Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-05-27
Order of County Court
of Jefferson Co., w.
Va, Providing for an
Election on a Proposed
Issue of Bonds.

Election on a Proposed
Issue of Bonds.
At a meeting OF the County Court
on May a, 1918, the following order
was passed.
Pursuant to an order Of the Court
entered yesterday the indebtedness o.
the Magisterial District Of Charles
Town as of May 1st, 1913, is this day
certified to the Court to be as
follows:
Jefferson County Bonds Sl7Z,o0000
interest on above bonds 69513I
Bonded and other indebted
ness of the Corporation OF
Charles Town 13,400.00
Interest on above bonds o4.00
cation bonds 10000 90
board 3,ooS.92
ton Of Ransom 10000
Bridge over Shenandoah
River at Bioomery 3s,OO0.OO
Total z55,31S.O5
| Five per cent levy on tax
able basis in said district 259,Sb9.93
Balance $4,551SS
Also in the matter of the petition
of H. G. Getzendanner and others, Tor
bridge across Shenandoah River, at
Bloomery, it appearing from the re-
port of James K. Hendrick, heretofore
| L. - In fha ,arnI,a hla FOct
of such bridge, roads and approaches
is 100000; and it further appear
| ING to the Court from the above
statements that the estimated cost o.
such bridge, including the approaches
and necessary roads plus the total
bonded or other indebtedness of the
| County of Jefferson, and plus the total
| bonded or other indebtedness OF
| Charles Town Magisterial District, and
plus the total bonded or other indebt-
| edness of all School Districts and
| Independent School Districts in the
| Charles Town Magisterial District, and
| plus the total bonded or other indebt-
| edness of all the Municipal Corpora
tons within the Charles Town Magis-
| teral District, does not exceed five
per centum on the value OF the taxa
BILE property in the Charles Town
Magisterial District as ascertdined by
| the last assessment for state and
county purposes; it is therefore
ordered that an election be held with
| in the Charles Town Magisterial Dis
| trict on
Thursday, the 10th day of July, 1913,
for the purpose of voting on an issue
| of bonds of the Charles Town Magis-
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| bridge, approaches and roads. The
same be issued and sold, shall be
approaches and roads; and said
of $500 each and numbered from one
to 70 consecutively, making the aggre-
gate $35,00000. They shall bear date
on the 1st day Of November, 1918, and
shall be payable on the LIST day Of
November, 1947, at the office Of the
Sheriff of Jefferson County, West
Virginia, and shall bear interest from
date at the rate o. five per centum,
per annum. They shall have coupons
attached for the payment of the in
terest thereon and said coupons shall
be for $3.50 each, and shall be pay
able semi-annually at the same place
as the bonds are payable on the
1st day OF May and the 1st day
Of November in each year and so
on until the bonds mature, unless
sooner redeemed or cancelled pur-
suant to law Said bonds shall be
payable to bearer and signed, "the
Charles Town Magisterial District OF
Jefferson County, West Virginia" BY
| the president of the County Court OF
said County and attested by the Clerk
of the County Court; and the cor
porate seal of the County Court shall
| be affixed thereto. The interest cou-
| ponS shall likewise be so payable and
bear the engraved or printed signature
of the Clerk of SAID Court. and they
| shall be cut OFF when paid. Said
| bonds shall refer on their face to an
| Act Of the Legislature of West Vir-
| ginia of 1913 relating to the issuance
of bonds of any Magister;al District
| through which the Shenandoah River
runs, and shall contain reservation
of the right of said obligor therein to
pay off and redeem the same after
ten years from the date of issue as
| provided by this order.
At any time after ten years from
| the date of said bonds, the County
Court of Jefferson County NAY re
deem out of any fund on hand arts
ing from "the bridge levy" specified
in the Act of the Legislature above
| referred to, or out of the tolls charg-
| ed and collected for travelling over
| said bridge any or all Of said bonds,
and to this end may from time to
| time direct the Clerk OF the said
| Court to give notice by publication to
| the holder or holders OF the bonds to
be redeemed, that on or after a day
| named, the designated bond or bonds
| with any accrued and unpaid interest,
will be paid upon presentation that if
not presented they shall cease to bear
interest after the day named; that
said notice shall be published for two
successive weeks in some newspaper
N Jefferson County, West Virginia
prior to such designated day OF pay
ment. Said bonds shall on Their face
refer to this order, and shall state
that they are redeemable by the
obligor at any time after ten years
from the date thereof in the manner
herein set forth.
1t is further ordered by the Court
that the places os voting shall be the
same as those used at the last general
election for state and county officers |
and the result of such election shall
be ascertained and declared as pro-
vided by law, for holding and ascer-
tanning. and declaring the result o. |
general election. The comm ssioners
of election and the poll clerks shall |
be as follows:
Precinct No. l, Shenandoah Junction
Voting Place, White School House.
Commissioners of Election.-J Y.
Blackford, Jno w. Irwin, ]. A. Dear
ing.
Poll Clerks.--F. C. LIttlejohn, Roy
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