People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — The Gravel Road. [ARTICLE]

The Gravel Road.

Some of the voters of Marion township seem to be laboring under the impression that if the majority of the voters on September 9th declare in favor of all oT any part of the gravel roads petitioned for, that the board of county commissioners can postpone the building of the same until the present stringency of the money market has abated, but section 3rd of the law which may be found on page 1898 of the acts of 1893 reads as follows: “It shall be the duty of the commissioners as soon as such returns have been made by the election officers in favor of such road or roads, to advertise in at least one newspaper of general circulation published* in the county, if there be such, and one newspaper at the city of Indianapolis of general circulation throughout the state and by posting notices at the principal towns or cities in the townships of the county, asking for bids for the construction of such road or roads, such bids to be received at a session, either regular or called, of said board of commissioners, and said board shall let the same to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, but no contract shall be let for a bid higher than the estimates of the viewers.” v The law is so plain that no one need be misled. If you are in favor of building the gravel roads immediately or any part of them vote for all or any part of them. If you are opposed to a part or all of them indicate the same by your ballot. Lex.