The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-01-06
COUNTY COURT.
Squires Adjourn to Meet In
February.-The Venire.
TOLL GATES ORDERED OPENED

county court met 10 quarterly oeeSfO
Monday morning in the Circuit Coul
room. with judge w. o. dordon presid
ing
The reports Of the County Judge. &
the Poor House Commissioners and c
Mr.. e. Il Hatcher, Chairman of th
Court House Committee, were receive,
and ordered spread upon the minutes.
N. Jaggers was appointed 5pecia
Highway Commissioner. vice Virgil
McCianahan. who was ineligible on &C
count of being already Road Com
missioner.
At the Monday afternoon session o
the County Court, the committee ap
POINTED to iix salaries placed the salaI,
of the County Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction ut $500 per annum dni
that of the Court House ianitOr at 50:
per month Prof. p. w. Dodson wa,
elected to the former position by &C
clamation. and PlummeI Webster to tn,
latter. W. B. Wood was elected County
Surveyor.
Msssrs. W. q. whitthorne, nj. q
Adams. W. NJ Chatfin, Percy s.
lChandler, W. ID. Cameron, Jno. g.
Nelson and j. h. Courtney were APP
pointed notaTies public.
Esqs g. W. Hayes. j. Fl. Courtney
and F.. M. Ricketts, were appointed
the paupeI coffin committee to serve
for the next twelve months.
Messrs W. A. Voss and +. W. Mes
bitt were chosen officers to wait on
| the next term of the Circuit Court.
The report of the work done during
1904 by the Work House gang showed
six miles of road graded and macad-
amized with crushed stone. and SIX
miles graded and macadamized with
gravel and ebert. An average OF %
hands per day were employed and the
value of the road constructed is at
least $40, 600.
Esqs. r. H. Guest. j. A. Sanders and
/. II. Nixon were elected Jail Com
missioneTs.
The report of the Grand Jury showed
the jail in good condition and the
prisoners well kept. Some repairs
were recommended on the dwelling at
the poor house fam.
Tuesdays Session.
The Tuesday morning session OF the
County Court produced several lively
tits.
j. Fl. Gillespie. of the Bird district.
asked for an appropriation of 50, 900
from the county for the construction
of a road in his district. While the
county has been building some roads
Throughout the county with the work
house gang, an appropriation for the
construction of road has heretofore
been made only one time and many OF
the magistrates were opposes to set
f1n rs 10 aho 0rrfo ms
well as opposed TO the Appropriation
on the grounds of economy. The ma
jOIority of the magistrates voted for
the appropriation. however, and it
was allowed. A request for an appro-
priation of 50. 900 for the construction
of road from the Williamson county
line to Jameson was filed few min
utes later.
Another question which produced
lively discussion was claim made by
several EN- sheritfs. The law allows the
sheriff fee otssHfty cents for the COM
mittment and release of each prisoner.
Ex-Sherlffs Henry Ragsdale, Love
Webb and Same Hayes claim never to
have collected these fees from the
county. 1t is SAID the late ex-Sheriff
Henry Harlan also failed to make this
collection. The total amount invol
we'd will he in the neighboI hood of
So, 900. The matter is still under con
Messrs. l.. s. Lamar, 7. G. Harris
and L. "a. Fitzgerald were reelected
Turnpike Commissioners by acclama-
tion.
The report OF the turnpike commits
si0ners stirred up row In several
camps. These commissioners reported
the Mt. Pleasant, Santa Fe, Carter s
Creek. KedIon, Bear Creek. Culleoka
and CampDellsvllle pixies out of condi
tion and recommended that the toll
gates OF these pixies lie thrown open and
that their owners he debarred from
toll until the pixies were pu
IN the condition required by law. The
report was received and adopted and
the orders Recommended given.
The committee appointed to fix the
AK levy were'..aliowed until the second |
Monday in February to report. The |
court will probably adjourn until that |
late this afternoon.
At the Tuesday afternoon session OF |
he County Court Messrs Thos. II, |
PEBBLES; WI. b. Turner and Crockett |
owen were appointed committee to |
investigate the outstanding indebted I
less OF the county in tue various d.
1artments and report to the Court on
he second Monday in February.
L. f. Fleming was appoInted a
rotary public.
Judge Gordon was instructed to en- \
hoy an expert to examine the oridge i
It Green's Mill, across RnIherford I
Ieek This ex ,ert is 10 report to the
february term of the Court an state
whether OF NOT new bridge is needed
t that place.
TIE calaDoose at Mt. Pleasant. was
ecIared to be one of the Mauiy county
ails and the Sheriff was authorized
D use 1t as such. Rents and repairs
re to b3 paid by the Sheriff.
A resolution was adopted providing
nat no part of the appropriation OF
:, 900 for the new road in the 3Id dis
riot be- paid until the citizens IF that
istrict provide the right of way and
rst pay lwo-tnirds of the cost of the
obstruction of the road. the county
then to pay ont the money appro
rated as the work IS completed and
not TO LAY IN excess of the 50 900
squire F. III Smith was the mover
fhe resolution. ana the provision