The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

Will d uuSe NJ " JOOu6y pTeSluluS
and AZ magistrates in attendance.
The court remained in session for
two days and transacted large
amount of business. Judge Looney
made his quarterly report, which
will be found elsewhere in this
paper.
Mondays Proceedings.
Messrs. r. l.. Hayes, Z. G.. Alex
ander, j. B. Galloway and G. n.
Pickard were appointed on the
Board of Equalization.
Messrs. J.. T. English and r. H.
PeytOn were appointed Work House
Commissioners.
The report of the Poor House Com
mitteee showed that there were SO
inmates at the county asylum at
present.
A resolution was offered and
adopted by vote of 30 to l6, to the
effect that the Chairman be ordered
to appoint a committee of three to
prepare a bill to be presented to the
Legislature providing for the issu-
ance. of such an amount of bonds,
not to exceed $4,000, as may be
necessary to fund the outstanding
indebtedness of the county proper,
not including bridge, school, fund
ing or road warrants; said bonds to
mature in 20 years.
The Revenue Commissioners
Messrs. G.. A. Bennett and A. B.
Cathey, reported that they had ex-
amined the books of the county
officials and found them correct,
and that all revenue had been
properly reported. They also re-
ported that the principal outstand-
ing warrants amounted to over SAL
600, and this with the accumulated
interest, would probably be about
$40, 900, and suggested that the coun-
ty issue bonds to fund these war
rants. .
. Tuesdays Proceedings.
:. r. G.. Hughes rendered his resig-
nation as road commissioner of the
10Th district, which was accepted by
7 the court, and Emmett Watson was
teleeted in his stead.
1t was ordered by the court that a
committee be appointed to confer
with Horace Rainey and obtain
from him a proposition to purchase
! the bridge across Duck river on the
Santa Fe pike near Goodwin, upon
his abandoning the charter to said
turnpike.
The tax levy for 1897 is as follows
Tax proper. 30 cents, instead of 2S
cents as heretofore; school tax, IL
cents; road tax, 8 cents; bridge tax,
cents; poll tax, $l.00.
r. E. Gordon, A. O. P. Nicholson,
Jr., j. E. Satterfield and L. B.
Hughes were appointed notaries
public.
Mr.. John w. Fry appeared before
the court, and suggested that each
magistrate be appointed a commit
tee of one to work upan exhibit from
his respective district and see that
his part of the county was we'll rep
resented at the Tennessee Centen-
nial. 1t was so ordered by the court.
An appeal from parties in Mt
Pleasant, whose lands had been
condemned by the road commits
siOners of the 18th and 18th districts
was heard by the court, and the
condemnation speedily dismissed.
Following is a list of the grand
jurors for the next term of the Cir
cult Court: l, Willis Sewell; 2, Jas.
Ballard; 3, Y. G. Hardison; 4, H. A
Wright; 8, A. L. Thomas, j. T.
Jones; 6, P. G. Hickman, Jack
Davis; I, Willis R. Thurman; s.
G. w. Brown; 8, w. H. McFall
VIM. Shirley, w. H. Lipscomb
Rufus Peyton; 10, w. L. Temple; IL
A. Holt, S. Linsay 13P, Dawson; II
g. N. Pickard, Milt Johnson; II, q
Whit Russell; Is, Jim Wilkins
Geo. Gates; IS, Tom Patton; II, AL
len Griffin; IS, V. B. Shouse, G. D.
Warren; 10, j. w. Husband; 20, J
X. p. Allen, w. A. Hayes 81, Jason
Kinnard, G. G. Daimwood; %, John
Moore, Ben Gary; %. A. L. Cole "a
7. S. Speed; %, J. P. Harris.
Officers to wait on court, j. @. Nc
CAV and J. r. Holmes.