report for the
year, showing in detail the work of
that Office.
A resolution was offered by Sup
ervisor Patterson extending the
thanks of the Board and of the peo-
PIE of Rockbridge to Mr.. Charles B.
Alexander of New York for the gift
of the oil painting Of his distin-
gvished grandfather, DR.. Archi-
bald Alexander, to be placed in
Rockbridge's Hall of Fame.
In the matter OF the petition Of ].
L. Potter and others for change OIL
public road near W. p. Painters
mill. the following viewers we're ap-
pointed to meet Monday, Feb. 21st
il fair, otherwise to meet the 22nd
and report on same: II. II. TeafOrd
Franklin Linkswiler, T. w. Hard
barger, w. b. Hileman, j. A. Wilk.
inson.
A resolution was adopted In
structing Clerk Shields to ascertain
from the Mayor and Council of Lex
ington what property had beer
taken into the corporate limits since
March 10, 1904, and the value o
same.
A committee composed OF Super
intendent of the Poor, w. l.. McGuf
fin, Supervisors Kinnear and Pat
terson, was appointed to sell, il
their discretion and according t,
law, three tracts of land of tn,
county farm, namely, 100 acres
adjoining Watts and Hileman on tn,
Brownsburg road; small tract ad
joining A. L. White and inclosed il
his field; 6 acres adjoining c.
Reid.
In order to secure the benefits o
the second apportionment of tn
State road fund, County Treasure
Moore was instructed to credit tn
joint State and county permanen
road fund with $4,000 for Nature
Bridge district; and $4,000 70
South River district on the sam
terms. These amou ats will be TT
turned June %, 1910.
In order to assist in the raisin
of the county bridge over Jane
River at Greenlee, an order was Ell
tered appropriating 5000 for thi
purpose. and also releasing to tn
road board of Natural Bridge di.
trict $500 due the county by thi
board. THIS is on condition thu
the road board of this district an
citizens of the community will pr,
vide sufficient funds with which I
{ raise the bridge four feet as COZ
| templated.
After the present improvement
have been completed, the road boar
of South River district will improy
f four miles beginning at line of LIE,
, ington district AMI extending mort
to a point near Timber Rids
r church. Natural Bridge distri
will improve 81 miles, between Blu
t ma Vista and Hartsook's shop. Al
r plications to the State Highwa
{ Commissioner were ordered mac
, for funds from the next appropri
/, ton.
] Chairman Kinnear and Clel
Shields were authorized to have I'll