The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-04-09
VOLUME XXXVf
BIGGEST ACT IN THE
COUNTY COURTS HISTORY

COUNTY COURTS HISTORY
The County Court of Henderson
County, in Quarterly Session assem-
bled, on last Monday performed the
biggest and most progressive action
in the history of the county when
the body unanimously went on record
in adopting a resolution submitting
to the people of the county a propos-
ed good road-HARD ROADS-bond
issue of THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, for
the construction Of hard roads prac-
tically all over the county as set out
in the subjoined resolution.
A little, narrow-minded County
court would not be even willing to let
the people vote on a question carry.
ing with such a huge bond issue,
notwithstanding the bond issue will
bring US the additional sums of
$3.50, 900 each from the State and
Federal governments and will give
us, still in addition the use of our own
fifteen thousand dollars of automo-
bile tax money, which would other
wise go to some more progressive
county. We congratulate the court,
the Judge, the clerk and everybody
else having a hand in the movement
which stamps the business body Of
our county as progressive ard
wide-awake aggregation.
We are constrained to believe that
the people, the voters of Henderson
county, will 60 to the polls on the
18th of June and fasten down good
and secure that $700 900 the State
and Federal governments are offer
ing to build good roads-hard roads
that will not wash away--in Hender-
son county.
The resolujon Unanimously adopt
ed by the con follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas. The State Of Tennessee
has by an Act Of the Legislature pro-
vided way for the State and Federal
Governments to aid the counties Of
the State in the building Of public
highways; and have provided that
where asesupty will proys = xs1tain
sum o. money for this purpose, the
State and Federal Governments will
each duplicate the said amount so
used on roads designated and laid
out by the State Highway Commits
sion in said county; and
Whereas, Henderson County is de-
sirous of obtaining this State and
Federal aid, the Quarterly Court of
said county of Henderson does here
by call and order an election to be
opened and held at the several voting
precincts in the said county of Hen
derson, on Saturday June 18th, 1920,
between the hours of 8 a. M, and 4
p. m., for the purpose of the voters
of Henderson county ratifying the is
suance of interest bearing coupons
bonds of the said county of Hender-
son in the sum of Three Hundred and
Fifty Thousand dollars said bonds to
bear interest at not exceeding 5A per
cent per annum, and to run not ex-
ceeding 40 years and to be issued by
the County Judge and countersigned
by the County Court Clerk, and seal
ed with the seal of office; and said
bonds to be in denominations of
five hundred dollars each.
The roads on which the proceeds of
the sale of said bonds is to be used
shall be a road designated by the
State Highway Commission from
point OH the Madison and Henderson
County line to point on the Decatur
and Henderson county line a distance
of about miles, and road desig-
mated by the State Highway Commits
sion from a point on the Carroll and
Henderson County line to a point on
the Hardin and Henderson County
line a distance Of miles. The
residue of such fund to be used on
road leading from a point on the road
leading from Lexington to the Har-
din county line to SCOTS Hill, and
from a point on the Lexington and
Jackson road through Bargerton to
point near the Carroll County line,
and from Lexington to the Chester
county line, and from a point at or
near Stafford to a connection with the
road leading to Decatur County, and
on a road from the Lexington and
jackson road through Luray to Hu-
ron to the Lexington and Chester
county road.