The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-10
In TODAY'S COURTS
Smallpox Claims Hang Fire i'm
Fiscal Court.
Hog Stealing Case on Trial in tho
Circuit Court This AZ
ternoon.
NO POLICE COURT TODAY

Fiscal court is hanging FIRE on the
smallpox claims against the county
filed by Health Officer Frank Boyd
This morning a special committee
held conference again with DR.. Boyd
and reported compromise from 5000
to $3.50. DR.. Boyd was asked to make
an itemized statement OF his services
and the matter was deferred until ha
had prepared same. 1t was stated this
morning in fiscal court that the bill
was considered too large and would
not be paid but Health Officer Boyd
says it is reasonable. The bill is for
his services as health officer during
the last quarter he has served. His
time was out on January 1, 1908. bat
he remained in service until this meet
ing of court. His regular salary for
the time is $3.50.
Ii is understood that no county
health officer will be reelected and a
member of the board made statement
to that effect today at noon. They
think the Office is not necessary.
The county renewed its membershiP
in the Commercial club.
This afternoon the court is CONSIDER
ing the matter Of delinquent poll tax
collector. Mr.. Theodore LuttreIl is
the only bidder for the work, his bid
being 80 cents on the dollar.
The committee on back tax collec-
tions reported this morning that $7.-
600 had been collected from the Rog-
ers term and it was ordered that tho
regular per cent commissions be
turned over to the Rogers estate. Ths
total amount of commission is $40.
Justices Sheehan, Burnett and Ghoi-
son were appointed to check mp Back
Tax Collector Charles Graham.
The court took up the bond question:
and decided to advertise for more bids
to be opened September =. 1t will be
remembered that advertisements Tor
bids were recently published to refund
$4,000 in county per cents ON .
81 per cent basis. All the bids ne
ceived were on per cent basis and
the committee rejected all bids. The
court ratified this action yesterday AZ
ternoon and decided to advertise fsr
more bids and to accept none over "
per cent.
Additional smallpox expenses allow
cd were: DR.. Thomas e. Moss.
s110.25; W. B. Mcpherson. s2osss
David Murphy, s44; DR.. A. Hale
$40 25; Alonzo Smith, 50; James Nc
Kinney. 500; DR.. Graham, s2l; B>x-
ter Kuykendall, s44.sO; Charley
Leake, 1915. The SMALLPOX claims
rejected were as follows: DR.. B. T.
Marshall, sl5; Charley Leake, siI-sss
M. t. Hurt, s36.
The court house COMMITTEES We
authorized to add some shelves and
make needed improvements in the
county clerks Office.
Mr.. H. II. Loving was elected coun-
ty commissioner to succeed Mr.. L. J.
Atkins. The vote was 4 to 4, tho
same as in the county treasurer's raos.
and Judge Lightfoot elected.
One hundred dollars was spproprf-
ated for Judge R. 7. Lightfoot's mem
bership, in the Commercial club. This
is done so that the county be represent
ed in the club
I. W. Luttrell was elected back tax
collector over R. E. Parish who placed
a bid at IS and 80 cents for assessed
property and unassessed property.
Luttrell's bid was placed at 10 cents
for the two. Justice Tapp and Ghoi-
sou voted for Parish and the remain
der for Luttrell
CIRCUIT COURT.
Wurth Withrow, who lives on tho
county line road near Melber, KY, 10
on trial today in circuit court for hog
stealing.
Withrow was arrested here al thu
instance OF Henry Ezell. withrov
claims he bought three hogs from
Ezell and later sold them to Sam Hich-
man for $3.50. W. ID. Page Of Car