Wilson, Feb. 3—Petitions, signed by hundreds of citizens from every section of Wilson county, were presented to the board of county commissioners Monday asking that the election be called Thursday, March 5, for the issuance of bonds to the amount of $1.25 million for the construction of hard surface roads and concrete bridges, $1 million for roads for bridges, $250,000.
The proposition is endorsed not only by the people in the rural district but by every civic organization in the county.
A patriotic sacrifice will be made by the county commissioners in the event the election is carried. Each member voluntarily will give half of his salary which will be sufficient to pay the road commissioner that will be appointed to superintend the work.
The question of putting the sheriff, clerk of the Superior Court and register of deeds on salary was discussed by one committee, which cited Guilford County as an example. Another committee favored the fee system now in vogue. However, the commissioner decided to make a change reducing the sheriff’s fees considerably, to take effect in the fall of this year. For the collection of the 1925 tax, the fee will be 2 ½ per cent, and for 1926 and thereafter 2 ¼ per cent. At the present rate, the sheriff gets 5 per cent of the first $50,000 and 2 ½ per cent on the remainder of the tax collected. No change in the other officers were made.
From the front page of The Graphic, Nashville, N.C., Feb. 12, 1925
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