The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-01
ORDERS-OHIO COUNTY FIS-
CAL COURT. SEPTEMBER .. 1913.

ing.
on motion of Esq. Shown, 1t is or
dered that the question of voting a
tax of the sum of twenty (2O) cents
on the One Hundred ($100.0O) dol
lars worth Of all property subject by
| law to local taxation, under Section
157a of the Constitution. for the i'm
/ provement and construction of public
roads and bridges of the county be
submitted to the voters of OHIO
County. Said tax to be levied each
year for five consecutive years inn
mediately following said election. The
taxes to be collected and accounted
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 order
ed to be held throughout Ohio Coun-
ty, in all the voting precincts therein,
on the 5th., day of November. 1918,
upon the proposition of whether or
not a property tax of twenty (20)
cents on each One Hundred 100)
Dollars worth of property in Ohio
County shall be levied for five 60
consecutive years, next Immediately
following said election for the pur-
pose of improving and constructing,
either or both, the roads and bridges
of the county.
Said election to be advertised. held
and conducted in the manner accord
ing to the several provisions and re-
quirements 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,
ordered 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 circula-
tion for thirty 600 days before the
said election and he, the said sheriff,
will cause a poll to be opened in each
and all the precincts in and through
out Ohio County, on the above named
date, as the law in such cases directs
and he may advertise said election by
having a certified copy of this order
published, as above directed, and w.
c. Blankenship, Clerk of the Ohio
County Court, is ordered and direct
ed to furnish said Sheriff with a GER
titled copy of this order, as it appears
upon the order Book, in time for
said publication.
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 di-
rected to be held in all respects as re-
quired by law governing such
elections.
1t is further ordered that 1t 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 coun-
ty. There shall be used the sum de-
rived as aforesaid, in such district,
for improving and constructing,
either or both, the roads and bridges
herein from said tax, though this shall
not in any way restrict or impare the
expenditure of other lawful funds in
each respective Magisterial District,
for said purposes, just as funds are
now and have heretofore been used,
so far as such funds may be necessary
and available, and in the manner
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 the Justi-
ces present voting in the affirmative,
thereupon the motion was declared
carried and so ordered.
MACK COOK, J. o. C. C.
State of Kentucky, Set.
County of Ohio.
], w. C. Blankenship, Clerk of the
Ohio County Fiscal Court, do certify
that the foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the order as appears on
Order Book number 3. page 573.
Given under my hand, this the 30th