The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24
COUNTY COURT.

&iay to take up the road question,
S9ut the Legislature having failed
to agree upon any of the bills IN
der consideration the overseer sys,
ten in operation in the county was
approved. The court favored the
appointment of magistrates as
bridge commissioners, but this
was found to be contrary to law
and the commission abandoned.
They proceeded, however, in a
very lively manner to order ne"
roads, bridges, levees, repairs, etc,
as follows:
Second class road in No. 8, run
ming from Mrs. Lula Kings to the
road at Obion Baptist church, to
be opened.
A road in No. 16 to be laid out
and constructed, beginning at Geo.
Swiggart's residence and running
to a point intersecting the Fulton
and Pierce road at the Moses
Hughlett farm.
A road in No. 10 to be opened
BEADING from David Hepler's inter
secting Troy and Hickman road at
Mrs. True's lane.
Road in No. 8 to be opened, run
from j. G. Hollomon's south line
80 a point in tho public road be
tween &. P. Hurts and John
Overs farms.
Road to be opened from Padu
cab junction to Davis mill road,
Nos. 1 and 10.
Road in No. 3 to be opened from
Owen bridge, running to the Dr.
Rogers place.
Road in No. u running by CIV.
<starges' ordered discontinued.
Road running from S. B. Finch's
ON Troy and Kenton road west to
R. B. Millner's was declared
x second class road.
W. H. Pyles, elected commits
sioner to build a bridge on Troy
aud Hickman road, cost not to eX
coed $3.50.
J. T. FutreII, appointed com
missioner to superintend levee and
bridge building on Pierce and Nc
Council road across Harris Fork
Greek near Pierce, cost not to eX
coed 500.
C. S. TalIey, appointed to build
a bridge IN No. 2 across Cane
Greek on the Union City and Crys |
tai road, cost not to exceed 5000.
w. H. Sanders, appointed to
build a bridge across Reelfoot |
Greek on Union City and Hickman
road, cost not to exceed $l75.
J. E. Finch, appointed commits
sioner to rebuild 800 feet of south
end of the river brige on Troy and
Trenton road, cost not to exceed
$500.
j. M. Brice, appointed commits
sioner to build bridge across Mill
Greek one mile southwest of Troy.
j. B. Brewer, appointed com
missioner to let out and superin-
tend the building of bridge across
North Reelfoot creek, on new road
leading from Owen bridge, cost
NOT tO exceed S100.
L. S. Lancaster, appointed com
missioner to build bridge and
2eIee on Troy and Rives road in
No. 6, cost not to exceed 800.
y. M. Brice, appoined commits
ssioner to build bridge on Troy and
Rives road in No. 6, cost not to
exceed 500.
W. H. Pyles, appointed to re-
pair bridge and levee in Clark
lane in No. 6, cost not to exceed
.S75.
FL. S. Sacra, appointed commits
sioner to let out and have repaired
the bridges and levee on the north
end of Stanley levee, cost not to ex-
coed $3.50.
A. I. GLOVES, appointed commits
sioner to let out and superintend
repairing bridges and levee on
Fulton and Mcconnell road near
Walnut Grove, cost not to exceed
800.
T. w. Terrell, appointed to
build levee on public road near
Jas. H. Jones, running from Union
City to Samburg in No. 10, cost
not to exceed $50.
Ordered that the court at its
July term change all school dis
tricts to conform to and coexten-
sive with the boundaries of the
civil districts,
The courthouse commissioners
were authorized to sell to the
highest bidder the fence around
the court yard.
Ordered that the County Judge
be authorized to buy thing for the
public roads for each district to
to be paid for out of the district
f,nd