The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-03-21

| " court neid march 18TH lyll
Hon. James p. Bailey Judge
presiding.
| In the matter Of the petition
81 the Citizens of Waynes-
burg for a common and graded
school
At the last regular term of the Lin
coin Circuit Court, held on the 18th
day Of February 1911. a petition sign
ed by !. Reynolds, S. Mcintosh, A. L.
Foster, r. J. Burleson,W II. Singleton
| Eli Saylor, VI. Il. Singleton. F. S.
/ GOoch. A. b. Morgan. T. s. REYNOLDS,
Luther Bunch W G. Summers, O'BaG-
non Routon, r. L Horton. ID. N Per.
re-, j. l.. Koontz. Plate Moore. r. f.
Sorell, u. Merritt, H. n. Claunch, J. ~
Sweeney, s. p. Swope. Berry f'urleson
and Garland Singleton Superintendent
OF Common schools of Lincoln county,
Barber Wheeler, and j. n. Wheeler
and Geo. w HUM, w. Landgraf and a
X. Caldwell county board of education
for Lincoln county, and A. l.. Singleton
I Trustee Div. Sub. asking that
graded common school district. be es-
tablished within the boundary to wit;
Beginning at Thos. McMullin's includ-
ing hinl, thence down Fishing creek
to r. Il. CALDWELL Jr, including him,
thence down Fishing Creek to e. b.
Caldwell's. Jr., including him, thence
to Riley Reynolds place including him,
thence to Eli Saylor's including him,
thence TO Joseph Phelps excluding
him, thence to Isaac Singleton's ex-
Guiding him, then to the &. N. o. & T.
p. II. r., crossing said railroad 1-2 mile
south Of mile post No. 141, thence to
IA
James Wilson's excluding him, thence
TO and with Polly Singleton's branch
to- the mouth OF same, thence to Mrs.
Elizabeth Gooch's including her place.
thence to the John Johnson farm ex-
Guiding It. thence to point on the
east side of the c. N. o. & T. p. X. Il.
crossing same 1-2 mile south of mile
post 1873, line of Kings Mountain Grad
ed school, thence to j. G. Mariners
including him, thence to j. ]. Falcon
berry's including him, thence to Thos.
McMullins to the beginning, including
all of the within boundary.
And IL appearing to the court that
white voters, residents, and Tux pay
all Of the said petitions are legal
ers in the said proposed graded cen
mon school district, IN the town oil
Wayne burg, KY, and in the Waynes
burg Magisterial district, No. 3, and
the site designated for the school In
said District for the proposed Com
mon Graded School is the one now
used by the common school in the
town Of Waynesburg, and further ap
Eearing thar majority OF the trus
tees in said district embraced in who''
or part in said proposed graded schoo
district herein, con sented to the rs
establishment of the said proposed graz
common school and have endorse,
their consent in writing upon said pc
ttion and in further appearing ira
Garland Singleton Superintendent o
4 Common Schools OF Lincoln county
s has consented to the establishment q
. SAID proposed common graded schoo
district, and has endorsed his con
sent in writing upon the said I\ltioI
i as provided by law, and also the Lin
v coin Board of Education has endorsed
\ same by signing said petition, and this
day the said petitions appeared II
! open court and James p. Bailey, Judge
of the Lincoln county court, agreed
Q with them that the proposed common
4 school district shall be as heretofore
described, and the court being suffici
emily advised, II is now ordered and
4 adjudged that w. l.. McCarty Sheriff
r lof Lincoln County. be and he Is hereby
;. ordered to cause poll to be opened
in the town OF Waynesburg, KY, and
! an election held ON the 18th day OF
April. 1911, same being more than tf0l
DAYS after the entry of this order, Il
4 take the sense OF the legal white vot
\ ers in said proposed graded schoo
district, whether there be levied and
collected an annual tax OF thirty t3Ol
: cents on each one hundred (slc0) dol
< lars worth OF taxable property Assess
ed in said proposed graded common
z school district. belonging 10 white
, persons and corporations, and pol
tax Of fifty (50) cents on each male
inhabitant over twenty one en- years
y OF age. residing in said proposed grad
Z ed common school district for thu
. purpose OF maintaining graded com
mon school In said proposed eradeS
D common school district. and for tn
: purpose OF purchasing or erecting SUI
n aDle buildings thereafter, as provides
by the common school law.
y The officers of election will ais
cause the said legal voters in said pro
posed common school district to yot
e for five persons 20 he trustees 10
p same. provided said tax shall be an
$ proved by said voters. The officers O
s the election win make due return @
n the result OF said election at once al
% ter sape is held.
Y Ait. G.. r. COOPER, Clerk. Ltncol
county court.