The Columbus commercial., 1917-11-01
SUPERVISORS NOTICE.

The State of Mississippi, Lowndes
County,
Board Of Supervisors, October $,
1917,
To the qualified electors Of
Lowndes county within the following
described territory or boundary, to-
wit; All that part of Lowndes .coun-
ty lying east of the Tombigbee river
and south of the Township line di-
viding Township Eighteen (lS) and
Nineteen (19) South and bounded
on the east by the Alabama State
Line.
A petition containing the names Of
twenty per cent and more of the quail
flied electors of all that part or ter
ritory of Supervisors district number
three of said Lowndes County within
the following boundaries towit; All
that part of Lowndes County lying
east of the Tombigbee river and
South of the Township line dividing
Townships Eighteen (ls) and Nine
teen (l9) South and bounded on the
east by the Alabama State Line was
this day received, filed and presented
to the Board, petitioning and asking
that said territory be formed into
road district under the name of the
Zion Road District of Supervisors
district number three, and that said
territory be permitted to come under
the provisions Of Chapter l76 of the
Acts of the Legislature Of the State
of Mississippi Of 1914, approved
Marh 2S, 1914, for the purpose Of
issuing bonds of said territory or
district for the construction and main
tanning of public roads in said Zion
District or territory, and that the
proceeds Of the sale Of said bonds be
used to build roads in said Zion dis
trict or territory and that tax be
levied upon ALT taxable property o.
said district or territory to pay said
bonds and to maintain such roads,
And that all orders and DEGREES
heretofore made and entered in
reference to the creation and organi-
zaton Of the Zion Road taxing dis
trict be rescinded and held for
naught. And it appearing to the sat
isfaction of the Board that said petit
ton contains the names of more than
a majority of the qualified electors Of
all that territory described as, all that
part or territory of Supervisors dis
trict number three of said Lowndcs
County within the following boun-
daries towit: All that part Of Lown-
des County lying east of the Tom
bigbee river and south Of the sTown-
shing line dividing Townships Eigh-
teen (1S) and Nineteen (l9) South
and bounded on the east by the Ala
bama State line and that the same
is in conformity to law. II is there
fore ordered that said petition be and
the same is hereby sustained and
granted and that said territory de-
scribed in said petition be permitted
and the same come under the pro
visisions Of said Chapter l7G, Of the
Acts Of 1914, and that all orders and
DEGREES heretofore made and entered
in Minute book Is, pages 1876 and 2l8
of this Board and all other orders and
DEGREES made in reference the ere
alton and organization of the Zion
Road taxing district be and the same
are hereby reseinded and declared
null and void and Of no effect, the
rights of no one having interyened in
the creation Of said Zion Road taxing
district. And that publication Of mo-
tile be made as the law directs to the
qualified electors Of said Zion Road
district embraced in above described
territory in Supervisors district mum
Der three (3) as provided in said
Chapter 176 of the Acts Of 1914, that
the Board Of Supervisors Of Lowndes
County at their meeting to be held on
the 10th day OF November, 1917, pro-
pose to issue bonds Of said territory
or district in an amount not exceed
ing ten per cent of the assessed valu-
alton of all the taxable property IN
said territory or district described for
the purpose of constructing and mani
tanning public roads in all that part OF