Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
Among the County Courts.

The following proceedings of the county
court of Blount county are taken from the
Index, referring to the taxation in that
county:
Total taxes for 1881, on real estate Gnclud-
ing public road tax of cents), was 30 cents
on the 800. 1t was 81 40; reduction OF
SO cents on the 800, to which ~ Genus mas
been added since the State debt has Deen
settled On polls, $1.75; for 1881 II was
So. 90: a reduction of SID.
Fso James Waters moved to levy tax to
n,oat the interest on railroad bond indebted
ness but the motion was lost; IL ayes, ID
noes. s.u
The taxes for 1881 were fixed as follows:
Tax for school purposes, on real estate, 20
cents on the 500 worth OF property; on
noIls 50 cents, instead of $1.O0 as hereto
lore fax for county purposes, 80 cents on
the 800: on polls % cents, Ga special tax
of Is cents on the 500 to pay outstanding
county warrants was assessed by the court
Tuesday. No tax was levied on suits be-
fore justices under the small otfense law.
The county superintendent of public N
struction's salary was raised from SlOO to
$50 per annrlm.
The new road law being now III force, the
court proceeded to lay the county OFT into
road districts Eighteen road districts were
formed. corresponding with the eighteen clVll
districts Commissioners We're appointed
for the different districts, three Tor each
district. the first to serve three years ana 10
act as clerk and treasurer, the second 10
serve two years and the third one year.
The court assessed a road tax on real e6-
tate at the enormous sum OF . cents on the
500 and only reqires the poor pou TAX
payer to work days in the year or pay
e.. 90 road tax, their sympathy being alto
gether with the poor taxpayer. Privileges
| One-fOurth the amount assessed tor county
purposes.
One-half of the road tax on real estate Is
payabIe in work, the remainder Ill money.
| The tax of ) cents levied viii aggregate Ill
the whole country about the enormous sum
of 81 900. We will have good roads now
with vengeance. The clerk and treas
urer of the board of road commissioners
will have to give in all the districts, except
the 9th. a bond of $500: i'll the 9th bono
of $500.
At the April term of the county court fo1
Morgan county, as we learn from the Rock
wook Republican, tax was levied for tbs
| wear 1881 as follows: County tax, 80 cent
CD the 800; redemption of county war
rants, Is cents; contingent fund, cents
school purposes, 10 cents. Total go cent
on 500.
OF the action of the county court o
Hamblen county, the Moristown Gazett
says
The county court, at its meeting last week
e +ln
year. as follows: County tax soc; schot
tax Zoe: pauper tax Toe: railroad Zoe Tn
most important business transacted was tn
laying OFF of the county into road districts
and the election of three road commission
ers, under the new road law.
The court levied tax of ten cents on tn
one hundred dollars worth of property fc
road purposes and appropriated one-fourt
J of the amount levied upon privileges IL
, this purpose The new statute require
=, that all male persons between the ages {
Is and 50 shall work on the public road
and it being left to the discretion of Il
county court as to how much work shou
be required of each hand, they have decide
that each road hand shall work as much
six days in the year ON the public reads.
According to the Waterman and Reporte
the following proceedings were had at tt
April term Of the county court of Jeferse
, county:
The taxes for 1881 were fixed at F
county purposes, current expenses on re
d estate, 40 cents railroad purposes, 10 cent
y special tax to pay judgments, 10 cent
county poll tax, S1.O0; on all original suit
$500. On all privileges exercised und
and by virtue of State laws, the same
/ levied by the State, said privilege tax sh
! be appointed to school purposes. On
l. sales of real estate the sum of 10 cents sh
:. be levied on the 800 worth of real estf
l for county purposes.
b The county court last Monday set APP
t $50, 900 of the money arising from the 81
II of the Railroad stock as perpetual schC
fund, the interest only to be used. Jas.
Ashmore. D. II. Meek and W. F. Pa
h were appointed trustees to manage a
loan said fund, and to receive 500 ca
annually for their services. The remain
D. portion of the fund, tO-wit 81, $50, is
be used to pay off the indebtedness of
county.