Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — KENTLAND SCHOOL BOND PETITION DENIED [ARTICLE]

KENTLAND SCHOOL BOND PETITION DENIED

Petitions of the town of Kentland and of Jefferson township in Newton county for authority to issue $175,000 in bonds, jointly, for the erection of a joint high school at Kentland were denied by the state board of tax commissioners Wednesday. The town of Kentland proposed to issue $85,000 of the amount. Remonstrances against the bond issuance were, responsible for the denying of the petition, it was said. The tax board denied thepetition of Washington township, Washington county, for a rehearing of its petition to issue $14,000 In bonds for the construction of the Highland approved by the board: Green township, Grant county, Ertel road, $12,400; Lake county, fair ground improvements, $110,000; Greencastle refunding bonds, $10,000: Driftwood township, Johnson County, Singer road, $17,500; Bicknell, temporary school loan, $4,500: Ft. Wayne, street paving bonds, $76,000. '