The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
THE Comm1ssIoNERs' MEETING.

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/ MS. Nary s. ALLEN Webb Recommends
/ That Better Meat Be Given the Con-
| victs.
! The meeting Of the county commission
ers yesterday afternoon was an uninter-
/ esting one. There was little 10 do besides
the routine business, and that occupied
almost all the afternoon.
/ Messrs. A. Mace. Duncan and T. F.
Screven, representing the committee
/ from the last grand Jury on roads and
/ bridges, conferred with the commits
/ siOners in reference to the recommends
( ton they made in their presentment with
/ regard TO the Improvement Of roads, and
/ it was decided that they should call on
| the present grand jury with regard to the
action of the last one on the subject.
/ The following awards for supplies for
| the ensuing quarter were made: j. E.
| Grady Il Sons, groceries; S. Gardner,
beef; Fred Schwarz, bread; William H
/ Connerat, wood; d. Il. Thomas q Son,
/ coal; and B. Tuberdy. shoes.
/ Mr.. Lester Hubbell was appointed ar
| bltratOr on the part of the county for the
/ condemnation Of lands belonging to Mrs.
A. McClesky for drainage purposes. She
/ Is to be represented by Mr.. h. II. Tatem.
Julius kaufman qualified as constable
Of the Third district
The petition Of j. NJ. Love and others
for the drainage of Sandy station and
/ the cleaning of the drains around the
| place was referred TO the drainage COM
mittee with power to act
The petition OF ". H. HinsOn, William
/ Black, >. >. Bessinger and W. j. Bartlett
eX-confederate soldiers, for county aid
/ were referred TO the Louisa Porter Home
/ The application Of Theo. Basch for APP
/ pointment as an inspector of weights and
measures was received as information,
there being no vacancy in that position.
4 letter from Mrs. Mary :. Allen Webb
| state superintendent Of jail and convict
/ work Of the Wonan's Christian Temper
/ ence Union, asking that hymn books and
| Bibles be distributed among the prison
/ ers in the Jail and a the convict camps,
and recommending that the commission
/ crS purchase better meat for the prison
/ ers at the camps, was laid on the table.
/ Mrs. Allen stated that too many bones
/ were given the cOnvicts with their meat.
/ She suggested that il would be better to
! give them more meat aud less bone.
/ DR.. Charlton admitted that he was re-
spOnsible for Mrs. Aliens letter coming
| before the board, as he had given her
! permission to visit the camp for religious
work. He made the motion to table the
/ petition.
The application of j. H. Fox & Co., to
/ be allowed to bid on collins furnished for
the burial Of the county poor, was re
| ceiyed as information and the clerk of the
! commissioners was authorized TO adyer-
tise for bids.
An order introduced by Commissioner
| Carson requiring all the railroads which
have rights of way in Chatham county to
properly drain them and remove all such
nuisanCes as pools of stagnant water, was
! passed. 1t seems that roads which main
tain such nuisances are liable TO indict-
ment by the grand Jury, unless they are
abated.
Capt John r. Dillon then read state
ment showing the receipts and disburse-
ments of the county for the year
| ending March J., 1894, it being
the beginning of the county's ifs
cal year. The statement showed a cash
balance of S,9SI.35 in the treasury
| March !, 1893 During the year there
was received from taxes on personal
property, real estate and railroads,
licenses, jail fees, insolyent tax ii. fas.
and other sources, SlS4, S96.9l, making a
| total amount of S245, S6126 cash on hand
during the year.
The total disbursements for all pur-
poses from March /, 1893, to March /,
1894, amounted 10 SI6J, SOY 81, leaving a
cash balance of S55,991,67 in the county
| treasury.
The question of the accounts of the
county engineer was not taken up at all,
two of the commissioners having TO leave
before the meeting was over. Mai
Blandford had a full report on the sub
ject prepared but it was not presented.
Fortify yourself against hurtful changes
of weather by the use of Ayers Sarsa-
parilla.-ad.