The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-08-07
Hopkins County Court
nv THE MATTER OF ESTABLISHMENT
AND MAINTENANCE OF EARL.
INGTON GRADED COMMON
SCHOOL DISTRICT
(Co,ored)

(Co,ored)
This being the next regular term
Of the Hopkins County Court after
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 tie fifth class In Hopkins county,
the said petition coming on fer hear
ing tt is now ordered by the Court
that the boundary of the proposed
EarIingtun Graded Common School
District, colored, be fixed pursuant
TO the agreement of the County
Judge. the petitioners and the Coun-
ty Board of Education of Hopkins
County, Kentucky, as follows:
Said proposed district shall COM
price aud be the same as the terri
tory embraced in the Darlington
grated common school district
which is identical with the boun-
daries OF former consolidated sub
dietricts Nos. As aud 48 the bound
daries Of each of which are as fol-
l0ws-
Sub-dsstrict No. 40 begins at the
~. end of s. r. Nisbet's lane on the
Jacksonville and Darlington road
thence e. to the end of his cross
lane; thence s.. to the fork of the
Wtse Plains and Hopkinsville
roads; so as to exclude A. j. Sisk's
farm; thence with the Hopkinsville
road 10 the crossing of the l.. q n.
r. r.; thence on a straight line so
~ sa include Elias Oldham's farm
and Riffs Oldham's farm; thence to
Include Sam and Hiram Oldham's
ixrm.; thence to tre N. w. Corner
of tls@ survey of the town of Earl
mgton; thence with said line to the
". E. corner; thence to the Thomas
Davts7 place and to Polk Merrills
place, Including them; thence on a
straight line to the beginning.
Sub-district No, 48, beginning at
che N 4 corner of the corporate
line 0s the town of Darlington;
theuce to Thos. Davis place and the
Folk Merrill place, excluding them;
thence with the meanderings of the
HUNTING Branch to the Rock Ford
on Cloar Greek; thence to the Steve
Robinson house; thence TO Dock
Oriflin' thence to N. w. corner of
the corporation line of the town of
Ear lington; thence to the begin
ming 4"
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 ia
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 a poll tax of not exceed
ing also per capita on each colored
male inhabitant over 81 years of age
residing in said proposed graded
eommon school district, being both
an ad vaIOrem and poll tax, for
the purpose of maintaining a COM
mon graded school in said proposed
GRADED common school district and
Tor erecting, purchasing and repair
nag 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 10 approved In
writing on the petition by Paul M.
Moore, the trustee of the common
school district and the only common
sohool district included within or
affected by the boundary of the
proposed graded common school
I district, and has been approved IN
! writing on said petition by the
County Superintendent OF Common
schools; that the proposed school
house Ia said district Is the school
house IN present use by the Earring
ton eolored school district within
the city of Darlington, with the lot
pon which the same is situated.
3hs same being located one block
west of the Louisville a Nashville
Railroad and one block north OF
Main Street In Darlington, Kentuc-