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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
2
In Montgomery County Kentucky on June 30 1914 the sinking fund is credited for the L and Is Turnpike Bonds with a total of 2512.17 dollars and a balance of 575 34 9 to the credit of the county treasurer.
Summary of financial activity from the treasurer and receiver including sinking fund balances on July 1 1913 and June 30 1913 totals with taxes collected by the sheriff and payments to Menifee County machinery sundries and miscellaneous items divided across funds as recorded.
The Fiscal Court presents the 1914 close of business financial condition for Montgomery County Kentucky and a receipts and disbursements statement from 1913 to 1914. Eight thousand dollars of Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Bonds were paid and burnt. County Attorney E W Senff collected 1413.50 from Menifee county on old railroad debt, totaling 4136.37 with about 2000 more due. Four bridges were erected this year at 1600 cost, with voucher issued at the July meeting drawn on the 1914 Bridge Fund.
Summary of road orders drawn by the county engineer on the county treasurer and paid from the 1913 turnpike fund and later approved by the fiscal court from June 30, 1913, to July 1, 1914. Vouchers payable from 1913 fiscal year funds are included.
The summary shows the 1914 equalized property valuation of 6 796 574 dollars set by the State Board of Valuers. It lists four banks with assessed capital and a total poll count of 2798. The county and state levy imposes a 60 cent rate per hundred dollars, allocated among components.
A brief item notes L. and B. S bonds alongside a poll tax of 1.50 dollars. The fragment hints at local fiscal actions or tax considerations without full context.
For County Schools there was a property tax of twenty cents per one hundred dollars outside Mt. Sterling city and a fifty cent poll tax, levied under the School Board certificate.
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