The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-07-11
COUNTY COURT,
The business transacted bv our
County Legislator.

County Legislator.
The following are Jurors for the
next term of the comt:-A. T. Dun
lap, w. M. Hamilton, S. l.. Greer,
Ignatious Jones and Aaron Dunlap,
d. ]. Costner and M. A. Lane. S. {.
Hinton and w. D. Best, Elijah Jemes
J and Will A. Burchheld, Josiah Gam
bic and Henry Kidd, c. NJ. Russell
and Radolph Porter, William Jones,
Eleven Hitch, James Delozier, James
Waters, Daniel Headrick, IT,. Henry
Sands, T. J. McCullock, Noah
Hatcher, James McCulley.
]. A. Singleton, constable Of 10th
Dist, was appointed to wait upon the
Grand Jury the next term of Circuit
Court.
The releasments are too numerous
to mention.
The court was pleased to appoint,
under tie new law, Joseph Burger,
/ ]. w. Culton and F. H. Lamon,
"Revenue Commissioner" for the
ensuing two years. Joseph Burger
being designated as the "expert ac-
countant," and to fix their compensa.
ton at three dollars per day for the
expert aud two dollars per day for
each of the others; and they are re-
CURED before any warrant shall be is
sued to them, to make affidavit to
amount of time employed.
The Poor Commissioners report
was presented and filed. Also a con-
tract entered into by them with G. A.
Pate for the keep Of the inmates Of
the ASYLUM was ratified.
The Industrial Home report was
filed with that of the Poor Commits
sioners.
The following paper was read by
Will A. McTeer:
Gentlemen Of the County Court, in
Quarterly session:
In examining the old records, and
in the first Record Book of this Court
| find the following entry
At a Court of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions began and held for
the county of Blount, at the Court
House in Maryyille, on the second
Monday of March, 1896.
Tuesday morning Court met ac-
cording to adjournment. Present
William Wales, John T7imble, An
drew Boyle, William Lowry.
Ordered that the thanks of this
court be present to His Excel)ency,
Governor Blount for his attention and
liberality in presenting it with Mar
tins luce & IredelPs Revival of the
Laws of North Carolina, and that the
Clerk present the same"
After the death of the late w. d.
Mckinley, with whom | was asso-
ciated as partner in the practice of
law, purchased quite number of
old law books. One of these | priced
very highly because of its age, and
because Of my earnest desire to secure
a complete set of all the Qualifications
of the laws of Tennessee, and our
mother State, ii possible. 1t was en-
titled "Laws of the State of North
Carolina. By James Iredell." In it is
entered the following words:-''W. d.
Mckinley took this book and mended
it up on the 18th day of February,
IS4S."
have kept the book carefully,
part of the time under lock, lest it
should be misplaced, and have held
it as rare prize, from which would
not part for large sum of money.
Since finding the entry in the rec
ords above quoted, on examination l
find the following written on the page
of contents, evidently in the hand
writing of Governor Blount.
Knoxville, September 10th 1875.
Presented to the Court Of the County
of Blount, by
Your obi Serv't,
VIM. Blount.
here bring the book into Court
and surrender it to you, and only.-ask
that glass frame be made or secured
for it, and that it be kept in the vault,
in sacred memory Of the donor whose
name we delight to honor in this GEN.
tennial year of our County.