The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-18
To The Democrats OF The Lancaster
Magisterial District

l do not expect to make money out OF
the Office of Justice of the Peace, if il
should be your will to nominate and
elect me. A magistrate receives three
dollars $500 per day when he attends
and serves in the Fiscal Court. and the
same price for committee work per day.
Thirty days work in one year is all that
could be expected by a magistrate for
both Court and committee work. Ar
office that pays only Ninety Dollars
$3.50. 0O) ayear could not greatly interest
candidate whose only purpose was to
get the salery.
My desire to serve the people in this
capacity came only after being solicited
by great many tax payers and business
men, who urge that as a member of
your Fiscal Court | could be helpful to
our County.
To all those voters, who wish an
economical business administration OF
your fiscal affairs, if you will elect me
to this office, | pledge my vote and
influence in the Fiscal Court to bring it
about. l consider that the people
desire from candidate more definite
statement, however, than that he will
simply do right or that he will serve
the peoples interest if elected. For
some times, what one thinks is right
while he is a candidate, the people will
find his acts after his election not
altogether for the public good. | there
fore, think it proper to state some of
the things l will do, or attempt to do, if
elected magistrate in this districts
First: The property of the County is
assessed much higher in recent years
and the taxes people are required to
pay are becoming burdensome. The
County levy at present is fifty cents on
the one hundred dollars, the limit fixed
by law. Of this levy twenty-five cents
on one hundred dollars, the limit of the
law, is for road purposes. The other
twenty five cents is for general purposes.
1t is estimated that levy of fifteen
cents instead of twenty-five cents for
general purposes will meet all the general
expenses of the County government.
If elect magistrate l will, therefore,
vote for reducing the levy ten cents on
the one hundred dollars and make it
forty instead of fifty cents.
Second: The salary of the County
Road Supervisor is fixed at One
Thousand Dollars (S1OOO,OO) per year.
The duties of that Office are very large.
| feel that the salary justifies, and the
Importance of the office requires the
entire time of this officer. If you make
me member of the Fiscal Court will
undertake to see that the County gets
the benefit of the services for which it
pays.
Third: The County has invested a
large sum of money in road working
machinery, wagon and teams, and same
are maintained at heavy expense to
the tax PAYERS, and if l am your
magistrate it will be my purpose to see
that this machinery and these teams
are kept constantly at work during the
entire summer season and will oppose
the same being kept in idleness during
the threshing season, which is consider
ed the very best road building time of
the whole year.
Fourth; The County has a large
sum invested in property used for the
purpose of caring for and keeping its
poor and INDECENT. Under existing
conditions this investment should not
only support the CountY's poor, but
yield good net income. If your
magistrate / shall endeavor to see that
this property brings the largest profit
possible and at the same time properly
cares for the County's helpless anc
needy.
To all those voters who approve Of
this and similar, plans of County
government l appeal for support and ash
your assistance in securing the nomina
ton in the primary on August 2, 1918
Very respectfully,
James H. Dalton.