Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-12-25
HOW TO GET STAT1 AID

may obtain state aid baidng through several
different channels The county raise the money til
funds available from the by methods, neral
ton, and by bond issues In either the coun @ and the
states funds both be supplemented dloa from
poratons private citizens provided such donations Paid
cash to the treasurer of the county
Since the aid the building of these oa1 and since
the counties funds very limited or
only Living along
a improved he direct aul
benefit accuing from said improvement shall aid in bearing
the expense of each proportion the benefits de
rived theeom And since the pay onealf the
the ratio should betate fifty p cent and
aLutng property and the private subscriptions the other
p per Most certainly the abung and Pr
subscriptions should not less than Is cent In
the latter county ay per
The instance should be required pay for
right o way .-<.
quested aid for the
roads, stating abuttng property that the will
put up $780, provided said property and other citizens OF
will another $780, and have requested that the
plans and specifications Of the State Dpar,
OF Public Roads accordance with the Aid Road
general $4,000 work
county. However this depends the number of applications
for aid and the requested.
fortunate Jefferson Shelby Campbell
and all they
will be entitled receive and to be able appropriate the
say money their road fund aid without impair
ing totally destroying their general maintenance fund
stance should the maintenance be overlooked.
aid the inter-couny roads
have been improved then
NAV be designated be improved build comprehensive
system outlined by this law will require years with
national aid and without fifteen twenty years
county wishing the completion of this comprelen-
system early date do only by assuming the of
system through the issuance of bonds Usually the county
therefore the states portion the county
that miles be built in year.
system may be completed less aager
amount be accomplished comparatively
may be used while they being paid for by
zens county and commonwealth The
the work accordance
of onea the of actually spent
reconstruction of roads, being made annually
a. the county's portion OF the road fund is available
have thus far avaied themselves OF this
securing Lewis and Carter The Lewis
approving the bond issue for $50O0 the 18th day
July 200 yeas 40 nays The
y November 3d. ratified bond issue for $50OO0 for
proyement 3O than necessary two
thirds majority required to carry the issue
otlS instance where has been taken for
issue have of said issue
9s a : thea: ' %ss .si aag a SsGs
These corroborated by from such
elections the following counties Mason November sd
$OOOOO Campbell November 3d $50OOO build roads, 100000
buy November g. $00O00 Boone November
5OOO Pulaski April a. and again June 26t $3OOOOO
1en May S3oOOOO Simpson, May 100000 Meniee
September $4,000.
Unfortunately however for the promotion of road building the
Constitution requires that twothrs of the bond
question shall be favor of the same before shall be
ried.
Every county the example
Lewis Johnson Madison, Rockcastle
Shelby Warren Jefferson Harrison and Logan counties by apply
ing aid No county is ricas has been shown by JEFF
ferson counts application no county is so poor that she
apply and receive portion OF the fund Of the three
plans mentioned above No afford to lose the
paying toward the state road fund fail the
offer made by the state
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