The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-12
COMMISSIONERS MAKE ASSESSMENTS ON BLEW
 INS-PRESCOTT ROAD

At il meeting of the commissioners of the Prescott and BlevinS Road I'm provement District at County Judge Franks office Thursday night the com missioners practically concluded their work ill fixing the assessment of bene fits for the construction of the road against the lands and other property ill the district. The maximum cost per acre per year on lands located within one mile of tine new road will he = cents while the maximum cost against the lands the greatest distance from the road per acre per year will he three cents The total assessment against real property in Prescott for the 70 years will he about S11,0o0o0J and that ill Blevins i'll the neighbor- hood of S3,o0000: the total assessment against the property of The Missouri Pacific railroad ill the district. being q little more than one mile of track will he about S50000. while that against the 1G miles of the Prescott X Northwestern railroad will be near S1200: the assessment against the To- cal telephone company aggregates S100; the Bell Telephone Company about the same the Mackey and Wes- tern Union telegraph companies about S20o' each, and the ArkanSas Pipe Lines company about the same The commissioners state the estimate of the engineer show the cost of the road to be close t0 $117 GOO. to which under the law 1d per cent additional for un- forseen contingencies will make the cost in the neiehborhood of $150.000 for which d bond issue will he made approximately the amount necessary to he raised to retire the bond issue will he S227, ,5o0. These figures dc not take into consideration any federal or state aid, some of which the district will receive. but the amount of which | iS HOW unknown The commissioners will Use every effort to equalize tho taxation m property which k situat- ed in more than one district so that the rate of taxation on such lands will not ne too hurden>omc.
 The board agreed on the salary of its attorneys. Hamby X Hamby. q two cents of the actual cost of con stlUction, ar the contract price of the road Which does not mean the bond issue TheS attorneys bind them selves to pay out of their own pOck cts any fees il might he necessary to pay additional counsel ill representing the district if it should be necessary to employ additional counsel the fee to he paid as stated above To cover all attorneys fees "a he paid by the dis trict in twenty years.
 C. (, Calhoun was elected secretary of the district at salary of S5000 per month until the road is completed Mir. Calhoun agreeing not to charge the district any fees due him as q member of the board. The law fixes his salary as treasurer of the district at one-fourth of one per cent of the taxes collected and passing through his hands.
 If the construction of the road proper costs the district S11o,0oo. which is the estimated cost les the engineers fees, the attorneys fees will amount to 5000 for twenty wears work and the treaSurer's salary will amount to $725 for 20 years work and the ScerctaIy'S salary if the road is completed within one year. which is very probable. will amount to S6oo,
 The board adjourned to meet at the office of the State Highway CommiS sion in Little Rock on June 25th to receive bids for the construction of the highway. In order for the road to receive federal and state aid it is necessary for members of the State Highway Department and the State highway engineer to he present when the bids are received and contract let
 Tax by Zones Per Year.
 l 1St zone mile from road pc per acre 2nd zone mi. from road 17c per acre. 3rd zone 3 mi. from road 12c per acre. lint zone 1 mi. from road 9c per acre. 9th zone ! mi. from road 7c per acre 9th zone 6 mi. from road 5e per acre 1th zone mi. from road Sc per acre.
 Each zone being one mile wide.
 City's Part.
 A section of land ill zone of the country will pay in the twenty years, at the rate of 22 cents per acre. So S1600. The city of Prescott, which