The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-19
BOUNDARIES OF BEATS
BOARD OF REVENUE AsKEn To
 CHANGE THEM.
Chairman of County Democratic co,,. mittee Submits PropesItio.-- Other Matters Before inc
 County Commissioner.

ing in ninety days to hear reasons why the boundaries of the County beats should not be changed so as to con form to the city ward boundaries, as requested by the County Democratic Executive Committee through it's Chairman, Judge A. H. Arlington
 The request and recommendations of | Judge Arlington were read at the meeting of the Board yesterday and the opinion of County Attorney W. M. Blakey was also submitted. A map of the proposed changes has already beer. drawn by County Surveyor Stewart E. Washburn and Is now on exhibit on one of the court house bulletin boards.
 The Board. by unanimous vote, adopted a resolution that the clerk ad- vertise that within ninety days a special meeting would be held to hear objections to the proposed changes.
 Judge Arrington's recommendations were as follows:
 "To the Honorable Board of Revenue
 of Montgomery County:
 "Gentlemen-Several years ago the Board of Revenue changed the bounda- ry lines of precincts within the corpo- rate limits of the city of Montgomery. so that the precincts and wards would embrace the same territory. Since that time the City Council has changed the ward lines and the city limits have been extended. These changes have caused a great deal of confusion and Inconvenience to a large number of voters. The city precincts and wards are all different, a-large number of people who vote in wards in the city elections, have to go to beats 1T. 1s, 19 and 20, to vote in County elections.
 Section 1881 of the city code makes it the duty of the several courts of I commissioners and boards of revenue l to make such changes and alterations in the precinct lines as will best serve l the public interest. when In their judgment it Is necessary. think you will agree with me, that under present 1 conditions some changes are very de- | sirabie and should be made. "So in behalf of the County Demo- | cratic Executive Committee, I most re- spectfully request that your honorable court take such action In the premises as you think best. In this connection would make the following sugges- tion:
 "First-Change all the boundary lines of city beats to conform to the ward lines, extending out to city lim- l It's
 "second-Number the city beats. l., 1 3, 3, 4, 6, 6 and [, same as the wards are numbered.
 '"rhird-Change Pike Road beat from l number to number IT. This would I
 "Fourth--Change the eastern and southern limits of beat 19 to conform to the western and southern city linn it's
 "Fifth-Change the southern limits of beat IS to conform to the northern city limits.
 "sixth-Change the western and southern limits of beat 20 to conform to the western and southern limits.
 "The changes when made will be of great convenience to a large number of voters and I think necessary to the public good.
 "sections 1880 to 1887, inclusive Of the code. prescribe the mode for mak- ing changes herein suggested.
 T address you this communication. because I think it to the interest of the Democratic party of the County. that the changes, should be made. if possible before another primary.
 ''Very respectfully yours,
 "A. H. Arlington. Chairman of the Democratic Executive
 Committee. Montgomery County"
 The Board referred the communica- tion to W. M. Blakey. County Attor- ney. for a review and ordered a report to be made
 MT. Blakey submitted the following report.
 'In reference to the application of the County Democratic Executive Com mittee to have the limits of the vari- ous beats of the city and County rear ranged I would report as follows:
 T consulted with Mir. s. E. Wasn- burn, the County Surveyor. and M~. Charles B. Tcasley of the Tax Collec- tors office, and Mir. Washburn very kindly sketched out the boundaries of the beats as seemed most convenient to all parties concerned and prepared the descriptions as contained in the annexed notice which I recommend shall be given by the Board In join ing up the limits between beats IS and 19 and 19 and 20. 1t became pecessary to make some few changes in the lines, which render 1t necessary that stone , corner posts should be placed at the proper places so as to designate the boundaries of those beats and would recommend that the Board, when the limits are established as required by law employ the County Surveyor to , make the necessary survey and place these corner posts. I think it would also be we'll to have several posts placed at various places where the city limits and the County limits divide so that persons living near the line could have no difficulty in establishing the lines separating them from the city beats. l recommend that In accord ance with Section 1881 of the code the Board of Revenue have posted for nine ty days the notice hereto attached and. as a further precaution. although not l required by law, 1 recommend that the Board publish a notice for three weeks just prior to the expiration of the nine- ty days stating that the Board will on the day shown in the notice posted at the court house, sit for the purpose of rearranRing the beats of the County.
 All members of the Board were pres ent with the exception of Dr. Thomas Duncan. w. D. Brown who has been absent for eight weeks when he an- swered to the roll call was warmly greeted by his associates.
 petition was received from the Standard oil Company to the effect that the tax value of their property in Montgomery had been raised from $6,- 900 to $S,000 without their having re- ceived notice of the proposed change or given opportunity to show why such change should not be made. They prayed that the tax value remain at S6.OO0. The petition was received and filed.
 The disbursements of the County from September to September IS were submitted by Clerk Westcott as fol- lows:
 Interest on County bonds. 25.0 Salaries County officers. ... 133 ga Jurors probate court ........ 75 0O Sheriff's office fees ........ zoo. 0G . Wagons, blows and teams.
 County roads .. ...... 22 5C Taking insane patients to
 asylum .. ............ 5O.5S Post mortem examination and | pauper graves ?. ........ 14 O(