The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-10-09
ORDERs-OHIO COUNTY FISCAL
COURT. SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1918
Hon. MACK COOK, J. o. G. G.
presiding.

lars worth OF all property subject b!
law to local taxation, under Section
157a of the constitution, for the i'm
provement and construction of thu
public roads and bridges of the coun
ty be submitted to the voters of Ohit
County. Said tax to be levied eacf
year for five consecutive years i'm
mediately following said election
The taxes to be collected and account
ed for by the Sheriff, at the same
time and in the same manner and by
the same process that he collects
other taxes, and an election is hereby
ordered to be held throughout Ohio
County and in all the voting precincts
therein, on the 5th., day of Novem'
Der, 1918, upon the proposition OF
whether or not a property tax OF
twenty (20) cents on each One Hun
bred (10O) Dollars worth of proper
ty in Ohio County shall be levied for
five CO. consecutive years, next i'm
mediately following said election for
the purpose of improving and con-
structing, either or both, the roads
and bridges of the county.
Said election to be advertised, held
and conducted in the manner and ac-
cording to the several provisions and
requirements of the laws of the Com
monwealth of Kentucky, now in force
governing such elections and under
the general election laws of the Com
monwealth of Kentucky, where same
relate and apply to elections held to
determine the above question and no
amount of money in excess of the
amount that can be raised by the levy
in any one year, shall be expended in
that year.
S. A. Bratcher, Sheriff of Ohio
County, Ky. is hereby appointed, or
dered and directed to advertise the
time and purpose of the election and
the amount of taxes to be levied each
year and the number of years for
which it is to be levied and collected
in the newspaper published
in Ohio County, having the largest
circulation for thirty 600 days be-
fore the said election and he, the
said Sheriff, will cause a poll to be
opened in each and all the precincts
in and throughout Ohio County, on
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such cases directs, and he may ad-
vertise said election by having
certified copy of this order published,
as above directed, and w. c. Blanken-
ship, Clerk of the Ohio County Court,
is ordered and directed to furnish
said Sheriff with a certified copy OF
this order, as it appears upon the
Order Book, in time for said publica-
ton.
The said Sheriff and County Clerk
are further ordered and directed to
do and perform each and every thing
required under the laws of the Com
monwealth of Kentucky, in advertis-
ing and conducting such election and
in the preservation of the ballots and
the canvassing and certification of
the votes and said election is directed
to be held in all respects as required
by law governing such elections.
II is further ordered that it is the
sense of this court, in the event said
election results in favor of the levy
and collection of such tax, as afore-
said, the money thereby derived shall
be so used and apportioned as that
in each magisterial District of the
county. There shall be used the
sum derived as arofesaid, in such dis
trict, for improving and constructing.
either or both, the roads and bridges
therein from said tax though this
shall not in any wayrestrict or impair
the expenditure of other lawful funds
in each respective Magisterial Dis
trict, for said purposes, just as funds
are now and have heretofore been
used, so far as such funds may be nee
essary and available, and in the man
ner provided by law, and that a more
adequate and effective method of
working the roads be put in operation
than is now in effect. Ayes and
Nays being called resulted in all of
the Justices present voting in the
affirmative, thereupon the motion
was declared. Mack Cook, j. @. C. G.
carried and so ordered.
State of Kentucky,
Set.
County of Ohio.
l, w. e. Blankenship, Clerk CT the
Ohio County Fiscal Court, d9 certify