The Monett times., 1922-07-28
TO THE VOTERS AND TAX
PAYERS OF BARRY COUNTY

ana cUlYerJ TAX leVleu IOf tne ye;
1921.
% Now in the first place the law n
quires the county to build all bridge
90 that cost $4,000 or more, and it give
rs the court the power to make 2
s s cent levy on the $4,000 valuation |
% order to carry out the intention Q
20 this clause in the law. This gives tn
N court a right to make 45 cent lev
on the $4,000 for this purpose.
If you will examine your tax re
ceipt for 1921 you will find that tn
rate for roads and bridges was jus
25 cents, the same as it has been fo
a number of years, and you will flint
that the court did not increase th'
road and bridge levy, but left it thu
same as it was in 1920, and priol
years, but in order that they might
create a bridge and culvert fund fol
the purpose of carrying out the in
tentions Of the law, they did divide
the 25 cent levy into road district
fund and county fund, thereby Civ
ing to all districts, whether special or
otherwise tbe rate Of Il cents and the
county 10 cents.
We had made Is cent levy in May
for the districts and. believing from
the information we had at that time.
that we could NOT set apart anv of
this lew for = county bridoe fund we
intanded IN leave If At the Il cents
hut the demand for bridges and cul-
ve,+s beinc en- urgent we took the
matter mn with the attorney general
and he advised ms that we had the
mower and should make a lew for this
nu,,nose and the result was that we
made the lew Of 10 cents on the s1O0.-
for a county bridpe and cnlvert fund
Other counties are making this lew
and some of them are COLLECTING the
full 25 cents " our county courts
would continue TO make only this
small lew Of 10 cents for this purpose
If would only he few wears until we
would have many of the much needeA
hr;doas built ACROSS the streams of
our countv
A levy of ~ cents on the $4,000
valuation is not much for each indi- !
vidual taxpaver. but it will give us a
permanent bridge fund of approxi- |
S16OO0 annually.
Now we NAV have been wrong in
setting this 10 cents for the road and
bridge levy aside for this pIrpose.
hut the circuit mdge did not think so.
and we do mot understand with the
good road spirit prevailing in our,
county at this time. how any progress
sive and fair-minded citizen can
conscientiously censure US or condemn
US for our position in this matter.
Now in conclusion | wish to make a
few statements regarding what has
been done by the county court during
tbe last tbree wears which 7 consider
of much more Importance than an
pointing some friend road overseer or
of the county farm
Voters do not lose sio.bt of the bipper
thinos in life and no le6 hv some 1T
lie nersonal ambition 10 see some
friend pet an annointment IN q ioh
that will nrobabIv net him $50 or $40
nor wear The following q atements
arc made from tha records of opr
,o,,n+,, and r. on,,o,,o da,,l,4. an,, sf
hon, will +aka tho nIeasn,o in oo
no, with vou to Cassviua and ,rovino
hem
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nv county owad in i,drr,an+s and
s,4 non We noid avor,,
issued dn,dno this vaor ana
,aid on interest and ;ndah+odnoss
made in 1914 sin Goo ond this was
,a;d whom our asoossr,ant Lad 49,
,een increased bnt yas nrocticalI,, tho |
.ame as II bod boon for nr,,,ho, 80 2