The morning news., 1894-11-21
GO Old Capitol Building,
Atlanta, Ga, March I, 1898.

application Of that association at the be-
ginning of the meeting.
After the reading OF the favora BILE report
letter from Commissioner ]. A. q. Car
son was read TO the board in which he
stated he desired To place himself on record
as opposed TO the granting of the county
engineers room to the bar association.
He considered that a county official should
not be displaced for an unofficial associa-
tton, and that the county attorneys Office
on the first floor and adjoining the COM
mlssioners rooms, would be ample for
any library the bar association might ac-
cumulate in years TO come
Judge W. D. Harden and Mr. Livingston
Aenan We're present to represent the bar
association. Judge Harden contradicted
the statement that the association was an
unofficial one. All the attorneys, he said,
were officers of the courts in which they
lracticcd. He spoke of The fact that
this room had been designed as a libr; a
Tor such an association and stated it was
not the intention to Interfere with the
county engineer, that the association
would, for the present, want only a small
portion OF the room for it's use, and that
its use Of this portion of the room FOR its
library would not interfere with the work
OF the county engineer in the same room
for years to come.
Or. Charlton opposed the proposition to
allow the association use of the county
engineers room or a portion of it as a
library room, on account of the fact that
the county had gone to great expense
in the surveying work and In making va
rlOus maps which We're in constant use.
ana This room was not to large for the
purposes for which it is used. He thought
the association should get along with a
smaller room for the present, and that the
larger room might be given it when de-
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when the engineers work had diminished
10 such an extent that he could be accom-
modated in small quarters. on Dr. Charl-
fons motion. next Tuesday, Nov q
Was appointed as a day for a special meet
ing of the board to finally decide the mat
ter, 1t being his opinion that some harmo-
NOUS conclusion could be reached with
out disturbing the den of the county en-.
giueer.
Maj. r. A. Blandford was instructed
TO inform Chief Engineer William Hunter
that the Central railroad would be re-
quired to put in good condition and keen
so, the crossing of the Central and the
Augusta road.
Chairman Kehoe Of the commftte on
county farm brought to the attention of
the board the fact that depredatious
were being made there by outsiders. He
Sald that parties We're i'm the habit of
tearing down the fences in order TO turn
cattle into the land and allow them
to Craze there. He said one party had
offered Superintendent Wimberly of the
farm SO to allow his cattle to Craze
there. The commissioners seemed in favor
of offering reward for any persons
caught tearing down the fences, and this
will likely be done
The matter of gas was taken up and
discussed at length. Twice since the gas
in the court house has been turned Off
the electric lights have gone out. and
there was no gas to turn on. The gas COM
pany removed the meter because it was
not used on one occasion when the cleo
trio lights failed to do their duty THE
clerk was requested to have an interview
with the gas company and find out at
what cost a meter could be kept in the
court house.