Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-10-31
GOOD ROADS BOND ELECTION FOR an
TH0NY'S CREEK DISTRICT OF
6REERBRIER COUNTY.


Court held in and for the county Of
Greenbrier at the court house there
of ON the I'd day of September, 1919,
Grady w. King, in open court, pre-
sented a petition signed by G. L..
Clark and eighty-seven other legal
voters of Ahthonys Creek district of
Greenbrier county, West Virginia,
petitioning the said The County
Court of said Greenbrier county to
call special election as provided by
law on the question of issuing $27,-
10000 in bonds for the general and
permanent Improvement of the roads
of said Anthonys Creek district, as
named and described in said petition,
and which said petition is in the
words and figures following:
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
To the Honorable County Court Of
Greenbrier County:
We, the undersigned who are legal
voters within Anthonys Creek dis
trict, Greenbrier county, West Vir-
ginia, believing that the public inter-
est demands the establishment, loca-
ton, relocation. grading, regarding,
bridging, draining and permanent
improvement of the main public roads
of said district, as hereinafter enum-
Grated, do hereby request and petit
tion the said County Court Of Green
brier county to submit the PROPOSE
ton of bonding said Anthonys Creek
magisterial district in the sum of
$27, 10000 to the voters Of said mag
isterial district at a special election
to be called for. the purpose, and that
the proceeds arising from the sale Of
said bonds, If such bonds be author
lied, be used for locating, relocating,
establishing, grading, regarding,
bridging, draining, and permanently
improving said roads by the use Of
gravel or other process or material
of at least equal merit. the roads to
be improved being as follows:
Beginning on the White Sulphur
Anthonys Creek district line, thence
through the district by way of Alvon
and Nicola to Columbia Sulphur
Springs, said work to begin at the
place Of beginning as above indicated
and to be continued to the extent the
funds provided in the direction above
indicated.
Said routes and roads herein desig-
mated are ITO be subject to any re-
vision, relocations and changes which
the Court may deem advisable to OBJ
tain better grades or alignment, or
to reduce the cost of construction,
Improvement and maintenance.
We further request that in the
event said issue is authorized that q
committee composed of not more
than three freeholders and voters of
said district be appointed by the
Court to act in an advisory capacity
to the Court and engineer In relation
TO the kinds of roads to be construct
ed, material to be used, the letting
OF contracts, auditing and settling
accounts, and making such publica-
lions and reports as are required by
laW-said committee to serve with
out compensation. We further pc
tition that the bonds to be issued, if
same is authorized, be of the serial
type, bearing interest at not to ex-
coed six per centum, payable in not
10 exceed twenty-five years.
Respectfully submitted,
And now, on this the 7th day of
october, 1918, at regular session
or the Court continued and held at
the court house OF said GreenbrieT
county on said 7th day of October,
1919, the above set out petition was
again presented to the court, and
the said petition being inspected, the
no 10 lOunu 10 De In wiring anO
signed by more than 25 per cent OF
the legal voters OF said Anthonys
creek district voting for the office Oh
governor at the last election.
And the Court was also this day
presented with an engineers esti-
nate prepared by the County Road
engineer for this county under the
order made by this court in relation
1nereto on the I'd day of September
1919, upon the probable cost Of the
proposed Improvement, and which
sara report is in the words and
figures following:
Report on Huntersvflle Road,
Antfonys Creek District.