The Tupelo journal., 1912-09-20
Notice

In the Matter Of Providing for. the Working
OF Public Roads in the Second and Fourth
Districts.
Whereas, the Board Of Supervisors Of Lee
County, Mississippi, entered an order upon
the minutes Of said board at the August, 1912,
term thereof, directing notice to be given Of
its intention Of working the public roads in
Supervisors Districts Nos. Two and -Four ac-
cording to the provisions Of Chapter 257 of
the laws Of 1912, Of the state Of Mississippi:
And, whereas, said notice was given by
publication in the Tupelo Journal, a weekly
newspaper published in said county and hav-
ing a general circulation in said district for a
period Of three weeks next before the Septem-
Der, 1912, meeting Of this Board;
And, whereas, said notice provided that up
on the petition Of 20 per cent. Of the qualified
electors Of said Districts against the adoption
of said manner of working said public roads,
or asking for an election on said question, that
an election would be ordered in said district to
determine said question;
And, whereas, no such petition against said
action Of said Board, or asking for said cleo
tion, has been filed with this Board;
1t is therefore ordered by this Board that
the public roads in Supervisors Districts Nos.
Two and Four of Lee County, Mississippi,
shall be worked in accordance with the pro-
visions of Chapter 257 of the Acts of the
Legislature Of the state of Mississippi of 1912;
and also any amendments thereto 1t is furth-
er ordered by the Board that all persons SUBJ
ject to road duty in said district shall pay the
Communication tax of $500 per year. each, ac-
cordine to the provisions of said law. Said
Communication tax shall be paid to the tax col
lector OF this county, on or before the LIST day
OF August, 1913, and each year thereafter.
And anv person liable to road duty in said dis
trict, failing to paw such communication tax on
or before the said date, in any year, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeano and punished
by fine of not exceeding ten dollars for each
%offense, when prosecuted and convicted in the
manner provided by law for the prosecution of
persons charged with a misdemeanor.
1t is further ordered that the tax assessor
shall at the time appointed by law for making
assessments of the personal property in said
districts and county, make a list Of all the
persons in said districts liable to road duty;
and shall furnish the same to the tax collector
OF said county, in a separate well bound book
prepared tor said purpose, on or before the 1st
day of June of the year 1913, and each year
thereafter.
1t is further ordered that the tax collector
of said county shall collect said Communication
tax as provided by said law and this order Of
the Board of Supervisors, and make report to
the county auditor as provided in the collec-
tion Of other taxes; and he shall pay the
amount so collected by him to the county
treasurer or to the county depository, if there
be one in said county; and the said tax collec.
tor shall report the number of persons so as
sessed who have failed to pay said commute.
ton tax, in the same manner as provided for
reporting other delinquent taxpayers.
1t is further ordered that the roads of said
districts shall be worked without the appoint
ment of a commissioner. but shall be worked
under the directions of the supervisors of said
districts.
1t is further ordered that additional funds
for the purchase Of teams and implements,
and working of said roads, be raised by an ad
valorem tax to be levied by this Board at the
time provided by law for the levyins of other
advalorem taxes, on the assessed valuation Of
all the property in said district. That the
fund so raised shall be collected by the tax
collector of said county at the same time and
in the same manner provided by law for the
collection of the other advalorem taxes collect
Gu III Sdlu county. ana SAID taxes Wnen So
collected shall be paid into the county treasu-
ry or the county depository as other taxes are
paid in.
1t is further ordered that the county treas
urer or the county depository, if there be one
in said county, shall keep a separate account
of the funds so raised from the advalorem tax
and the Communication tax herein referred to
and shall designate said fund, Road Fund
Second Supervisors District of Lee County
Mississippi and Road Fund, Fourth Super.
visors District of Lee County, Mississippi
All expenditures made in the working of said
roads shall be made by allowance of the
Board of Supervisors of Lee County, Missis
sippi, and paid by a warrant drawn on said
fund And said depository or treasurer, a:
the case may be. shall make report to this
Board of the receipts and expenditures of said
funds in the manner provided by law for the
handling of the other funds of said county.
Ordered by the Board this the 4th day Of
September, 1912. asst
B. F. PARKER. President.