Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-24
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properly advertised and hearing has heen ven o all those desiring to object and protest, the Board shall determine the quest on of majority or no majority; tha. under Section Five t5) of said Act, the authority of said Board to do any act towards the building of sa d bridge is con- dit cned and dependent upon the ap- proval of a majority in number, in acreage or in value of She owners of req. property in Jefferson County, Arkansas; that said Board of Direc- tors, on August IT, 1912, fraudulent " and falsely found that there was a majority in number of the owners of real property in Jefferson County on saG petition asking for the building of said bridge and that there
 was majority in value of the own CTS Of real property in said County, excius ve of railroads and tramroads, as shown by the last County Assess ment appearing on the petitions ask ing fer the building of said bridge,
 that said finding that majority of the owners of real property in Jeff fersol County, in numbers, was in favcr of sid br dge according to said petitions is false, fraudulent, irregular and illegal in that said find- ing not in accordance with the mandatory terms of said Act and does not show that majority in number or real property owners in Jefferson County, according to the las. assess ment filed in said County. is in fa- Nor of sa d bridge and that sad finding that majority in value of the owners of real property in lief ferson County was in favor of said Bridge, according to said petit ons, IS false, fraudulent, irregular and illeg- al in that said finding in itself and upon its face shows that taxable property of the value of about Three Mill nn C$3,O0O,0OO.0O) Dollars to wit: lailrsad and tramroads within Sd d County was not considered in deter mining said question of majority; that said find ng S false. fraudulent. irregular and illegal and void for the season that there are six :housanC and six (6006) names of real property owners appearing on the assessment books according ito the last County Assessment On file in the office of the County Clerk of Jefferson Coun- ty, Arkansas, without repetition or duplication and that tsere are two hundred and fifty eight (25S) pieces of property ill said County, the own ers os which are unknown; that there are .'ore than six thousand and six (6OO6> real property owners in lief ferscn County, Arkansas; that the last County Assessment on file m sad County is made the standard and guide by which to determine The number of real property owners and the value of their said property in Jefferson County, Arkansas, by the terms of said Special Act No. 214
 under which said Board attempted to act; that the total number of names appearing on the petition ask Ing fer the building of the bridge is two thousand eight hundred eighty (2SS0) and that said number is not majority of .he owners of real property in Jefferson County, Ark ansas, and does not represent ma jority in value of the owners of real property in Jeffeson County, Arkan- sas; that upcn the petitions asking for the building of the bridge one hundred twenty five (125) names are repeated and two hundred twelve t212> names, as this plaintiff be- lieves and therefore alleges. are for geries and the names of persons signed W thout authority; that three hundred ten (310) names appear thereon which were signed under misrepresentat' on that there are one thousand 100O) or more names appearing on said petitions of per sens who are not property owners as shown by the last County Assess ment on file in Jefferson County. Arkansas, and are not, in truth and fact, real property owners with D he meaning of ijne terms of the Special Act No. PA; that upon the face of the Assessors books and the number of names on the petit on
 there is net majority in numbers of tA- owners of real property in lief ferson County, Arkansas. appearing on said petitions that sa d defend ant Roard, at the pretended hearing
 refused to withdraw from said pet