Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-05
fHE COUNTY COURT.
A Memorable Quarterly Meeting Of
DaYids0n's Magistrates.
Lively Personal Tits With Judge Fer
riss, Justice Maxey BeiHg on the
War Path.

Financial Condition OF the County
Election Of Fable Administrator.
Guardian and ether Omcers-Justiee
BEaxey's Programme for To-day
The Pruning knife Lifted Over
Judge FERRIS Salary.
The County Court of Davidson met
in quarterly session at 10 A. NJ. yester-
day, j. Z. FERRIS, Judge, presiding, and
nearly all the magistrates present.
There was a large and busy crowd In the
room in anticipation Of the elections which
were ID be held.
Immediately after the reading Of the
minutes, Justice Maxey took the floor and
said he rose to a privileged question. There
were some articles in the daily papers Of
Sunday, rejecting on this court and he de-
sired Justice Wade to read them.
Judge Feuiss-YOu are
OUT OF ORDER,
Squire Maxey. If any member Of this
court feel aggrieved at any article in the
papers, let him make his complaint to the
publishers.
Judge Maxey appealed from the decision
Of the chair in the midst of great uproar,
some Of the members having become in
tensely excited. The chair was not sus-
tanned, the majority Of the members indi-
eating their dissent BY demonstrations be
fore the question was put.
Justice Wade was directed then, 10 read
the articles referred to, and proceeded to
peruSe the local in the UNION AND
AMERICAN Of Sunday, entitled, "Fun
Ahead" When he read the headline,
"Judge Ferriss on the War PATH" a mis-
understanding occurred, the Judge inter
dieting him squarely from placing insinu-
ating emphasis on those words.
Tie difficulty was adjusted by Justice
Wade disclaiming any such intentions.
Confusion and excitement were now rife,
to pitch rarely witnessed in this body.
Justice MaXey occupied his time with a
vigorous effort to get the attention Of the
members, but was not successful for some
time.
When he did get it, one would have
thought be was on the war path. He
charged Judge Ferriss with inspiring The
articles under elaboration, and spoke al
considerable length, inyeighing against diff
ferent features of the programme published
ia this paper, as being that laid out By
several members, but which, Re in
sisted, originated with Judge FERRIS.
He denied the Judges right to employ 4
janitor, disapproved, in the strongest terms,
of the policy Of discharging Mr.. Williams
from that position and appointing Tom
Robertson, cOlored. Mr.. Williams, he
said was an ex-sOldier Of the Mexican wal
and eminently worthy Of that Office at the
hands Of the court.
During the tumult the chair imposed a
fine Of ten dollars on Justice MaXey, and
even deemed il necessary to send for the
SherifftO restore order, but this resort was
dispensed with at the suggestion Of Justice
Campbell.
TIE COUNTY's FINANCIAL EAIBARRAsS-
MENTs.
The clerk read the following report from
Judge FeTTiss, showing the financial con-
dItiOn Of the county:
$40 the Honorable County Court of Da-
wilson County: Gentlemen of this honor
able body, beg leave TO present to you for
your careful consideration my annual re-
port Of the financial condition Of Davidson
county fOm the 1St day of January, 1874
to the lst day Of January, 1870.
"Ihe following amounts have been col
lected and discussed under the respective
heads by the different officers who h We the
cOUHty's revenue to collect and disburse, a;
follows, tO-wit:
Amount collected for school purposes 50 ,059 81
Amount collected and paid on bond
cd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. co. u y
Amount railroad tax collected IO,4Zo =
Amount collected from all sources for
ordinary purposes. --...........--- 145i5 9,
Total amount collected and disbursed
By the various county officers a.
shown By the records Of my once. SIS, 6i3 L
'sThis amount has been collected and ex-
pended, hope, strictly in accordance with
law. The school fund is paid out to the
district directors, or their treasurer, by
their order through our trustee, in proper
ton to the n'Ei5er Of scholars in the dis
triCt, and not in proportion to the number
that attend the different schools.
1.-The amount collected for bond purposes
has been applied toward taking up our
bonds, BY an order of this Honorable
Court, and, as fast as collected, we lift
bonds and cancel them.
"The railroad taxes that have been col
lected this year have been used in taking
up coupons as they fall due and are pre-
scented for payment. After this year Gin
April) all our bonds that were issued in
1858 will fall due, and the coupons will, o!
course, have been taken up, and we wall
then hare 10 use the surplus in paying In
terest on bonds that are past due as they
are presented. l will here state that have
made this arrangement with various par
ties who hold our bonds that are past due
that is. to keep the interest paid up until
we can be.able to take up the bonds.
ORDINARY EXPENSES.
The ordinary fund; gentlemen, you all
know, is used for the purposes OF defraying
the ordinary expenses Of the county: such
for instance, as paying jurors Of the differ
ent courts, county asylum, lunatic asylum,
pest house, court house, Jail, and ali other
expenses known to the legislative or Judi
cial mind. And for the benefit of this
Honorable Court, l will here give you the
different amounts appropriated, and under
the different heads as they appear from the
records, and which l have issued warrants
for:
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