The Russellville Democrat., 1891-10-08
QUORUM COURT.
An Interesting Sess ion of an Im-
 portant Body.

| SouAb WH0 Cdiicu tO GtQSt AnUHQhy morning at 10 o'clock, His Honor, Judge Bergman, presiding, with the following justices constituting said court: Wm. Thompson, T. F. Nc. Cain, J. H. Steltz, P. NJ. Austin, A. D. Lawrence, R. E. Doggett, J. H. Russell, A. J. White, Wm. L. Crow, B. Linderman, ". c. Bullock, Amos Bullock, A. A. Grain, c. D. Hendrix, J. Turner, K. D. Ashmore, S. R. Hurley. W. I. Pollock, John A. Hunter, ". L. Sproles, R. s. Daily, A. A. Beasler, J. B. Erwin, G. 4. Gideon, c. L. Grinstead, F. M. Church, J. NJ. Prince, J. M. Krum. seik, J. A. Hunter, John Harmes, c. c. Mueller, J. W. Wharton, H. D. Brown, A. J. Kendrick, R. M. New port.
 Judge Berryman's report was read as follows:
 To the Quorum Court: The under sighned begs leave to submit the following as hIs report. As to pub lie roads l think they are in as good condition as they can be made under the present law of five days work on same.
 Public Bridges: The County has no bridges that can be called public bridges, but it Is in need of bridges, and wish to call your attention to that fact, and it is in your power to determine whether the county will build bridges or not, and to de termine how many and the kind of bridges to be built, and how many in one year, and to levy bridge tax and appropriate the same for that purpose, and in case that you should determine to build one or more bridges would recommend the levy of----for bridge purposes. Poor House: There IS no poor house. belonging to the county. The paupers are let out every year to the lowest bidder to some one who win take care of, feed, clothe and n ev erything maintain them, and there are seven paupers being cared for by the county at an expense of seven dollars each per month.
 Public Buildings: All the public buildings are in good repair, and the public Records are in good condition, and are kept in fire proof vault, safe from fire or other cause of de- struction. You will see by the re port Of the Clerk that the county IS about out of debt, that there is 6 small amount outstanding now, and 1 recommend that you levy two and one half mills for county general purposes.
 Sheriff W. J. Johnson presented his report, of which the following is synopsis:
 Collected as taxes for county gen eral purposes. $S,l99,4S, commission on same $245.9S. paid treasurer ST. 953.50. Collected for bridge fund S5, ,466.15, commission, $l63.98, paid treasurer $5,302.17. Collected for special school tax sl2,l87.64, com. mission $365.63, paid treasurer $11.- 822.0l. Collected as fines for mis demeanors $1,168, which has been paid to the treasurer less commission of 3 per cent. Licenses collected $52.50, tho same paid treasurer, less commission. During the twelve months past there has been confined in the county jail 30 prisoners. of which number three remain, towit: Thomas Brown, David King and Lindsey Russell, the two first named accused of murder, the latter con vIcted of petit larceny, term expir- ing October 13, inst. The report states that the funds shown as col lected as county general tax and bridge tax were mostly collected in county warrants, but that in some instances, especially in the case of persons who had but a small amount of taxes to pay-owing to the small amount of discount on county war rants at the time--the said parties preferred to and dld pay the same in currency rather than be at the trouble of obtaining county warrants, the same then selling at from 95 to 98 cents on the dollar, and believing at the time that county warrants were proper funds to be paid into the county treasury, he paid the whole of said taxes collected, less his mmission in county warrants. But having since been advised that sad funds should have been paid in to the treasury in kind as collected. he now asks that his settlement be re opened, and holds himself in readiness to either pay into the treasury the difference between the value of the scrip paid in by him and the currency collected by him, as the law in such cases provides, or else to pay into the treasury the whole amount of currency collected by him and receive back from the county the same amount in warrants, whichever the court may direct.
 Treasurer W. NJ. Peeler's report, presented and read, showed the re ceipt of the funds reported collected | by the Sheriff, and the payment Of the same in county warrants. save the special school tax, all of which had been cancelled as the law. di. rects.
 County Clerk Towards report, showing the financial condition Of the county and of the several school 1 districts. was presented. It em- braced his report as published in the DEMOCRAT recently.
 A recess was taken to o'clock