Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-14
ROAD BOND RESOLUTION
INDORSED BY CITIZENS
Public Meeting Approves Plan
Calling for Decision at Polls
by Township.

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number of Fort Mill citizens with
the board Of county commission
ers and the county legislative del
egation at which the promise of
$40, 900 of county funds and $1O,-
600 federal aid for the building of
Fort Mill and the Catawba river
was secured, a meeting Of about
SO representative citizens of the
township was held Saturday af-
ternoon and resolution intro-
duced by Col. II. b. Spratt calling
for the circulation of petitions
asking the board of county COM
missioners to order an election to
determine whether the the town.
ship would agree to a bond issue
for permanent road improvements
was adopted In the resolution it
was recited that the towns ship
was now in position 20 get sub
stantial aid for road work fr IN
the county and federal govern
ment, but that no money would
be forthcoming from either source
unless the voters of the townshi?
agreed to tax themselves To aid in
the proposed improvements.
In explaining the resolution,
Col. Spratt stated that while he
thought all were anxious to see a
permanent road built between
Fort Mill and the river that il
would be manifestly unfair to tax
the citizens of the township gen
orally to improve that rad only
and that the plan 0: these who
drew the resolution was not only
to vote a sufficient amount of
bonds to care for the money the
township would have 10 put in
that project. but To make the
bond issue large enough to build
two sand-clay roads to the North
Carolina line and a sand-clay road
from the town to Bales bridge
to connect with the improved
highway Lancaster county soon
is to build to the bridge. Col
Spratt said he thought the i'm
provement of the various roads
would necessitate a bond issue of
from 100000 to $4,000.
w. B. Ardrey objected to the
resolution. He said he was not
in favor of the township surren-
dcring its rights under the Stew
art road law for mess of pot
tage. eve have been waiting for
a long time to have the county
build sand-clay road from the
river to the North Carolina line, "
said Mr.. Ardrey, "and if we
agree to the proposition of the
Legislative delegation all we will
get will be $4,000, which, in my
opinion, is much less than the
county is due u.s."
Short talks were made by l.. A.
Harris, DR.. j. l.. Spratt, Maj. w.
w. Boyce and G.. p. Blankenship.
following which Mr.. Ardery s
motion to reject the resolution
was put aAd received one vote
besides Mr.. Ardrey's.
j. j. Bales presided at the
meeting. He was authorized to APP
ponit committee Of ten to solicit
the. signatures Of qualied free
holders to the petitions for the
bond election. The committee is
to meet within the next few days
and at once begin canvass for
the necessary signatures to the
petitions.
The act to enable York county
townships to issue bonds for
roads, passed at the 1919 session
of the Legislature, provides that
whenever One-third of the quail
fed freeholders residing in any
township in the county shall pre-
sent a petition to the board of
county commissioners praying for
an election upon the question of
issuing serial or other coupon
bonds for the. construction of
public highways in such township
1t shall be the duty of the board
to order an election to determine
the question, the amount of bonds
not to exceed 8 per cent of the as
sessed taxable property of such
townships, and the bonds to run
for not more than 20 years and to
bear not more than per cent in,
tcreSt.
The election shall be held un-