The bee., 1914-08-18
Hopkins County Court
IN THE MATTER or ESTABLISHMENT
AND MAINTENANCE or EARL.
iNGToN GRADED COMMON
SCHOOL CISTRlCT-
Colored)

the receipt and filing herein of the
petition of ] w. Bell and eleven
other legal voters and tax payers
within the city of Darlington, a city
of tile fifth class In Hopkins county,
the said petition coming on for hear
ing 1t Is now ordered by the Court
that the boundary OF the proposed
Darlington Graded Common School
District, colored, be fixed pursuant
to the agreement of the County
Judge, the petitioners aud the Coun-
ty Board of Education OF Hopkins
County, Kentucky, as follows:
Said proposed district shall COM
prise and be the same as the terri
tory embraced in the Darlington
graded common school district
which is identical With the boun-
daries Of former consolidated sub
districts Nos. 40 aud AZ the bound
diaries of each of which are as fol-
lows:
Sub-dIstrict No. 45 begins at the
N. end of s. r. Nisbet's lane on the
Madisonviile and Darlington road
thence Z. to the end of his cross
lane thence s. to the fork of the
White Plains and Hopkinsville
roads; so as to exclude A. ]. Sisk's
farm thence with the Hopkinsville
road to the crossing Of the l.. & N.
r. r.; thence on straight line so
as to include Elias Oldham's farm
and Riffs Oldham's farm; thence to
include Sam and Hiram Oldham's
farms; thence to tie N. w. Corner
of the survey of the town of Earl
Ington; thence with said line to the
N. X. corner; thence to the Thomas
Davis place and to Polk Merrill's
place, including them; thence on q
straight line to the beginning.
Sub-district No. As, beginning at
the N Z. corner of the corporate
line of the town of Darlington;
thence to Thos. Davis place and the
Polk Merrill place, excluding them;
thence with the meanderings of the
Hunting Branch to the Rock Ford
or Cloar Greek; thence to the Steve
Robinson house; thence TO Dock
Oriffin's; thence to N. w. corner of
the corporation line of the town of
Darlington; thence to the begin
ming"
The Sheriff of Hopkins County is
directed to open poll within said
proposed graded common school
district on Tuesday, September 9Th,
1914, for the purpose of taking the
sense of the legal colored voters in
said graded common school district
on the proposition whether or not
they will vote an annual tax of not
exceeding fifty cents on each One
Hundred Dollars Of property asses
sed within said proposed common
school district belonging to colored
voters, and poll tax of not exceed
ing $l.5o per capita on each colored
male inhabitant over 81 years of age
residing in said proposed graded |
common school district, being both |
an ad valorem and a poll tax, for
the purpose of main tanning q COM
mon graded school In said proposed
graded common school district and
for erecting, purchasing aud repair
Ing suitable buildings therefor If
necessary. The court finds as fact
that the proposition to establish said
graded common school district and
school has been and is approved In
writing on the petition by Paul M.
Moore, the trustee of the common
school district and the only common
school district included within or
Affected by the boundary of the
proposed graded common school
district, and has been approved In
writing on said petition by the
)ounty Superintendent of Common
schools; that the proposed school
louse In said district is the school
louse in present use by the Earring
on colored school district within
he city of Darlington, with the lot G
Ipon which the same is situated, ,
he same being located one block
rest of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad and one block north of :,
lain Street in Darlington. Kentuc- u
y, and that on point of the boun- a
airy of said proposed graded COM h
ION school district is more than 216 .
lilies from the site of said proposed
chool house.
1t shall be the duty of the County s
curt Clerk of Hopkins County to =
I've to the Sheriff of said County
ertified copy of this order as it APP
ears on the order book, within ten
sys after the entry thereof, and it
lall be the duty of said Sheriff to I
have this order published in the .
Bee" published at Earl n
gton, Kentucky, tor at least 20 b
avs before the election, and also to
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