The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-20

Last weeks announcement Of
the Holmes county Board Of Su-
pervisors that it intended to di-
rect the sale at its April meet
ing of 100000 of the county's
bonds for the purpose of repair
ing the county bridges and for
$4,000 for enlarging the Chan
Gerry Clerks office has attracted
considerable interest throughout
the county.
In the legal notice published
last week the Board said it
would direct the sale of the bonds
mentioned unless it was present.
ed with a petition signed by 20
per cent or more of the qualified
voters of the county at its April
meeting asking for an election
on the matter.
There are two bond issues in
volved.
One issue is for 100000 which
will be used ito provide funds
for the purpose of constructing,
demonstrating and repairing pub
lie road bridges of said Holmes)
county"
The second bond issue 1.-TWO
entirely separate issues) will be
IN the amount of $4,000 and
will be used ito provide funds for
the purpose OF repairing, re-
modelling and enlarging the
Chancery Clerks office. of Holm
es County"
The Advertiser has been in
formed that petitions are now
being circulated throughout the
county asking that the bond is
sues be put to vote of the peo-
ole in the. county.
In connection with these mat
ters we should like to call the
attention of cur readers to a
statement issued this week by
Chancery Clerk P. H. Williams,
who is clerk of the Board of Su-
pevvlsors, on behalf of the Board
of Supervisors:
Bond Issue Information
Bridge:
First and foremost there will
be 10 ad Te1ui-en taxes levied
TO retire the bonds or paw the in
terest- This VIE be taken care
of by setting aside each month
Is per cent of the gasoline and
truck and bus money received by
the county from the Motor We
hicle Comptroller.
A system of farm to-market
and state aid roads has been set
up in Holmes county. The mon
.ey for this system comes from
the Federal Government and
from the State. This necessi-
tates these roads and the bridges
ON them be 1Wi1 OF permanent
or creOsoted materials and &C.
cording to plans and specifica-
tions furnished the county. If the
county can build the type bridges
specified for these 11mds, then
all outside money can he used
for road construction and i'm
Iprovement.
With the present bridge money
to the county perman-
ent bridges can not be built. All
that can be done is to try and
keep our bridges repaired. The
lumber available for this repair
work costs $500 per thousand
feet and 1t will last only a very
few years. This repair work
costs the county $84, 900 per year.
Again, there ARE certain roads
in the county (which the High
way Department will take over
for maintenance where the .brid-
ges are built according to speci-
fications. One -bfiige alone on
one of these roads will cost :
around $4,000. This would take |
approximately speaking one-half
If the money now available in
he county. And ii this bridge
S bailt from the present avail
bile money, other bridges over
he coanty will suffer for lack of
epairs and maintenance. And
hou1d q washout occur, as hap
'ened last March, many roads in
he county would have 10 be
losed on account of destruction
f bridges and no money with |
which to rebuild them.
The bond issue will solve a
ridge problem in the county
hat has no other solution. And
will cost the tax payers not
ne penny of additional tax.
record Room:
No additional taxes will have
} be levied to retire the bonds ,,
roposed to be issued for an ad- !.
ition to the Record Room and !
'hancery Clerks office. This :
due to the fact that the origi-
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