Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-06-12
COUNTY ROAD BOND Law
BELOW Is PRINTED FOR The INFORMATION OF The VOTERS The
PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS OF The COUNTY BONDING LAW

We print below the principal parts
of the county bonding law. By at
tention to that part which we have
printed in black type it will be seen
that all parts of the county are prop
erly protected in the matter. of dis
tributions of roads throughout the
several districts, as it is provided
that the county court shall specify
in its order calling the election just
where, on what roads, and in what
sums the proceeds of the bonds are
to be expended, and provides further
that the money cannot be spent on
any other roads.
Therefore, the necessity becomes at
once apparent that each community
in the county should at once deter
mine what roads it desires and make
that wish known to the county court
at the meeting at which the order
for the election is made, because, un-
less your road is set out in the cleo
tion order as one to be improved it
will be impossible to legally spend
any of the proceeds of the bonds on
it.
Here Is the Law.
Section 1. Bonds may be issued
by any county in this state for the
purpose of raising money to be used
for the construction and maintenance
of permanent roads in that county
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. q Whenever a number of
registered voters of the county equal
to one-fourth of the greatest number
of votes cast in that county at the
next preceding general election, for
any person for judge of the supreme
court, not exceeding, however, 5000
registered voters, shall petition the
county court as hereinafter provided
asking that special election shall
be called for the purpose of submit
ting to the voters of that county the
question of issuing bonds for the pur-
pose mentioned in Section l of this
act, such county court shall call such
special election and submit such
question to the legal voters of such
county as hereafter provided.
Sec. 3. The petition mentioned
in Section 3 of thic act shall Set ont
and specify the amount of bonds pro-
posed to be issued, the length of time
they shall run, and the maximum
rate of interest they shall bear.
Each petitioner must sign his own
name to the petition, the precinct in
which he resides, and his postoffice
address must be noted opposite his
name. The petition shall be in sub
stance the following form:
To the Honorable County Court of
......... County.
We, the undersigned registered
registered voters, respectfully petit
tion that you call a special election
for the purpose of submitting to the
voters of this county the question of
issuing bonds, to provide for the con-
struction of permanent roads in this
county, to the amount of. .......
dollars ($. ......), to run. .......
years each. The aforesaid bonds
shall bear interest at. per
cent per annum.
Name. postoff1ce
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Sec. 4. The petition mentioned in
Section 8 shall be filed with the
county clerk and thereafter presented
to the county court at or before the
next regular session thereof The
county court shall examine the petit
tion as soon as it is so presented, and
if the court is satisfied that the petit
tion substantially conforms to the re-
quirements of Section 3 of this act
and contains the names and postof-
flee addresses of the requisite num-
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2 of this act, the county court shall
then make an order directing that a
special election shall be called and
held in that county for the purpose
as specified in the petition at a time
to be then fixed by the court, which
shall not be less than 20 nor more
than 40 days after the date of max
ing the order; the order of the coun-
ty court shall state the amount OF
the proposed bonded Indebtedness
the maximum rate of interest that
it shall bear, and what particular
roads within the county are to be
built and improved by the money so
raised, and the minimum amount to
be expended on each road and where
located within the county, giving the
beginning and the terminus thereof;
, and the county court shall not use
any of the money so raised under the
provisions of this act, upon any Other
road than those mentioned i'm sai6
order, nor for any other purpose