The Robesonian., 1917-04-26
ROAD BOND ELECTIONS

ROAD BOND ELECTIONS
County Attorney Britt Explains the
Two Propositions Now Before the
People OF Robson
To the Editor Of The Robesonian:
At the request of some Of the cit
liens Of Kobeson county this public
statement is made.
We have two propositions before
the voters of the county at the pres
ent time relative to raising money
for road purposes. An election is
called for Monday, May z, for the
purpose of voting on the question of
issuing S5OO,OO0 in bonds. Under
this election if the bonds are voted
and issued it will be the duty of the
! board of commissioners to levy tax
of Is cents on each $100 valuation of
real and personal property in the
county and As cents on each taxable
poll for the purpose of paying the
semi-annual Interest on the bonds
and to provide sinking fund to re-
deem the bonds at maturity. =
For this election a new registration
has been ordered and only those who
register for this election will be en-
titled to vote in the election to be
held on Monday, May 7th. If, at this
election, a majority of the votes cast
shall be "For good roads bond ISSUE -
then the sum of S50O,O0O bonds will
be issued by the board of commits
sjoners and sold by the road commits
sion as provided in the bond act
known as the "Gough bill''.
4ho o1oof;o,, 4o bo bo1I ~, Mon :
day, May Z, board Of road COM
missioners will be elected by a vote
of the people, one from each of the
five districts in the county. Each
person who desires to be voted for as
road commissioner, and desires the
county to have tickets printed and
| placed in the hands of the election
authorities will please send his name
| to the register of deeds on or before
Saturday, Apr %, as the tickets will
be printed on May the 1st.
The registration books for this
election will be open for the regis
tration of voters until sunset on Sat-
urday May 5, and the registrar will
be at the voting precinct with the
registration book on April % >6nd
May 5th.
The election to be held on Tues
day, May 8, is for the purpose of
ascertaining the will of the people of
the county as to whether or not the
board Of commissioners shall be au-
thorized to issue $48O,OOO of road
/ bonds under what is known as the
"Clark bill''. These bonds if issued
will bear 5 per cent interest, payable
semi-annually, and it is estimated
that this rate of interest will pay the
interest to the State and retire the
bonds in Al years from date Of issue
However, if this rate of interest
should fail to retire the bonds within
] the Al years, the county would have
to pay the balance due on the bonds
/ There has been a new registration
ordered for this election, and only
those who register for the election
to be held on Tuesday will be enti-
tied to vote at this election. IT, al
the election to be held on Tuesday
i May 8, majority Of the votes cast
shall be 'tFor Good Roads, the, boare
Of commissioners will be authoxizef
to issue the sum of 1886, 900 in bonds
sad bonds to be turned over to -tht
State Treasurer, and the road com
mission of the county to receive tn,
proceeds thereof to be used in the con
struction Of good roads for the coun
ty. If the election Tuesday, May
should carry, the bonds will not al
: he used at one time, but there will b.
issued the sum of $4,000 each yea
for period Of six years. The reg
istration books for this election vii
close at sunset on Saturday, Apr
, 28th.
E. J. BRITT, County Attorney
Lumberton, N. c.
Anril "a. 1917