Butte record., 1853-12-10
BU TIE RECORD.
DECEMBER 10, 1851
THE COURT OF SESSIONS.

THE COURT OF SESSIONS.
+ In another colum will be seen brief report d
the doings of this body during the week, up to
\ the time Of our issue Much of the time has
been employed in laying off and declaring
| county roads, examining accounts, Sc Sc,
| We are heartily glad to see an interest taken
in this matter Of the public roads, for it con-
| vinces US that the lands through which they
run are being settled, and by those who feel
an interest in the prosperity and welfare OF
the County. Heretofore, it has been worse
/than useless to expend any labor upon the pub
I lie highway, from the fact, that there were no
| public highways fixed by the Court of Sessions,
and scarcely was one peice of road made pas
sable before some settler concluded that it
passed through his claim, in a direction not
exactly to his taste, when it would be fenced
! up ditched up, and the road thrown off to
| one side or the other, upon new, and perhaps
| far worse ground. The settlers themselves
| are at last getting tired of such q state of
| things, and petition after petition is being
presented to the Court of Sessions, praying
for a survey and permanent location of most
of the principal thoroughfares of the County
We believe the Court, toe, shows desire to act
i'll the matter as promptly as the nature of the
business will warrant, by appointing commits
/ sioners to survey and locate the roads, diyi-
ding them into convenient districts and APP
\ pointing Supervisors for the several districts
But this work is necessarially attended with
lgreat deal of expense, and the Court, with the
present debt of the County, feel themselves
I restricted in acting in the matter, as their de-
sire for the good of the County and its citizens
would prompt.
,1he Grand Jury closed their labors on Thurs
day evening and were discharged by the Court
The Court complimented the jury upon the fa-
cility and efficiency of the conduct Of the bus
iness brought before them, and the amount of
business performed by them during their short
| session. OF course much of that labor is yet
''sealed record but notes of a portion of it
appear in another column.
The Court seems inclined to keep Il watch
full eye to the finances of the County, and We
predict that short time will produce far
better looking balance sheet. The revenue
|
to their several duties and we believe the as
sessed and licensed taxes are more cheerfullyl
and promptly paid than at any previous time
This disposition on the part Of the Court, has
| already increased the value of County war
rants, as it presents to the holders of them
prospect Of their speedy redemption. So far
that is concerned even should We have
other interest in view than that OF our own
pockets, we should most heartily exclaim ''has-
ten the time7 We can see no good reason why
county with the resources and means of rev
enue of Butte should be indebted even to the
amount she now is 1t is true that debt is not
large, compared with the means of payment,
but we think it greater than any thing but
useless and unnecessary extravaganza would
have produced. But the errors of the past
\ now be speedily and perfectly remedied,
! and after We have ceased to feel their injurl
Gus effects, they may still afford salutary ID
sons for the future