The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-01-06

The vote was taken, however, and re
suited 81 for and Q opposed, making %
votes cast. 1t required "a to make {
chorum and the presence of 80, or two
thirds, to make the action legal.
The court met Tuesday morning
pursuant to adjournment. .,
On motion Judge Hackers personally
was taxed as being in the corporation
Of Jonesboro. 1t had been taxed out
side.
The following were elected Notary
Publics; E. j, Baxter, G. 7. Lee, II.
H. Dyer, Cy H. Lyle.
A committee, was appointed on tax
grievance for the year, composed of E.
A. Shipley, M, 1. Gump andJ. T. Carr.
On motion of Martin the chairman
was instructed to correspond with the
Superintendent of Hospital of the In
sane in regard to The confinement there
in of Martin Kyker and Susie Goad.
On motion of Squire Reeves the court
appropriated a necessary sum not ex-
ceeding $50 for the purpose of buying
clothing and paying the expenses of
sending Lena Humphreys, q little O.
year-old girl of the Tenth district, to the
blind asylum at Nashville.
On motion of Squire J. L.IClark the
court released G. L. Ksefawer, of the
18th district, and W. A. P. Barnes, of
the 18th district, from psying the taxes
due the county for 1897, because Of the
fact that they have recently lost their
barns and contents by fire.
A motion to elect Mr.. Brady, of
Chattanooga, asibridge engineer was
tabled.
On motion the constables of the 9th
and LIST districts were elected as officers
to wait upon the next term of court.
The following jurors were selected
for the grand and traverse jurys for the
April term of the circuit court:
First district, Jas. E. Deakins; Sec
ond district, Samuel Cloyd; Third dis
trict, Joe Campbell, A. D. Moore;
Fourth district, j. J. Reed, Alec Nc
Gall; Fifth district, J. T. Kent; Sixth
district, r. W. Blair, W. P. Hoskins;
Seventh district, A. j. Corkin, Henry
Duncan; Eighth district, A B. Hufine;
Ninth district, J. w. Millard; Tenth
district, r. r. Bayless, Will Ford;
Eleventh district, Frank Fox; Twelfth
district, Nathan Jackson; Thirteenth
district, Jerry Painter, Frank Hulse;
Fourteenth district, G. A. H. McAdams;
Fifteenth district, James Shaw, George
Hale; Sixteenth district, J. Fl. Smith;
Seventeenth district, Hugh Campbell;
Eighteenth district, N. A. Mitchell.
A proposition to purchase 900 copies
of the i. A. W. road book for distribu-
tion at the price of $15, one-half to be
paid by Biddle & Ellsworth, of Johnson
City, was refused.
Squire kirkpatrick offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, it is now noon, II q. m. of
the second day of this term of court,
and there has yet been no reading of
the minutes of the proceedings of the
court on the first day of the term, as is
required by statute, M. & V. 1876, it is
moved by S. S. Kirkpatrick and sec
onded by NJ. I. Gump, that the minutes
of the proceedings of the court on yes
terday be now read and signed by the
chairman of the court, and it is de-
manded that this motion be entered on
record.
Squire Martin made motion to
table the resolution and it carried by a
strict party vote of 10 to 7.
Adjourned for dinner.
When court convened afternoon the
appropriation docket was taken up and
allowed. It carried 1856. II for general
expenses and 1854. s5 for poor house ex-
penses.
The resignation of @. G. Mauk as tax
assessor of the 10th district, was ac-
cepted and J. A. Pritchett was elected
to fill out the unexpired term.
On motion the road tax for 1898 ives
fixed at 10 cents out side the corpora
lions and the labor fixed at five days.
The tax levy proper was postponed un.
til the April term.
The committee en- tax grievance re-
ported as follows:
1t appearing that the assessment on
19B acres of land in the 3rd district as
sessed to Chas. Gillespie and son al
$500 for 1897 with total taxes $3.45,
should be collected, if possible, one
half from the said Gillespie and the
other half from DR.. NJ. T. Jeralds, tc
whom acres of said land was trans
fered Oct. 4, 1895, and the trustee mott
fy Jeralds of this fact.
It is shown that the assessments