The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-29

when thus warned in will be
allowed seventy five cents per day for
his work. Certificates will be issued
by the County Road Engineer to the
Assistants and the hands for the work
which will be first applied to satisfy
the poll tax, if any, against the hand
and the residue to pay property tax
assessed against the hand and if none,
he will be paid out of the fund OF
$500. 90 appropriated. The court is OF
the opinion that it has the right to
require hands to work under this order
and if any person SO warned in and
not excepted by the law, fails to re-
spond, such person will be subject to
fine as heretofore. All the old over
seers who have in their possession
road working tools belonging to the
county will be required by the Engineer
to turn same over to the Assistants.
who will be required to give to the
Engineer an inventory of the same
which will be kept by him in his office.
The Court decided to continue to work
on the turnpike as heretofore under
the same contracts and plans.
No arrangements had yet been
made by the Court as to the amount
of money that will be expended upon
each pike. While bids have been &C.
cepted by the Court and bonds taken
from the bidders, no specific amount
of work has vet been assigned to the
contractors under these bids. This
should be done by the Court at an
early date. The people are entitled to
know as well as the contractor how
much work is contemplated upon each
turnpike in the county. The change
in the road law will cause the people
to talk the road matters over and gel
familiar with the needs and the coun'
TVS ability to meet the requirements.
There is no difference between the
dirt roads and the turnpikes, each are
public highways and are to be kept W
by the public. The most travelled pub
lie thoroughways, of course, should bt
maintained as macadamized roads anC
are entitled to more consideration il
the distribution of the tax funds. Al
least sixty five per cent of all the tax
es collected for county purposes il
this county, excluding school tax il
used for road purposes. This of it
self makes the road question one O1
vital Importance to the people. In ad
dition, nothing so stimulates the bust
ness social and school progress of tn
county as does the benefits of goo'
roads, good dirt roads as well as turn
pixies. To assist and encourage tn
public officers in giving the people tn
best results for the tax fund expende'
and the labor of the hands warned il
we suggest that an organization b
had at once in Garrard county wit
regular monthly meetings to discus
questions pertaining to the better
ment of the roads of the county an
arrange for any plans to bring
about. On any Saturday afternoo
the organization could be effected an
the move started. We believe if tn
matter could be brought to organizs
ton it would be permanent on accoun
of the general realization of the nee
of better roads and the universal dc
sire to have better roads at once.
The present condition necessaril
suspends the further building of turf
pixies by the county until the dir
roads of the county are made passabl
and are in condition to fairly satisf
the travelling public of the variou
parts of the county.