The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-05-23
JUDGE ATTACKS
THEIR COURSE
The Well Kaown Attorney
Discusses Certain Acts OF
the Board.

Mr.. Editor:-Some weeks ago you
kindly granted me the use Of your col
umns to enquire OF the board OF coun-
~ commissioners by what authority of
law they had appropriated one thou
sand dollars of the funds raised by tax
alton for offering judicious induce
ments to investors who may be seek.
ing locations" ana authorized the
chairman OF the board to use that mon
ey for that purpose in is discretion.
More than sufficient time has elapsed
in wnich the board could have either
made known to the people their post
lion in the matter or taken any other
action but so far as am informed the
they have done neither.
The board is composed of reputable
intelligent gentlemen, anu it has capa-
hle retained counsel and certainly if
their action was legal they could cas-
iIy have made that known or il arter
having consulted their attorney they
had acted mistakenly ana without an
thority Of law and contrary to their Of
fetal duty, they have had full full OPP
potunity to revoke that appropriation
now assert for the benefit of the
people and for the information OF Tax
Payer whose card upon thesame. Hhe
appeared in your columns also some
time ago, that the action OF the board
IN the matter referred TO by me is nm
authorized ami is not only without au-
lhority Of law but is contrary to law,
and it seems that in this view, name
~: That the commissioners can only
appropriate the money raised by tax
ton to the purposes designated by law
! seem to have some good company
for tne following statement OF the opin-
ion Of the attorney general Of the state
appears in the Institution Of yester-
day the q.
eOver in Franklin county Treasurer
J. c. c. Miller has on hand about 81 600
collected as road tax under the alter
native system which was rec entity abol-
ishel under recommendation Of the
county grand jury. treasurer Miller
now wants to know if he can use this
money for any other purpose than tnat
fer which IT was collected. Attorney
General Wright decided yesterday
that he could not. It is likely he viii
aave TO apply to the courts for direc-
as to what disposition to make of the
fund"
1t seems that the attorney general
is of the opinion that money raised by
~ lsation is raised for a specific pur-
pose and cannot be applied to any 9th
er and that it is said tnat the remedy
where it is desired to make any other
use Of the monies by a proceeding in
the courts, but my own opinion in that
respect is that an act OF the legisla-
ture would meet the difficulty.
! have shown tho Illegal action Of
fhe Beard of Commissioners ana /
have no further interest in the mat
ter as any other citizen has,
The Superior Court is in session and
IT'S Grand Jury is charged with the
du1y Of examining fully into the ex-
rsnditure OF the public money and if
ulay and the people generally are
they and the people generally are
satisfied and permit their money to
be used contrary to law and for any
purpose that one man or set Of men
may choose. then am coateut. II
this action is permitted TO stand then
there is no reason why the Commits
sioners cannot appropriate money
to the support OF a steamboat line or
publishing of a newspaper or any
publishing Of a newspaper or any
ither scheme which in their opinion
may tend to advertise the town or the
Increase the taxable values and
supplement toe revenues" II the
first eaa be done these can also.
BOILING WHITFIELD.