The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-07


Pr0eeelifngs OF the Third Quarterly
6essfOn.
The County Court met in its third
Quarterly Session at 10 o'clock Monday
morning, Squire Burke and the Quorum
presiding.
Squire Burke, after calliny theCourt to
order presented the following report =
w. r. Conner, former tax collector, set
tied in full; John b. Padgett, former
County Court Clerk, deficiency $3.50;
Due w. B. Ramon on settlement 81 50;
w. w. Stockard, former Trustee, def
cit, ::s943.39; John NJ. Hickey, Clerk,
settled in full.
A PETITION.
Hon. James H. Thomas presented the
following petition, and spoke earnestly
in behalf Of the object:
the State of ior
Your petitioners. the Mayor. Aldermen and
citizens Of the town of Columbia, would re-
spectfully represent and show unto your wor-
amount Of taxes is assessed and paid by the
inhabitants of the town of Columbia.
Your petitioners further show the said inhab.
said town taxed for the purpose of keeping up
the highways and streets of said town, which
highways and streets are not alone used by said
inhabitants, but also by the citizens of said
county.
They submit to your worships. that it would
be equitable, Just and proper, that portion at
least if not all, Of the taxes levied and collect
ed by the County for County purposes. off of
priated and paid over to the officers of the cor
poration Of said town, to be by them used in
the making and repairing the highways and
streets Of said town. They are informed that
til, have 60 appropriated funds levied and
col ected under similar circumstances.
Your petitioners. therefore, pray your wor-
ships, that an appropriation of SO much of the
purposes from the citizens. of the town Of
Columbia, be paid over to the corporate au-
thorities Of said town, to be used as herein set
forth. Respectfully submitted.
lSigned by go citizens
SQUIRE Sanders said he would oppose
it because his district was against it, and
stated further, that his district had as
much right to ask for similar appro~
priation as Columbia.
Squire Horsley-At the second quar-
terly session 500 was appropriated for
the construction of a bridge across Fiat
Creek, in that gentlelnan's portion of
the county, and the corporation of CO.
lumbia has to pay her jpro rata of the
$500. Did not the gentleman vote for
that appropriation!
SQUIRE Sanders 3 did not.
Squire Wilkes-I don't say how l
shall vote on this question, but that the
Magistrates may have time to under
stand its merits, think it best that it
should be postponed; therefore make a
motion that it be postponed until next
October.
Squire McCaw-I am opposed to this
project; there is neither law nor prece-
dent to warrant us in such an apprOpri-
alton think there is no need of post
ponement, the Magistrates are ready for
the question, and will show you very
quick how they will dispose of it.
The motion to postpone, on being put
to vote, was lost.
Squire Horsley-I make a motion that
an appropriation of $500 be allowed the
corporation of Columbia to pay for the
bridge erected within its lii2its.
Squire Clear-The funds of the county
have been appropriated for the construc-
ton of bridges in different portions OF
the county, and if it is just to take the
taxes collected Off of the corporation OF
Columbia to assist in the payment of
these bridges, is it not equally proper
and right that county taxes should go
ton, especially so when it is considered
that people from every portion of the
county use the thoroughfares of the corr
poration.
Squire McCaw-This is corporation
asking this appropriation, laying their
ordinances and laws; we didn't ask
them to become incorporated; as corpO-
rate body they should pay their own eX-
penses, and not expect the County Court
to be SO wasteful of the finances OF the
County as to make appropriations to
help them pay their own debts.
The motion was nOn-concurred in.
ROAD TOOLS.
The question coming up as to f,:rnish-
ing overseers with road tools, Occasioned
a long debate.
Squire McCaw-I want the county to
pay for no shovels and handles, the law
don't specify these articles.
A member wanted to know if his OPP
position to shOvels and handles arose
from his antipathy to work.
THE Chairman here fined the Sheriff
S. for failing to keep order i'll the Court
room.
Squire Wilkes-The county is bound
to paw for tools with which TO work the
public roads.
Squire Bratton-There is no tool so
important as the pick.
Squire Renfro-I am in favor of allow
ing only such tools as are allowed by
law. &
Squire Prewett-Good roads are the
index of an enlightened and christian
people, and while it is compulsory on
this court to keep good roads, yet am
fearful we are making too many appro-
priations.
Squire Daimwood-I am opposed to
furnishing overseers with shovels.
McCaw-The most difficult thing a
farmer has to do is to keep his tools to-
gether; how much more difficult is it for
an overseer to keep the road tools from
being lost.
reckless expenditure of the funds, yet
hand over his tools to work on the roads,
as suggested by member.
Squire Wilkes-We compel Overseers
to work the roads, and we should furn-
ish them with tools.
Squire Prewett-Would it not be pro-
per to buy the tools by wholesale?
Squire Clear-The oyerseers should he
required to make oath as 10 the number
of tools needed.
Squire Nichol then read the following
sections from the Code:
1904. The overseer shall, three days before
the day appointed for working, summon or no
tify the hands assigned to him to meet at such
place within his bounds as he may deem pro-
per. for repairing or making such roads as
shall be necessary, specifying IN has sun,mons on
notice the kind Of tools each hoad shall bring and
cork 9th On the road.
1921. On application of any oyEerseer, the
CHI ha IaampI
shall cause him to be provided with one stone
hammer and crowbar, and suitable number
of small hammers for the breaking of stone,
1872. Tho county courts shall furnish the
oyerseers of roads, when necessary, with pow
der and boring instruments, to enable them tC
put their respective roads i'll proper repair.
Squire McCaw-I am willing to furn-
ish such tools as the Code mentions.
Sauire Renfro-I am not i'll favor OF
discrimination; if we furnish one over
seer with tools, let all the overseers have
them.
Squire Roundtree-I am no speaker
and it is not often ] ask the indulgence
of the court, but l cannot let this oppor'
tunity pass without expressing myself
as coinsiding with the views of Squire
RenfrO.
Squire Billington(I think the pick
indispensable, and l make motion thai
each overseer be allowed one.
Squire McCaw-The Legislature is the
place to ask for such an appropriation
we can furnish only such tools as are
mentioned in the Code.
Squire Gray-When we old men flrS
rode on our roads, we then had only tt
use the hoe, but the loose soil has worr
away and we have rocks to ride over
consequently we need other tools, bu
the Legislature has made no change.
The motion of Squire Ellington wa
agreed to.
Squire McCaw made the following mo
ton: