The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-03
 YEARS WORK
 FOR COUNTY Annual Report of Board.
 of Revenue. 4 INCOME AND OUTGO Revenue for Twelve Months
 Was $129,4 ,4S8.02. Statement Compiled by Clerk s. T. westcott Shows Much Work Was Accomplished on Mont
 gomery County Roads.


 The Board of Revenue of Montgom- cry County at it's regular weekly meet ing heard the annual report of s. T. westcott Clerk of the Board on the work done by that body during the past year.
 The period covered by the report ex- tended from April 30, 1903 to April 3oth, 1904 and it shows an active service on the part of the Board. A large proportion of the disbursements are fixed charges, made by various laws and not subject to revision by the board.
 The assessed valuation of property in the county for the year 1903 was shown as follows Personal, $6,62S.Ss2; real es- tate, $14.953, 183, a total valuation of $21, 5s2.065, on which at five mill rate for general purposes. the annual revenue is sI07, SOFAS. The bridge and causeway tax of one mill yields $21. .580.56 annually. The tax year begins October 1, but for purposes of comparison, the period from April 1. 1903, to April 1, 1904, was taken, the first named date being the period when the members of the Board entered on the duties of their office.
 Expenses of County. : The total expenditures for all purposes for which the above funds were liable was $121 112.23.
 There was paid for interest on county bonds $23,350.
 The gravelling. grading. repairing, working public roads including pay of superintendents and overseers and pur- chase of mules, wagons. shovels. road machinery and others supplies, $34,5S8.25 For salaries of officers except Judge and Solicitor. $12.2f.o4.'
 For expenses of court including salaries of judge and solicitor, s24,2O6.07. For expenses of county poor. ss.4s3. 60. For health department expenses. $S,- SS3.2.
 For miscellaneous expenses. military appropriations, infirmaries, ex-officio fees of officers, damages, etc, 4,33S.67.
 For bridge and causeway account since October 1, 1903 $5092.14.
 For expenses court house and jail, in- cluding water, lights. fuel, repairs books and stationary for officers, $6919.02.
 The county's regular force in charge of W. H. Rives has graded six miles of the Carter Hill road, much of which was very heavy work. The force also regarded two and half miles of the Upper Wetumpka Road and used 1900 cubic yards of gravel in repairing the Mount Meigs, Woodley, and Norman Bridge Roads. Sewer pipe and steel boilers were used for drainage where necessary. Some other heavy work was also done at Conley's Bridge and at two washes on the Mount Meigs Road. With this force, supplemented by teams, hired from farmers, four and half miles of the Cartev Hill Road has been gravelled from twelve to seYen- teen miles from the city making a spen- did highway and connecting two sepa- rated section of improved road. The haul of the material was from two to three miles from the railroad stations.
 Work on the Roads.
 The county's force under W. T. Stacey has graded three and half miles of the Selma Road five and a half miles of the Pettus Road and one mile of the Ada Road. One bridge has been replaced by the insertion of two stel boiler shells with brick wings, and five substantial bridges of a total length of 2S0 feet have been contracted by this force be- sides repairs to various roads and the insertion of necessary tile for drain- ing. With the assistance of the new traction engine and cars during the winter this force has also regraveiled nearly seven miles of the Washington Ferry Road to the Bell Street bridge and gravelled entirely one and a half miles of the Selma Road. The gravel for the foregoing improvements was ob-
 
 yard, the county doing the mining and loading and the longest haul not exceed ing three miles.
 The total cost of gravel used for the period named was $9096.54, which amount includes freight charges and cost of un- loading on the amount used or intended for the Carter Hill Road. There is enough gravel left at the railroad station to sur face for a third of a mile, which will be used this summer.
 The county bridge force under J. W. Filler has constructed 1,495 feet of new work and repaired 1,976 feet of old work Several bridges were built by contract and the overseers have repaired many small structures in different portions of the county.
 The total expenditures for construction. repairs. sewer pipe. steel boiler shells and other material including lumber and hardware was $9,4l1.11.
 127 Miles of Good Roads.
 The county has IF miles of gravelled improved road, all of which. except the WoodIey road. is surfaced with gravel obtained in the county. The woodley and Mobile Roads were originally sur faced with chert obtained in Jefferson County but gravel has been used on all other roads and has been found to be more economical and satisfactory.
 The county owns twenty acres of supe- rior gravel. the prospective supply being almost inexhaustible. It is situated in the western part of the county about eleven miles from the city and will re- quire a considerable outlay to make 1t available for railroad transportation
 The bonded debt of the county is S460.- GOO of which $35.0O0 court house and tail bonds. mature in 1907 and may be re- tired on call. There are s425 OO0 road and bridge bonds bearing per cent interest which mature in 1885 and 194l. They can be called in after twenty years from date of issue. The first named bonds bear 6 per cent interest and the interest on all is payable semi-annually.
 There was a balance fin the hands of the County Treasurer on March 31 to the credit of the general fund of $63, ,131. .9e and to the credit of the bridge and cause way fund of $l5.746.O2. The total amount received from licenses. which is included in the general fund, was $23,- 22i1S.
 The estimated value of the good roads machinery. road machines teams. scrapes. blows, camp equipments, etc, used for improving and repairing the highways and bridges is $15,000.
 The Board has held fifty-one sessions and seventeen sessions as a Board of