The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-14
TURNED DOWN THEIR BILLS.
COUNTY REFUSED TO PAY En-
PENSES OF COURT OFFICERS.

Board of COmmis~iOners Declines to
Pay the HiII for Bringing Mabel
stevens, an Ascending Witness,
Back to the City and "A Livery BiIf
Contracted by Deputy Sherins i'm
AFresting Prisoners in the County
Charged with Murder-ShOuId Be
Chased as InsOIvent Costs and Paid
out of Fines and Forfeitures, Said
County Attorney Saussy-A New
Telephone Line From the Country.
The County Commissioners declined yes
terday to pay two bills incurred by the
sher,fs office in execution of the pro
ccsses of the court. One bill was for
$40e0 the expense incurred in bringing
back Mabel Stevens the witness on ac-
count of whose absence the Schwarz trial
was twice postponed. The bill was for
railroad fare, meals and hack fare for
the officer and prisoner, and 81 for The
services of the officer. Its correctness was
certified to by the sheriff, and the bin
was approved by the solicitor general
The other case was a bill for $40 from
Mr.. z. c. Gleason for the use of his buck
board by the county officers one night last
month to and from Montieth, where they
went to arrest several negroes charged
with murder. Payment of both bills was
refused.
Chairman Dale remarked when the bills
were presented for consideration that the
county attorney had stated that there was
no provision in the statute for the pay
ment of such bills by the county and a
motion by Commissioner Guckenheimer to
decline payment was adopted.
The opinion of County Attorney Saussy
is indorsed upon The bills TO the effect
that there is no statute that imposes
these costs upon the county. In the opin-
ion of the county attorney they are in
solvent costs which must be paid from
fines and fOrfeitures and should be fled
with the clerk of the Superior Court for
that purpose and not presented to the
county, If the witness was in contempt
she was liable for the costs of the arrest,
the county attorney states, in referring
to the Mabel Stevens case.
II is evident that somebody is out of
pocket for these expenditures, and the
question which now crises among the
county officers is as TO who shah bear the
loss.
A communication was received by the
commissioners from the Georgia Construc-
ton Company, announcing that in the ex-
tension Of the Georgia and Alabama Rail-
way from Meldrim to Savannah it would
be nece ssary 10 cross several OF the coun-
~ roads and particularly the Louisville
and Augusta roads and the Bay street ex-
tension. Permission was requested to
make these crossings. In the case of the
Louisville road crossing the communica-
ton stated that i would be necessary to
raise the grade al the crossing point about
TWO feet on account of the necessity of
crossing the Centrars right OF way at
grade nearby. The expense of this change
in grade wiz, of course, be borne by the
construction company. The petition was
referred to the county attorney with pow
CT to act.
A communication was received from G.
A. Keller, Jr., and d. w. Zipperer, an
nouncing that they proposed to build a
telephone Inc from Meinhard to Savannah
and requesting permission to erect poles
along the Monteith and Augusta roads.
The petition was referred to the committee
on roads and bridges
\ deed was received from Mrs. Cornelia
j. Barrow, executrix Of the will of Henry
Il. Jackson, to a right of way 100 feet
long by 80 feet wide along the bluff at
Cattle Park
The city's reply to a letter from the
commissioners relative 10 the joint use of
the pest house for smallpox patients by
both city and county and an arrangement
as to the expense of caring for such pa
tents, was received in the shape OF a copy
Of the proceedings Of The last meeting of
Council in which the report of the pubic
| health committee. recommending that the
pest house be designated the place for
receiving all smallpox patients in the
county is reported to have been adopted by
Council. The information was not as def
mite as the commissioners would have dked
q leaves the question of N
dark.
Capt. Dillon reported that about 49, 500
of county bonds had been redeemed by the
| treasurer under the recent resolution of
the board.
Supt Chapln's monthly report showed
that there were 24S prisoners in the coun-
~ convict camps on July l, the same
number as on June /, 102 having been re
ceved during last month, which was bal
anced by decrease OF the same number
| Of which there were six escapes and one
death.
! Geffcken, Mrs. NJ S. Rain and j. N.
Maupas. relating to encroachment upon
their properties by Estill avenue. discov-
! cred as the result of a recent survey. The
complaint Will be investigated.
| Bills to the amount of $l07S1.GS were
! passed for payment
| Sidney Liienthal filed his bond as con-
/ stable for Justice Samuel Reynolds in the
/ Fourth district and took the oath of Of
/ flee.
The board took a recess subject to the
can of the chair. As Commissioner La
/ throp is now out of the city, and one or
two other members of the board are
contemplating early departures, the chair
man may not be able to find a quorum
/ again soon.
CHANCE FOR PURE FOOD LAWS.