THE CITY OF *
NUMBERED DAYS
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ILLUSTRATIONS by C.D.RNODES • • •
I COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES StRlflltER'5 SONS
SYNOPSIS,
, C^'r>T,l’R I—Broulllard, chief engineer
on the Nlquota Irrigation dam, goes out
irom camp to investigate a strung.' light
il'lSf Hn aut°,">obi!e party camped at
the canyon portal.
|*.SHAPJE? JI“Rrou'"ard meets J. Wes
ley Cortwright and ids daughter Gene
vieve of the auto party and explains the
reclamation work to them.
nrV,^A.PJ u(K I,II-^or' "'right sees in the
a chance to make money “and
Rrn'iofiuca i°', a man, to *"* ln anywhere.”
Broun laid is impervious to hints from the
financier who tells Genevieve the engt
neer •will come down and hook himself
if the halt is well covered.”
t HAFThR TV—Cortwright organizes a
company and obtains government eon
tracts to furnish power and material for
the dam construction. A busy rltv
springs up about tile site. Steve Massln
£a'e, „,1hr^at*ns to *tart a gold rush If
Broulllard does not Influence President
cord to build a railroad branch to tlte
place, thus opening an easy market for
the ore from the “Uttle Susan" mine.
CHAPTER V- Brouiliard and the com
panv s promoter clash, but on orders from
Washington Rrouillard turns over the
plans for the power Installation.
CHAPTER VT -Gn a visit to Amv Mas
stngale at her father's mine Rrouillard
finds she understands him better than he
had thought.
CHAPTER VTT—He tells her of bis need
for money to p,fy off his dead father s
debts and that f.» be free he would sacri
fice anything sa.e his love for one wom
an. Though his influence Is vital to the
building of the railroad extension she
tells him to be true to himself. He de
cides for it.
CHAPTER VTIT—Mira polls, the eity of
numbered days, booms. Cortwright per
suades Rrouillard to become consulting
engineer of the consolidated electric pow
er company in return for $100,000 stock.
CHAPTER IX Rumors that the govern
fnent will rail a halt on the dam cause
Grtslow to tell Broulllard that lie Is lean
ing to the Cortwright side to make the
city permanent. Broutiiard denies It.
CHAPTER X—Permanent building In
Mlrapolls and a real estate boom are in
full swing when the stoppage of work on
the railroad threatens a panto Rrouillard
spreads the Masslngale story of placer
gold In the rivur bed and starts a gold
rush.
CHAPTER XT—The gold rush promises
to stop the reclamation project.
CHAPTFR XII—Amy tells Rronlllnrd
that he;' lather has incorporated the "Kit
tle Sushi '* and Is tn PortWright's clutches
financially. He tells her he has made
1100.000 and declares his love. Amy loves
him but shows him that he has become
demoralized.
CHAPTER XIII—Masslnerale's placer
sold find was a fraud, but a real find is
made.
CHAPTER XIV—BrotifTlard sells his
stork but does not pay hts father’s debts
Cortwrlght’s son shoots Steve Massin
gule.
CHAPTER XV — Rrottlllnrd threatens
Cortwrlght with exposure of had title to
Mlrapolis land If he pushes Masslnanle to
the wall. The magnate promises to Rive
the old man a free field.
CHAPTER XVI Stories of the dam’s
abandonment revive. Foreclosure on the
"Little Susan” Is Impending and Rroutl
lard loans Dave Masslngale his $100,000 to
clear him.
CHAPTER XVII—Masslngale Rambles
away the $100,000.
CHAPTER XVIIT-Cortwrlght proposes
to Broulllard to carry on the dam work
until the last minute and then call It off
and make Mlrapolis permanent. Broull
lard agrees to rush the work.
CHAPTER XIX—Loaded with Mlrapolis
real estate he investigates land titles
and prepares a telegram to Washington
asking for men and money to push work
on the dam.
CHAPTER XX-After a talk with Amy.
who la horror-stricken at the plot, he
sends the telegram.
CHAPTER XXT— Broulllard drives the
work too fast for Cortwrlght. who ob
jects. but Is In turn threatened and told
to release the "Little Susan” or be ex
posed.
CHAPTER XXII-He Is told that evi
dence of fraud in the land titles Is com
plete and that the date for turning on
the water at the dam is set. Broulllard
tells Amy he has chased down the back
track like a little man.
"GreatHeavens!” he exclaimed "To
day’s the day! In the hustle I had for
I
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Brouillard Got Between.
gotten It, and I'll bet old David has—
If he hasn't simply Ignored it. That
accounts for the reunion at the Metro
pole!"
"Don’t worry,” said Harlan easily.
“The bank has gone, vanished, shut up
shop. At the end of the ends, 1 sup
pose, they can make David pay; but
they can't very well cinch him for not
meeting his notes on the dot.”
"Massingalo doesn't really owe them
anything that he can’t pay,’1 Brouillard
1 asserted. "By wiring and writing and
digging up figures, we found that the
capitalizing stockholders, otherwise .1.
V\ esley Cortwright, and possibly
Sehermerhorn, have actually invested
fifty-two thousand dollars, or, rather,
that amount of Massingale's loan has
i been expended in equipment and pay
rolls. Three weeks ago the old man
got the smelter superintendent over
here from Red Butte and arranged for
an advance of fifty-two thousand dol
lars on the ore in stock, the money to
be paid when the first train of ore
cars should be on the way in. It was
paid promptly in New York exchange,
and Massingale indorsed the draft over
to me to be used in the directors’ meet
ing, which was never held.’’
"Go over and flash Massingale’s fifty
two thousand dollars at ’em. They'll
turn loose. I’ll bet a yellow cur worth
fifteen cents that they’re wishing there
was a train out of this little section of
Sheol right now. Hear that!”
The crash of an explosion rattled
the windows, and the red loom on the
Jack’s mountain side of the town
leaped up and became a momentary
glare. The fell spirit of destruction,
of objectless wreck and ruin, was
abroad, and Brouillard turned to the
stairway door.
"111 have to be making the rounds
again,” he said. "The Greeks and Ital
ians are too excitable to stand much of
this. Take care of yourself; I'll leave
Grif and a dozen of the trusties to look
after the shop.”
M'S CHAPTER XXIV gSB
\ The Terror /
When Brouillard reached the side
walk the upper avenue was practically
deserted. But in the eastern residence
district, and well around to the north,
new storm-centers were marked by the
increasing number of fires. Brouillard
stopped and faced toward the distant
and invisible Timanyonis. A chill au
tumn breeze was sweeping down from
the heights and the blockading wall of
the great dam turned It into eddies
and dust-pillared whirls dancing In the
empty street.
Young Griffith sauntered up with his
Winchester in the hollow of his arm.
‘‘Anything new?” he asked.
‘‘No,” said Brouillard. "I was just
thinking that a little wind would go a
loug way tonight, with these crazy
house-burners loose on the town.” Then
he turned and walked rapidly to the
government headquarters, passed the
sentry at the door of the mapping
room; and out of the fireproof vault
where the drawings and blue-priut
duplicates were kept took a small tin
dispatch box.
He had opened the box and had
transferred a slip of paper from it to
the leather-covered pocket field book
which served him for a wallet, when
there was a stir at the door and Cast
ner hurried In, looking less the clergy
man than the hard-working peace of
fleer.
"More bedlam,” he announced. “1
want Gassman or Handley and twenty
or thirty good men. The mob has gone
from wrecking and burning to murder
ing. ‘Pegleg’ John was beaten to death
in front of his saloon a few minuter
ago. It is working this way. There
were three fires in the plaza as 1 came
through.”
“See Grislow at the commissary and
tell him I sent you," said the chief
“I’d go with you, but I'm due at the
Metropole.”
"Good. Then Miss Amy got word to
you? I was just about to deliver her
message.”
miss massingater wnere is sne
and what was the message?” demand
ed Brouillard.
"Then you haven’t heard? The ‘Lit
tie Susan' Is in the hands of a sheriff’s
posse, and Itavid Massingale is under
arrest on some trumped-up charge—
selling ore for hi3 individual account
or something of that sort. Miss Amy
didn’t go into particulars, but she told
me that she had heard the sheriff say
it was a penitentiary offense.”
"But where is she now?” stormed
Brouillard.
"Over at the hotel. I supposed you
knew; you said you were going there.”
Brouillard snatched up the dispatch
box and flung it into the fireproof
While he was locking the door Oastner
went in search of Grislow, and when
Brouillard faced about, another man
stood in the missionary's place hy the
mapping table. It was Mr. J. Wesley
Cortwright.
The gray-faced promoter bad lost
something of his old-time Jaunty assur
nnce, and ho was evidently well shaken
and unnerved by the sights and sounds
of the night of terror. The sandy gray
eyes advertised it as well as the fat
hands, which would not keep still.
"I didn’t think I'd have to ask a
favor of you again. Brouillard, but
needs must when the devil drives,” he j
began, with an attempted assumption
of his former manner. "We didn't know
—the newspapers didn't tell us any- I
thing about this frightful state of af
fairs, and—”
l—- —* raws'll
Brouillard had suddenly lost his de
sire to hurry.
"Sit down, Mr. Cortwright.” he said.
"I was just coming over to see you—
to congratulate you and Mr. Schermer
horn on your return to Mirapolis. We
have certainly missed the mayor, not
to mention the president of the com
mon council.”
“Of course—yes,” was the hurried
rejoinder. "But that’s all over. You
said you’d get us, and you did. I don’t
bear malice. If you had given me one
more day I’d have got you; the stuff
that would have broken your neck with
the Washington people was all writ
ten and ready to put on the wires. But
that s past and gone, and the next
thing is something else. There is a
lot of money and securities looked up
in the Niquoia bank vault. We’ve come
to clean up, and we brought a few
peace officers along from Red Butte
for a guard. The miserable scoundrels
are scared stiff; they won't stir out of
the hotel. Bongras tells me you’ve got
your force organized and armed—can’t
you lend us fifty or a hundred huskies
to keep the mob off while we open that
bank vault?”
Brouillard's black eyes snapped, and
the blood danced in his veins. The op
portunity for which he would have bar
tered Ormuz' treasure had come to
him—was begging him to use it.
"I certainly can,” he admitted, an
swering the eager question and empha
sizing the potentiality.
“But will you? that’s the point. We’ll
make it worth your while. For God's
sake, don't say no, Broulllard! There’s
prfTtty well up to a million in that
vault, counting odds and ends and
left-overs. Schermerhorn oughtn't to
have left it. I thought he had sense
enough to stay and see it taken care
of. But now—”
"Hut now the mob is very likely to
wreck the building and dynamite the j
vault, you were going to say. I think
it is more than likely, Mr. Cortwright :
and I wonder that it hasn’t been done
before this. It would have been done I
if the rioters had had any idea that
you'd left anything worth taking. And
It would probably wreck you and Mr.
Schermerhorn if it should get hold of
you; you’ve both been burned in effigy
half a dozen times since you ran
away.”
“Oh, good Lord!” shuddered the
magnate. "Make it two hundred of
your men, and let’s hurry. You won't
turn us down on this. Brouillard?”
"No. It is no part of our duty to
go and keep the mob off while you
save your stealings, but well do it. |
And from the noise they are making
down that way, I think you are wise in
suggesting haste. Hut first there is a
<|uestion of common justice to be
settled. An hour ago, or such a mat
ter. you sent a part of your sheriff’s
posse up to seize the ’Little Susan’ and
to arrest David Massingale—”
“It's—it’s a lie!" stammered Cort
wright. "Somebody has been trying to
backcap me to you!”
Brouillard looked up, frowning.
"You are a good bit older man than
I am, Mr. Cortwright, and I shan’t
punch your head. Hut you'll know why
I ought to when I tell you that my in
formant is Miss Amy Massingale.
What have you done with old David?”
The man who had lost his knack of
bluffing came down and stayed down.
“He’s—he’s over at the hotel,” he
stammered.
“Under guard?”
“Well—y-yes.”
Brouillard pointed to the telephone
on the wall.
“Go and call up your crowd and get
it here. Tell Judge Williams to bring
the stock he is holding, and Scher
merhorn to bring the Massingale
notes, and your man Jackson to bring
the stock-book. We’ll have a direc
tors’ meeting that was called, and
wasn't held, three weeks ago."
It was a crude little expedient, but
It sufficed. Cortwright tramped to the
'phone and cursed and swore at it un
til he had his man at the other end of
the wire Tho man was tho lawyer,
as it appeared, and Cortwright abused
him spitefully.
iouve balled it—balled It beauti
fully!" he shouted. “Come over here
to Hrouillard's office and bring Shor
merhorn and the stock and the notes
and Jackson and the secretary’s books
and Maasingale and your infernal self!
Get a move, and get it quick! We
stand to lose the whole loaf because
you had to butt In and sweep up the
crumbs first!’’
When the procession arrived, as It
did in an Incredibly short time, Brouil
lard laid down the law.
"We don't need these." he said curt
ly, indicating Lhe two deputies who
came to bring David Massingale. And
when they were gone: “Now, gentle
men, get to work and do business, and
the less time you waste the hotter
chance there will bo for your bank
salvage. Three requirements I make:
you will turn over the stock, putting
Mr. Massingale in possession of his
mine, without Incumbrance; you will i
cancel and surrender his notes to ,ihe
bank; and you will give him a docu
ment, signed by all of you. acknowl
edging the payment in full of all
claims, past or pending. While you
are straightening things out. I’ll ring
up the yards and rally your guard."
Cortwright turned on the lawyer.
“You hear what Brouillard says; fix
It, and do it suddenly.”
It was done almost before Brouillard
had made Leshington, In charge of tha
yards, understand what was wanted,
j "Now a note to your man at tha
, mine to make him let go without put
I ting us to the trouble of throwing him
| over the dump," said the engineer,
: when he had looked over the stock
! transfers, examined (he canceled notes,
and read and witnessed the signatures
on the receipt in full.
Cortwright nodded to the lawyer,
and when Williams began to write
again the king of the promoters
turned upon B~ouillard with a savage
sneer,
"Once more you've bad your price.”
he snarled bitterly. "You and the old
man have bilked us out of what we
spent on the mine. But we’ll call it
an even break if you’ll burry that gang
of huskies.”
1 “We’ll call it an even break when It
is one,” retorted Brouillard; and after
he had gathered up the papers he took
the New York check from his pocket
book, indorsed it, and handed it to
Cortwright. “That is what was spent
out of the hundred thousand do)lj.,'s
you had Mr. Massingale charged with,
as nearly as we can ascertain. Talie
it and take care of it; it’s real money ”
He had turned again to the tele
phone to hurry Leshington. had rung
the call, and was chuckling grimly
over the collapse of the four men at
the end of the mapping table as they
fingered the slip of money paper. Sud
denly it was borne in upon him that
there was trouble of some sort at the
door—-there were curses, a blow, a mad
rush; then . . . It was Stephen Mas
singale who had fought his way past
the door-guarding sentry and stood
blinking at the group at the far end
of the mapping board.
“You’re the holin' dog I'm lookin’
for!” ho raged, singling out Cortwright
when the dazzle of the electrics per
l
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She Slipped an Arm Under His Shorn
der and Raised Him.
niitted him to sop "You'll rob an oh’
man first, and then call him a thio
and set the sheriff on him, will you—?
Massingale's pistol was dropping t<
the firing level when Brouillard flunt
away the telephone earpiece and got
between. Afterward there was a
crash like a collision of worlds, a
whirling, dancing medley of colorec
lights fading away to gray and then tr
darkness, and the engineer went dowr
with the avenger of wrongs tightly
locked in his arms
• ***•*•
After the period of darkness had
passed and Brouillard opened his eyet
again upon the world of things as they
are, he had a confused idea that he
had overslept shamefully and that the
indulgence had given him a bad head
ache.
The next thought was that the head
ache was responsible for a set of singu
lar hallucinations. His blanket bunk
in the sleeping shack seemed to have
transformed itself into a white bed
with pillows and snowy sheets, and
the bed was drawn up beside an open
window through which he could look
out, or seem to look out, upon a vast
sea dimpling In the breeze and reflect
ing the sunshine so brightly that it
made his headache a darting agony.
When he turned his face to escape
(ho blinding glare of the sun on the
sea the hallucinations became sooth
ingly comforting, not to say ecstatic.
Someone was sitting on the edge of
the bed; a cool hand was laid on his
forehead; and when he could again
see straight he found himself looking
up into a pair of violet eyes in which
the tears were trembling.
iou are Amy—and this is that
other world yon used to talk about, i
iso t it?" he asked feebly.
The cool hand slipped from his fore
head to his lips, as if to warn him
that he must not talk, and he went
through the motions of kissing it
hen It was withdrawn he broke the
silent prohibition promptly.
"The way to keep me from talking is
to do it all yourself; what happened
to mo Iasi night?"
Sho shook her head sorrowfully.
"The ‘last night’ you mean was three
weeks ago. Stevie was trying to shoot
Mr. Cortwright in your office and you
got between them. Do you remember
that?"
"Perfectly," he said. “But It still
seems as if it were only last night.
Where am 1 now? not that it make*
any difference, so long as I'm with
"You are at home—our home; at the
'Little Susan.' Mr. Leshington had
the men carry you up here, and Mr.
Ford ran a. special train all the way
from Denver with the doctors.
Stevie's bullet struck you in the head,
and-—and we all thought you were go
ing to die.”
“I'm not.” he asserted, in feebly des
perate determination. "I'm going to
live and get to work and earn a hun
dred thousand dollars, so I can say,
'Come, little girl—’ ”
Again the restraining hand was laid
upon his lips, and again he went
through the motions of kissing it.
"You mustn’t talk!” she insisted.
^ ou said you'd let me.” And when
he made the sign of acquiescence, she
went on: “At first the doctors wouldn’t
give us any hope at all; they said you
might, live, but you'd—you’d never—
never remember—never have your rea
son again. But yesterday—”
“Please!” he pleaded. "That's more
than enough about me. I want to know
what happened.”
“That night, you mean? All the
things that you had planned for. Fa
ther got the mine back, and Mr. Lesh
ington and the others grt the riot
quelled after about half of the city was
burned.”
"But Cort.wright and Schermerhorn—
I promised them—”
“Mr. Leshington carried out your
promise and helped them get the
money out of the bank vault before the
mob sacked the Niquoia building and
dynamited it. But at the hotel they
were arrested on the order of the bank
examiner, and everything vw«is taken
away from them. We haven't heard
yet what is going to be done with
them.”
"And Gomorrah?” he asked.
She slipped an arm under his shoul
ders and raised him so he could look
out upon the mountain-girt sea dinar
pling under the morning breeze.
“There is where it was,” she said
soberly, "where it was. and Is not, and
never will be again, thank God! Mr
Leshington waited until everybody had
escaped, and then he shut the waste
way gates.”
Brouillard sank hack upon the pil
lows of comfort and closed his eyes.
"Then it's all up to me and the hun
dred thousand,” he whispered. “And
I’ll get it . . . honestly this time.”
i no vinioi eyes were smiling when
he looker! into them again.
"Is she—the one incomparable she—
worth it, Victor?”
"ller price is above rubles, as 1
told you once a long time ago.”
"You wouldn’t let pride—a false
pride—stand in the way of her happi
ness?”
“I haven’t any; her love has made
me very humble and—and good, Amy,
dear. Don't laugh: it's the only word;
l'm just hungering and thirsting after
righteousness enough to be half-way
worthy of her.”
“Then I'll tell you something else
that has happened. Father and Stevie
have reorganized the ‘Little Susan'
Mining company, dividing the stock
Into four equal parts—one for each of
us. You must take your share, Victor.
It will break father's heart if you don't.
Ho says you got it back for him after
it was hopelessly lost, and that la
true.”
He had closed his eyes again, and
what he said seemed totally irrelevant.
“ ‘And after the man had climbed the
fourth mountain through all its seven
stages, he saw a bright light, and it
blinded him so that he stumbled and
foil, and a great darkness rose up to
make the light seem far beyond his
reach. Then the light came near, and
he saw that it was. Love, and that ths
darkness was in his own soul.’ . . .
Kiss me, Amy, girl, and then go and
tell your father that he is a simple
hearted old spendthrift, and 1 love him.
And if you could wire Castner, and
tell him io bring a license along—”
"Oh boy—foolish boy!” she said.
“Wait; when you are well and strong
again. . .
But she did not make him wait for
the first of the askings; and after a
healing silence had fallen to show the
needlessness of speech between those
who have come through darkness into
light, he fell asleep again, perhaps to
dream that the quieting hand upon his
forehead was the touch of Love, angel
of the bright and shining way, summon
ing him to rise up and go forward as a
soul set free to meet the dawning day
of fruition.
THE END.
How It Looks.
Hill—Ho says his father has a flow
ing heard.
Ji'l—That's right.
“nut what Is a flowing beard?”
"Why, it's one that reminds you of
water coming out of a hydrant.”
Vogue for Ribbon.
The picturesque style of dress
of today necessitates the use of
ribbons for decorative purposes,
and so beautiful are they that
it would seem as though women
could never have enough of
them. Sometimes entire skirts
are composed of them, as well
as hats. They are used for
sashes, draperies, muffs and
stoles. Again, they are convert
ed into pretty little boleros, and
the new suggestions in neck
wear are fashioned of them.
Diminutive bows aro seen on
the front of stockings, and then
there are the rosebud garters,
as well as latticework ones, in
which small ribbon flowers are
strewn with artistic negligence.
Ten Commandments
For Bridegrooms
Here are ten commandments for the
guidance of prospective bridegrooms
given by Rev. Robert J. MacAlplne of
the Central Presbyterian church of
Buffalo, N. Y.:
1. Don't bank on mere beauty; it Is
unreliable as the weather.
2. Don't marry for talent, popular
ity or wealth. Without love these
would be as insipid as an egg without
salt.
3. Don’t let sentiment rule you.
Like a flower, It is apt to fade before
tomorrow.
4. Don't marry a woman whose
stock of common sense is no greater
than her dollars and cents. As no
amount of the latter can buy the least
amount of the former, you would like
ly soon be a hopeless Insolvent.
5. Don’t propose to a young woman
whose tongue isn’t silent during the
sermon. She has sermons in store
for you.
0. Don’t marry a girl who thinks
more of a good time than a good
name. Your good time would very
probably never aj'rlve.
7. Don’t choose a young woman
who is more concerned about how
she looks than how she acts. One Is
what she appears to be, the other is
what she is.
8. Don’t marry your opposite in re
ligion. Your rellgiou is likely to out
live your love.
9. Don’t marry till your heart and
hand are as dean as those you have
won. Black and white mixed makes
both n dull gray.
10. Don’t marry in haste. For the
sake of at least two lives, keep in
mind the modern key-words: “Safety
llrst’’ and “preparedness."
New York Future Fashion Center.
Mary Harden, while busily collecting
funds for her hospital In Paris, found
time to prophesy that New York would
he the future center of style. Miss Dar
den declared that. American designers
had shown such originality and Amer
ican manufacturers so much initiative
since the war that it would be impos
sible for Paris to regain her one-time
prestige.
New Idea in Fireplaces.
A California firm has designed a
unique fireplace in a new bungalow
which permits the entire family to
gather around it, since it iB placed in
the center of the room. The fireplace
consists of a vault about five feet
square, in the center of which a Are
basin is placed. The basin is encir
cled by a spark grate. A metal hood
comes down from the ceiling to within
four feet of the Are basin, and con
ducts the smoke to the chimney with
which it is connected. The fireplace
draws well and sends out a larger
amount of heat than those built In
the usual way against the side wall.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TH»
CONSTITUTION OF THK STATIC
OF ARKANSAS.
Notice la hereby given that the fol
lowing Joint resolution, proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution
waa passed by the General Assembly
at Its regular session of 1916, and.that
the same will be submitted to the elec
tors of the State at the next general
election, to be held Tuesday. November
7, 1916, for adoption or rejection.
Proposed Amendment No. 14.
That the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, which,
when agreed to by a majority of all
members elected to each house and
adopted by a majority of the elector*
of the State voting at the next gen
eral election for senators and repre
sentatives. shall become a part of tli*
Constitution of the State of Arkansas:
"Section 1. The county courts In
tnelr respective counties. In addition to
the county tax now allowed to be lev
ied, shall have power when authorized,
as hereinafter provided, to levy an an
nual tax not exceeding three mills on
the dollar on all taxable property,
which shall be collected and expended
In making and repairing public roads
and bridges In their respective coun
ties: and said court shall have power,
after authority given as hereinafter
provided, to levy a tax not exceeding
three mills on the dollar on all taxable
property for a period of time not t*
exceed thirty years, to borrow money.
Issue bonds, and pledge the revenues
arising from the tRX levied for a pe
riod of time, to pay the Interest and
principal of any sum or sums so bor
rowed. All bonds Issued by authority
herein given shall bear a rate of Inter
est not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
All sums so borrowed shall be used ex
clusively In making and repairing th*
public roads and bridges In the county.
The annual tax and the tax for period
of years shall not both be levied and
be In force at the aame time In any
county—the levy of one ahall exclud*
the levy of the other.
Before any levy of taxea herein au
thorised ahall be made, the question
of levying such tax shall he submitted
to the qualified electors of the county
at a general or special election called
for that purpose, at which a majority
of the qualified eleotora voting at such
an election shall have voted In favor of
such levy of tax9>a.
Approved February t. 1916.
The above resolution was filed In th*
office of the Secretary of State on Feb
ruary I. 1915.
Each elector may vot* for or against
the ahove amendment.
Wltnesa my official signature this
ttth day of April. 191*.
EARLE W HODGES,
Secretary of States
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