The Green Forest tribune., 1901-10-12
COUNTY LEVYING COURT.
Actions Taken at the Annual Session, Monday and Tuesday.

The levying court of Carroll county, which is composed of the county judge, county clerk and the various justices of the peace of the county, held the regular annual session at Berryville on Monday and Tuesday.
 The usual tax for the expense of the county government was levied and the public school taxes as voted by the various school districts at the annual meetings last May were duly ratified.
 A levy of 3 mills on all real and personal property was made in accordance with the provisions of the new road law, for the main- tenance of public roads, bridges, etc.
 Pierce Bunch of Berryville was elected by the court for the office of county road commissioner for the ensuing year. There were three other candidates for the position as follows: A. P. Naples of Carrollton, D. B. Lucky and B. F. Putnam of Eureka Springs. Commissioners for the various political townships were elected.
 Hickory township was divided into two districts, being separated by the township line between 19 and 20 from the western boundary of Hickory township to the north east corner of section 4, thence north one half mile, thence east to the line of Carrollton township. John Blasingame was elected supervisor for the south division of the township, which is denom- mated road district 10. w. F. Jones was chosen for the north end, which is district No. 20. Prairie township was also similar ly divided.
 c. S. Skinkle was chosen by the court as supervisor for the in- corporated town of Green Forest.
 It was plainly the sense of the body that the office of county road commissioner is one of need- less expense, that there is noth- ing for him to do that could con- tribute any advantage to the im- provemen5 of the road work. The wish was expressed by several of the justices that the precedent laid down by the retiring county commissioner, J. D. Hailey would be followed. Mr. Hailey found that his services were of but lit- tie value to the county and he de- voted only a small amount of at tention to the position. As he was paid for his services at the rate of S2.00 per day for the ac- tual time employed, the expense of the office was not great.
 There is no question but what the new road law, if certain de- fects were cured, would be very acceptable to the people, but as the matter now stands, it would not be surprising if it's adoption at the next election should be de- feated, the last legislature having made it a question to be voted upon by the people at each state and county election.
 As the matter now stands the operation of the law isIlittle more than piece of political bun- combe. The manner of the elec- ton of the supervisors for the various townships is wholly un- satisfactory to the people, who believe they should have the right to select their own overseers. If an apt selection of an overseer is made at all 1t is a mere accident, for the justices who make the se- lections, as a rule, know nothing of the character or ability of the men they select for these places and really manifest but little con- cern about the matter. Upon ar irving at Berryville to hold this session of the court, the members of the body are beseiged by a lot of hungry fellows, ill many in- stances, whose prime object it is to draw the S2.OO a day allowed them, with little or no considera- tion of the importance of the office to the people and as to whether the people would select them for the place.
 There are other objectionable