Floyd County v. State

The authorities of Floyd County caused an election to be held on the first day of December, 1900, to determine whether bonds of the county for the total sum of sixty-nine thousand dollars should be issued, of which proposed issue thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars were to be applied to the floating debt of the county, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars to the payment of past due bridge bonds, and fifteen thousand dollars to other bridge bonds thereafter to fall due. The ascertained and declared result of the election showed that 2,050 votes were cast, 1,955 in favor of the issuance…