The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-10-30
oRDERs-oHIo COUNTY
FISCAL COURT. SEPT. s, 1918.
Hon. Mack Cook, J. o. c. c.
presiding

is ordered that the question of
voting tax of the sum of twen-
ty (20) cents on the One Hun
dred ($100.00) dollars worth of
all property subject by law to
local taxation, under Section
157a of the constition, for the
Improvement and construction
of the 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 immedi-
ately 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 pro-
cess that he collects other taxes
and an election is hereby order
ed to be held throughout Ohio
County and 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 Hun
dred (100) Dollars worth of
property in Ohio County shall
be levied for five co. consecu-
tive years, next Immediately
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 man.
ner and according to the sever
al provisions and requirements
of the laws of the Common
wealth of Kentucky, now in
force governing such elections
and under the general election
laws of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, where same relate
and apply to elections held to
determine the above question
and 10 amount of money in eX-
cess of the amount that can be
raised by the levy in any one
year, shall expended in that
year.
S. A. Bratcher, Sheriff of Ohio
County, Ky. is hereby appoint
ed, ordered and directed to adj
vertise 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 |
i'll the newspaper published in
Ohio County, having the largest
circulation for thirty (30) 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 throughout
Ohio County, on the above
named date, as the law in such
cases directs, and he may ad-
vertise 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 or
dered and directed to furnish
said Sheriff with a certified CO.
ply 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 Commonwealth
of Kentucky, in advertising and
conducting such election and
in the preservation of the bal
lots 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 cleo
tons.
1t is further ordered that it is {
the sense of this court, in the
event said election results in ia
vor of the levy and collection Of
such tax, as aforesaid, the mon
ey thereby derived shall be so
used and apportioned as that in
each magisterial District of the 9
county, There shall be used ;
the sum derived as aforesaid, in t
such district, for improving and {
either or both,
the roads and bridges therein '
from said tax though this shall /
not in any way restrict or i'm /
pair the expenditure of other !
lawful funds in each respective +
District, for said c
just as funds are now G
and have heretofore been used, ,
so far as such funds may be v
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