Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-06
THE COUNTY COURT.
The Proceedings Of The Body
at The Court House To-Day.
Judge Tyler Asks For a Committee To
Receive a New Bond From Him
As Financial Agent.

As Financial Agent.
Quarterly Court for Montgomery
county convened at the court house
to-day at 10 O'Clock, Judge Tyler pre-,
siding. After the minutes OF h. last
meeting were read and approved the
usual batch Of petitions for releases
were read and the majority of them
were granted. The greater part
Of them were cases where property
was doubly assessed.
Squire Anderson moved that the
County court clerk be ordered to hold
the tax assessors books for last year
in his office until all the assessments
had been made for the ensuing year.
Carried.
The rate of taxation was fixed the
same as last year, $ll5 on the
hundred, by the special committee
appointed at the last meeting
of the court and was adopted by the
court to-day.
Judge Tyler asked that the court
appoint special committee to accept
new bond from him as financial
agent of the county. Brad. Martin,
Squire Ramey and Baxter Watkins
were appointed on this committee.
The accounts for the past quarter
were read and approved.
PUBLIC ROADS.
The first item out of the regular
line was the consideration of the
public road question. The bill regu-
lating the laying out of public roads
and of maintaining them, recently
passed by the Legislature, was given
to each member Of the County court
in pamphlet form and their attention
was called to the same by the chair
man. Judge Tyler stated that he
had read the law and that
the County court was called upon to
elect road commissioners and to di
vide the county into road districts,
He also explained that the road com
missiOners had been given a power
by the new law that he thought was
a dangerous power unless great dis
erection was observed. In changing
roads the commissioner has the pow
er to appoint two freeholders, who
shall lay out the road through private
property, and then he (the commits.
sioner) shall assess the damages and
order the financial agent to pay it,
Many members Of the court seem
ed to be afraid of the measure and ii
motion was made to call 4pecia
meeting of the court to handle the
matter and was carried.
The following were elected mem
bers of the board of equalization fol
the ensuing year: John r.. Ussery,
Jno. S. Neblett, G. w. Caudle, w.
q. BraWner.
The election Of Jail commissioners
was the mex business and resulted in
the election of the cid board with
Baxter Watkins added thereto.
There were four candidates for tax
assessor, viz r. A. Wilson, U. ID.
TomlinsOn, Joseph Bourne and ii,
n. Yarbrough. On the first ballO'
Bourne received twenty-one votes,
TomlinsOn thirteen, Yarbrough six
and Wilson two The second ballot
resulted in a tie between Bourne and
TOmlinson, and on the third ballot
T0mlinson received twenty-five votes
to his opponent seventeen and was
declared elected.
Squire Slaughter made a motion
to appoint a committee Of three with
Judge Tyler as chairman, to have re
pairs made on the court house. He
was strongly of the opinion that the
temple of justice needed painting.
The motion was carried and Judge
Tyler will appoint the committee.
The court then adjourned TO meet
next Saturday at 10 O'Clock wher
the new road law will be considered
1t is very important that a full alten-
dance of the magistrates is had at
this meeting, for the public road
question is paramount to almost any
other measure now before the county
solous.