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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - - 7-31-1922 - COMMISSIONER 6 ICI I UTE - BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLN ANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON, DAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONER' peace of the county, whereupon there was a motion by Mr. Ecker, seconded by, Mr. Johnston, that the Sheriff be instructed to purchase at once such equipment in the way of fire-arms and gas bombs as he might deem necessary for use in such emergencies as might arise. Motion unanimously carried. There being no further business, the Board adjourned. (SIGNED) Co y Commissioners. Office of the- County Commissioners, Washington, Pa., July 19, 1922. Commissioners in regular session, members .present being Messrs. Walker, Johnston and Ecker. Motion by Mr. Bcker, seconded by Mr. Johnston, that the sum of Two Thousand ($2000.00) Dollars be appropriated to the Mothers of Democ- racy, Canonsburg, Pa.,, to be paid to the proper officer, to be applied to the cost of, erecting a proposed Memorial in the community ,of Canonsburg, in honor of soldiers,- ,sailors and marines, the design of the proposed Memorial to have the approval of the State Art ,Commission, as required by Act of Assembly. motion unanimously carried. Motion by Mr. Bcker, seconded by Mr. Johnston, that the County Solicitor be directed to immediately take the legal action necessary to Permanently improve the uncompleted section of the Washington-Monongahela Pike and to place before the Grand Jury the matter of issuing Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars of bonds of the remaining portion of the Million Dollars of bonds voted upon and authorized by a majority vote of the electors of- Washington County on June 18, 1919.. Motion unanimously carried. There being no further business, the Board adjourned. (SIGNED) Coun Co issioners office of County Commissioners, Washington, Pa. , , July 31, 1922. Commissioners in regular session, members present being Messrs. Walker, Johnston and Bcker, 0 MINUTE BOOK BOAR® OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS !action by Mr. Johnston, seconded by Mr. Walker, that certain judgments against the County of Washington, amounting in number to some 57, obtained upon suits against the County- for salaries due, by reason of the refusal of the County Controller to allow payment -to be made when due, be paid in the following manner; warrants. to be drawn in the names of the various plaintiffs for the amounts due as debt and interest, and a single warrant be drawn in the name of H. E. Pollock, Prothonotary, ,for the amount due as record costs. Question called for; voting "Aye", Messrs. Johnston and Walker; voting "No" , Mr. Baker. In voting "No" Mr. Esker stated that he wished to go on record as opposing the payment of the debt, interest and costs in these cases in the manner set forth above, but as favoring the payment thereof as warrants were originally and legally drawn on July 25th, 1922, payable to each plaintiff in full of debt, , interest and costs in each individual case. Motion carried. The following RESOLUTION duly presented and unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, parts of the State Highway leading from Washington to Monongahela, formerly the Washington and Williamsport Turnpikes now consti- tuting a portion of Route No • 118, as defined in the Act of May- 31, 1911, P. L. 468, Section 6, are in very bad state of repair: AND, WHEREAS, the State Highway Department is unable to improve said portions of said highway because no funds are available for such improve- ment, NOW be it resolved that the County of Washington, acting under the authority conferred upon it by the Act of Assembly approved the loth day of March, 1921, P. L. 26, does hereby appropriate a sum not exceeding Three hundred thousand ( 300,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of -improving the following described sections of said highway: First: Beginning at the end of the brick road at Valley Inn and extending in a Westerly direction, a distance of about 3.6 miles to the concrete road at the residence of Wm. Hixon. Second: Beginning at the end of the concrete road at the village of Dunningeville and extending in a Westerly direction a distance of 4.1 miles to the concrete road near the residence of Samuel Clokey. 2. That before said improvement is begun the same shall be submitted to and the plans and specifications shall be approved by the State Highway Department. 3. For the purpose of raising funds for the improvement,, of MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS said sections of said highway, resolved- further, that (subject to approval of the Grand Jury) the County of Washington issue- bonds to the par value of three hundred thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, as a part of the One million ($1, 000,000.00) Dollar bond issue authorized by a vote of the electors of said County on the 17th day of June, 1919, . for the purpose of raising funds for the improvement of said sections of said highway, the unexpended balance of the proceeds of said fund to be employed only in the improvement of other roads already duly authorized by the Court of Quarter Sessions of said County. The following RESOLUTION was duly presented by, Mr. Johnston and seconded by Mr. Ecker: WHEREAS, By virtue and in pursuance of a special election held in the ,County of Washington on the 17th day of June, 1919,. the assent of the electors was obtained for the purpose of increasing the bonded indebtedness of the said County in and by the amount of One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of providing funds for' permanently improving, repairing, andmaintaining the public roads and highways in said County as provided by the Acts of Assembly of May 11, 1911, .P. L. 244, and May 31, 1911, P. L. 468, and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto, and WHEREAS, it is proposed to issue Three Hundred (300) Road Improvement Bonds of the denomination of one Thousand ($1,0000.00) Dollars each for the purpose of providing funds for permanently improving, repair- ing and maintaining the public roads and highways in said County as provided by ,the aforesaid Acts and the amendments thereof- and supplements thereto, and WHEREAS, : the amount of bonds to be so issued exceeds one tenth (1/10) of- one (1) per centum of the total valuation of all property for taxable purposes in said County as shown by the last triennial assessment in said County, and the issuance thereof should be approved by the grand jury and, the Court of Quarter Sessions. NOW, TH 'REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That there ,shall be submitted, to the Grand Jury of Washington County on Saturday, August. 19, 1922, at 9:15 o 'clock A. M., the proposal to issue Three Hundred (300) Road Improvement Bonds of the denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($19000.00) each, for the' purpose of providing funds for permanently improving, repairing and maintain- ing the public roads and highways_ in said County as provided by the Acts of ,, Assembly of May 110 1911s P. L., 244, and May 31, 1911, P. L. 4681, and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto, and as assented to by the electors of Washington County by virtue and in pursuance of. a special elec- tion held in said County on the 17th day of June, 19198 for their approval or disapproval. MINUTE 00 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That said proposed issue of Road Improvement Bonds be submitted to the Court! of Quarter Sessions on Saturday, August 19: 1922, at 10 o'clock A.M. , for its approval or disapproval. Presented and adopted- at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of 'Washington County held at their- office in the Court House at Washington, Pennsylvania, on the 31st day of July, 1922, and to be duly recorded in the minutes of said Board. There being no further business, the Board adjourned. (SIGNED) CountyIComMis`sioneers'~ Office of County Commissioners, Washington, Pa. , August 1, 1922. issioners. in regular session, members present being Messrs. Walker, Jo on and Ecker. Motion b Ecker, seconded by Mr. Walkeri that the County Controller be requested to v se for bids for the construction of the Avellarindependenoe Road, said r d pe g 6600 feet more or less in length; bids -to be--received August 24, 1922. tion unanimously carried. There being no further busi ss,. khe Board -adjourned. (SIGNED) C County s oners. �o�0CY0.0�•OOY�OPP�.... o A RESOLUTION authorizin the issuance of Three hundred thousand ( 300, 000) Dollars of bonds of the County of Washington, Pa. , for the purpose of providing funds for permanently improv- ing, repairing and maintaining certain public roads and highways in the County of Washington, as provided by Acts of Assembly of May 11, 1911 P.L. 244 -and May 31, 1911 P.L. 468 and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto; to approve the form of bond; and to provide for the assessment, levy and collection of a tax to pay the interest and taxes covenanted to be paid thereon and the principal thereof at maturity. WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted -May 15, 1919, the County Commissioners of the County of Washington, Pa. , did signify their desire to increase the bonded indebtedness of said County in the amount of $1, 000, 000, 3 6 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY. CbmmISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON. JAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS for the purpose of providing funds for permanently Improving, repairing and maintaining public roads and highways in 'the County of Washington, as pro- vided by Acts of Assembly of May 11, 1911, P.L. 244, and May 31, 1911, P.L. 468, and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto; and WHEREAS, by separate resolution duly adopted the same date, said Board of County Commissioners fixed June 17, 1919 as the date for holding a public election upon said increase of the bonded indebtedness of said County,; and WEEMS, said election after being advertised, was held, and a majority of the qualified electors voting at said election assented -to the increase of said indebtedness of said County in the sum of $1, 000, 000, as aforesaid, as appears by the return of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, a certified copy of which has been furnished to the Board of County Commissioners and placed of record upon their minutes; and WHEREAS, said County of Washington has entered into certain contracts with the State Highway Department for, the permanent improvement of certain highways as State and State Aid Highways under the Act of May 31, 1911, P.L. 468, and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto; and WHEREAS, by proper proceedings in the Court of Quarter Sessions for said County, authority has been given for the permanent improving of cer- tain roads as County Roads under the provisionsof the Act of May 11, 1911, P.L. 244, and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto, and the Grand Jury of said Court of Quarter Sessions, meeting during August Term of 1922, has duly certified its approval of the issuance of bonds up to the sum of $300, 000 for the permanent improvement of said County Roads and State Roads or any of them, and a. deoree of Court to the same effect has been duly entered August 19, 1022, pursuant to said consent of the Grand Jury. NOW, therefore, be it resolved: SECTION 1. That for the purpose of providing funds for permanently improving, repairing and maintaining certain public roads and highways in the County of Washington, as provided by Acts of Assembly of May , 11, 1911 P.L.-244, ,,and May. 31, 1911, P.L. 468, and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto, the County Commissioners of Washington County do hereby ,autharize the incurring of a, debt by said County in the , , sum of $300, 000.00, and direct the issuing of coupon bonds therefor in the form and subject to the- conditions hereinafter set forth, to be known as WASHINGTON COUNTY ROAD BONDS, SERIES B, 1922. SECTION 2. Said bonds shall be issued in the denominations of $1, 000.00 each, numbered respectively from 1 to 300, inclusive, maturing as follows: Bonds Nos. 1 -to 3, inclusive, Nov. l,, 1934 4n 5, n n1935 6 89 1936 9 n 10, 193 11 15, 1939 16 20, 1939 21 30, 1940 31 40, 1941 41 50, 1942 51 75, 1943 76 " loo, 1944 101 " 150, 1945 151 " 200, 1946 201 0 250, 194 251 " 300, 1949 SECTION 3- Said bonds shall be dated November 1, 1922, and shall bear interest at the rate of 4* per cent per annum, payable semi- annually, on the lot day of May and November in each year until the same shall mature, said interest to be represented by detachable coupons in the form hereinafter set- forth. SECTION 4, Said bonds shall be free from any tax or taxes, except succession and inheritance taxes, which are now or may hereafter be levied and assessed by or under the authority of the-commonwealth of Penn- sylvania upon the interest or principal thereof, all of which said taxes the said County of Washington hereby covenants and agrees to pay. SECTION 5. Be it further resolved, that an annual tax beginning with the year 1923, be and the same is hereby levied and assessed MINUTE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS upon the proper subjects of taxation within said County, to be applied solely , to the payment of the principal of said bond at maturity and they interest and taxes covenanted to be paid thereon as the same shall become payable, to be collected as follows: In the year 1923 $14700 In the year 1924 14700 i! In the year 1925 14700 In the year 1926 14700 In the year 192 14700 In the year 1929 14700 In the year 1929 14700 In the year -1930 14700 In the year 1931 14700 In the year 1932 14700 In the year- 1933 14700 In the year 1934 17700 In the year 1935 16553 In the year 1936 17441 -In- the year 193 1630 In the year 1939 18050 In the year 1939 18995 1 In the year 1940 23720 ,I In the year 1941 23230 In the year 1942 22740 In the year 1943 37250 - In the year 1944 36025 In the year 1945 59800 In the year 1946 57-350 In the year 194 54900 In the- year 1949 52450 SECTION 6. There is hereby appropriated from the current funds of the County of Washington, the sum of $14, 000.00, for the purpose of"paying the interest and State Tax upon said bonds for one year, said sum to be repaid to the Treasury of the said County from the tax her'einbefore levied and assessed when the same shall be collected. ;I SECTION 7. All bonds issued by virtue of this resolution shall be and become a part of the funded debt of the County of Washington, - and for the payment of the principal of said bonds and the taxes, and annual interest accruing thereon the faith, honor, credit and ,property p f said County of Washington are hereby and shall continue pledged. SECTION 8. Said bonds shall be executed in theiname of the County of Washington by the County Commissioners, and countersigned by the County Controller, and said Commissioners shall cause the seal of said County to be duly affixed thereto, attested by the Clerk, ,and the interest coupons annexed to said bonds shall be authenticated by ,the facsimile signatures of the County Commissioners and countersigned by thel'facsimile signature of the County Controller. Said bondsand coupons shall be substantially in the following form: UNITED STATES OF MICA STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON No . ROAD BONDS SERIES B, 1922 $1000. The COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, State of Pennsylvania l �Ifor value " received hereby acknowledges itself to be indebted and promises ',,to pay to the bearer, or in case of registration as hereinafter provided, 'iUen to the registered owner hereof, the sum of One thousand ($1,000) dollars, lawful money of. the United States of America, on the lot day of November, 19___.._,_ on presentation and surrender hereof, together with interest thereon from the lot day of Nov. , 1922, payable semi-annually upon pre- sentation and surrender of the coupons hereunto attached- as they'; severally mature, at the rate of 4* per cent per annum, on the lot day of ;May and November in each and every year. Both principal and interest ofi this bond are payable at the office of the Treasurer of the County of Washington, Washington, Pa. , free of any, tax or taxes, , except succession and', inheritance taxes which are now or may hereafter be levied and assessed by or under the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, upon the interest' or principal hereof all of which taxes the County of Washington covenants and agrees to pay. This bond is one of a series of 300 bonds of like date,- amount and tenor, differing only as to the maturities thereof, numbere& consecutively from 1 to 300, both inclusive, said bonds being issued by the County of Wash- I i,l MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENN SYLVANIA J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER, W H ECKER, COMMISSIONERS ington, for the purpose of providing funds for permanently improving, repair- ing and maintaining certain public roads and highways in the County of Wash- ington, as provided by Acts of Assembly of May 11, 1911, , P.L. 244 and May 31, 1911, P.L. 468, and the amendments thereof, and supplements thereto and under and in pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved April 20, 1874, and the supplements thereto and amendments thereof, and pursuant to resolutions of the County Commissioners of Washington County, duly adopted, and the authority granted by the electors at an election duly , held June 17, 1919. It is hereby covenanted and agreed that all acts and conditions required precedent to or in the issuing of this bond have been done and per,. formed, as required by law, and that the total indebtedness of the County of Washington, including this issue of bonds, • is not in excess of any statutory or constitutional limitation, and that an annual tax sufficient for the pay= ment of the interest and taxes agreed to be paid, and the principal of said ' bonds, as the same become due, has- been- duly levied and assessed. This bond shall pass by delivery or may be registered as to principal only upon the bond registry book of the County of Washington, to be kept at the office of the County Commissioners of said County of Washing- ton, at Washington, Pa:., and by endorsement upon the back hereof by the Clerk for the time being for , the County Commissioners, after which no transfer shall be made except by the registered holder or holders in person or by his or their duly authorized attorney, and such transfer shall be noted upon said bond registry book and upon the back hereof, provided, , however, that this bond may be transferred to bearer and negotiability thereby restored, and shall continue subject to successive registrations or transfers- to bearer, at the option of the holder or holders for the time being, . but no such regis- tration of the principal shall affect the negotiability of the coupons hereto annexed, which shall continue to be transferable by delivery merely, and in , all other respects to stand as passed. - IN WITNESS WHEREOF the County Commissioners of the County of Washington have caused this bond to be issued in the name of said County, signed by them, and countersigned by the County Controller, and caused the seal of said County of Washington to be hereunto affixed, attested by the Commissioners' Clerk, as of the first day of Nov. , 1922, and have caused the coupons hereto attached to be signed-by the engraved facsimile of the signatures of said County Commissioners and County Controller. COUNTERSIGNED County Controller &2 Comm ss2oners of ATTEST: Washington County. Commissioners'- Clerk (MEM OF COUPON) No • $22.50 Upon the first day of 19 the County of Washington, Pennsylvania, will pay to bearer Twenty-two 501100 Dollars, ($22.50), free of taxes, at the office of the Treasurer, Washington, Pa. , being six months interest on Bond No . of the County of Washing- ton Road Bonds, Series B, 1922, dated November 1, 1922. COUNTERSIGNED: County Controller. Comm ssione s of Washing on Couhty.