The Forrest City times., 1899-10-06
Quorum Court.

man. anu Tie several magistrates OF
the county. met according TO law. Mon
day. al the county court room. Those
present were Judge Geo. T.. Taylor.
and Magistrates Walter German, J. b.
Sanders. X. W. Peevey. ii. c. Fogg,
W. ;. Sugent. J. J. Wood, W. 5.
Thomas. e.. n. Rattan. There no, be-
ing quorum present. adjourned until
Tuesday. when bshsTs were called by
process. and the following OTHER magis-
trates Mrge present at the meeting
Tuesday J. J. Ables. !. W. Pace. J.
l.. Scott. ". ID. Richards.
Tie county judges message was
read As follows:
To the Honorable QuaFum Court Of 81.
Francis County. Arkansas.
Gsnti-men:-ln compliance with sec.
iioa l276 Ssnde.s X 1s.is digest. submit
yea the following rrpsHt
The roads and bridges Of - Francis
County have been sadly negircted owing
t. the financial situation. a. until July 81
the present year there has been no euTfen-
y With which TO build bridges. What
work Was done under these conditions
Nas paid for At exhorbiisnf prices IN de-
pfeciatsd scrip aud Consequently no bridge
work Vas done that could possibly he
avoided. -
Under the one mill leyee for bridges
and road purposes which We are now
using. | have rebuilt the most important
bridges or have them under construction.
Aid rsB safely say We are getting more
than twice as much work dome a. hereto
fvIe TOT tine same expenditure. ia fact.
number of people absolutely refused io do
work for the county AID take county war
rants. There are vet number OF bridges
that need repairing aud in several places
new bridges are required to give the pub
NC necessary passage and as all parts Of
the county have contributed to- this fund.
| have eBdeayOred to so distribute ihi.
fluid as to give the creates; good To the
greatest number, aud hereby recommend
80 YOUR honorable body that you levy H..
mills for roads and bridges. as it will take
Al least this amount, aud the usual levy
for other purposes.
The paupers are In charge OF J. L. Me-
Donald at a less expense than they have
ever been cared for, and hBmanely treated.
there are only six on hand at the present
date. The public buildings have been
improved in the last six months. / have
established sewerage system in the Jail
which | consider of great benefit | am
now grading the court house and Jail lot.
and will have it. l trust. nicely sodded
within reasonable time. also have the
entire grounds neatly enclosed with
plain. yet substantantial wire fence aud
feel the county has Just grounds to feel
proud OF the building
beg TO report also that our allowances
hereafter will be less than las. year for
the reason that we paid during the past
twelve months a large amount OF old
claims against the county. all are now set
tied and as our warrants have nearly
doubled in value since the last meeting Of
the court. we have good reason to believe
that our warrants will reach par within
year.
Our taxes will be increased a small
amount by reason OF an act OF the last leg
islature which raised our state taxes Il OF
mill. our rate OF taxation. provided we
have no epidemic of crime or disease, can
be reduced by another year.
The financial condition of the county is
FULLY shown by the clerks report up 10
July /. 1899. and published as the law d.
reefs, and the reports to this court OF the
clerk and treasurer, all of which show all
the various funds accounted for, together
with the proper vouchers filed
1t appears that the First National Bank
OF Little Rock hold bonds OF $1,000 each,
drawing per cent interest left i'm said
bank In escrow. | recommend that you
direct me what you consider best. be-
ieye IT wise TO get possession Of same.
provided the cost OF same does not exceed
500. GEO. L. TAYLOR.
County Judge.
Squires Peevey, Wood and Sanders
were appointed committee on officers
reports. This report, which was adopt
I'd, is AS follows:
10 the Honorable Quorum Court OF st.
Francis County, State OF Arkansas
We. the undersigned committee, having
been appointed by &. =, Taylor. chair.
man OF this honorable court, to investigate
he reports OF the county judge, clerk.
treasurer and sheriff, would submit the
/ following as our report.
We believe that his honor, G u. Tay-
or. has economically and judciously ex-
pended the funds levied by this hon orable
body last year, and that he has been ably
seconded by all the officers OF the county.
and that the thanks OF all payers OF
Sc. Francis county are due them. We
md all the reports to be correct and we
recommend that the recommendations OF
his honor. q. p. Taylor, be levied by this
honorable body.
II. G. FoGG,
X. W. Peeyy,