Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-09-17
SPECIAL ROAD BOND ELECTION
Special Saturday September 18th 1920
toVote Bonds for tho Permanent
Roads Blue Sulphur District, County, W. Va

At a regular term Of the County
Court of Greenbrier County, west
Virginia. convened. held and con-
.;nncd at the Court House of said
cnuntv of Greenbricr on the 10Th
1ay of August, 1920.
ORDER.
II appearing to fhc court from
,ne orIier made and entered by this
.a,,ri on the 9th day OF July, 1870,
T ,haf n. b. Rowe and 1927 other Leg
. III voters of Blue Sulphur Magis-
tarial District, and including that
''nrt of Anderson which is within
tp,id district, presented their peti.
ZION TO this court signed by said
,.oters praying this court to sub
Mi 10 fhe legal, voters of said Blue
Smlnhur Magisterial District, includ
mo the voters of the Town of AL
drrson who reside within said dis
.rict. at a special election to be
called and held for the purpose
therein, the question of issuing the
Londs of said district in the sum
Of S94,OOO.O0 for the purpose OF
improving the roads of said dis
trict as named and described IN
said petition, and it then appear
ing 10 Tic COuIt thoe ,e,A" r.
WIS signed by more than % per
nontnm of the legal veters of said
district. including the voters of
thaf part of Anderson which is IN
aid district, as indicated by the
,otoI number of votes cast for Gov
"rnnr therein at the last election
thcrcof. it was ordered by the court
NV order on said day duly. made
and entered that said petition be
,,eceiycd and filed, and that the
County Road Engineer make the
;nwestioation, report and estimate
IN respect to the roads mentioned
and described in said petition ac-
cording to law, and said petltlon
* in words and figures following:
"To The Honorable County Court !.
of Grcenbrier County west
Virginia.
We, the undersigned, who arc
LEGAL voters within Blue Sulphur
district, Greenbrier County, State
Of West Virginia, believing that
the public interest demands the
Establishment, bridging, relocation,
grading, draining and permanent
Improvement of the main public
roads of said district as herein
after enumerated, do hereby re-
quest and petition your court to
submit to a vote the propositlon, OF
bonding the said district in the
sum Of S94,00O.00 at a special cleo
ton to be called for the purpose
within ninety days, and that the
proceeds arising from the, sale OF
said bonds by the court be used
for the permanent Improvement
of such roads by grading, draining,
relocating, and the use OF aspnait-
UNI, stone, block, brick, concrete;
macadam or other process OF equal
merit, in such manner, as is pre-
scribed by law, the roads 10 be i'm
proved being as follows:
| Beginning at the Monroe County
line in the Town of Alderson, and
following the road known as the
Blue Sulphur Turnpike by way OF
Palestine, Hines bridge and Blue
Bluff District line. Said routes
and roads herein designated are
subject to any revision, relocation
or changes which the court deem
advisable to obtain better grades or
alignment thereof, or to reduce
the cost of construction, improve
ment or maintenance.
We do further request and pc
tition your honorable body, that
in the event such bond issue should
carry that three men voters and free
holders in said district, who shall
be elected in mass convention OF
voters of said district be appointed
/ to act as advisory committee to
your honorable court in all mat
| terS relating to the said road Inn
provement including the sale of
bonds, employment of engineers,
determining the kind of roads to
be built, relocations, and the ma
teriais to be used. and the audit
ing and settling Of accounts, said
advisory committee to act without
pay: Said mass convention to
elect said advisory committee to
be held on the next Saturday but
/ one proceeding the date of the
special election to be called here
under, at Blue Sulphur, w. Va, at
2P. NJ.
We do further request and pc
tition your honorable body that
the bonds TO be issued shall be
serial bonds, bearing interest not
to exceed 6 per cent. and payable
in not to exceed 80 years.
Signed by Fl. B. Rowe and 1927
other legal voters OF said district.
And now on this the 10th day
OF August, 1920. the said petition
was again brought to the attention
OF the court, and the same being
Inspected by the court is found by
the court TO be in writing, and to
] be signed by more than 25 per
centum Of the legal voters of said
Blue Sulphur District, including
that part of the Town of Anderson
which is in said. district, voting
Tor Governor at the last election
thereof, and The court was this day
presented with a report and esti-