The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-23
be made before the building of new

roads commenced.
 President Houghten informed Mir. Pettus that Overseer Stacey had al- ready been ordered to do their repair. work and he would get into beat 9 as soon as possible.
 On motion of MT. Matthews, 1t was ordered that. in the future, all of the gravel purchased by the county, shall, where practicable. be inspected by competent man at the gravel pit and that President Houghton be authorized to make arrangements for the .Arvices of such a man and that the president be empowered to purchase such quan- | tites of gravel as may be necessary for repairing and improving the pub I lie roads.
 On recommendation of County Att torney w NJ Blakey, the following orr der was adopted:
 "ordered by Board of Revenue that | lines of Beats i, 2, 8, {, 5, s. IS, 19 and ] 20, be altered and rearranged so that | the limits of the said beats will cor l respond with the notice heretofpre l given by the Board and posted at the | door of the Court House. said bounda- | ries being more fully set out and de- scrihed In the notice hereto attached and which is hereby made a part of | this order.
 ! Tt is hereby further ordered by the l Board that the County Surveyor is | hereby directed to place stone posts at the corners of said beats, IS, 19 and 20, | so as to mark the said beat lines, and to establish the same permanently. and that the cost of placing said stone posts including the time of the said County Surveyor consumed in making the necessary surveys to be paid by the Clerks oot of the general fund by 1 warrant drawn upon the County Treas l urer."
 John Roquemore appeared before the Board and, after explaining the quail ty of gravel in the pit which he owns in this county, urged that q contract be made with him for all of the gravel 10 be used by the county during the ensuing ySar By this method, he said he could make a showing to the rail- roads anal this would enable him to offer the gravel at very much reduced prices Whereas it now costs the coun- ty hfty-three cents per cubic yard 10 have the gravel handled by the raii- roads. he thought he could. on the proposition, do it for thirty cents
 The Board accepted the invitation Of Mir. Roauemore to visit the gravel pit on some day i'm the near future Tor the inspection of the pit. On motion of MT. Brown, road day
 will be determined upon at the regular | when it is thought every member of the body will be present. This day will be set apart for the purpose of formulating definite plans for road im- provements for the ensuing year.
 statement of Maj. S. T. Westcott clerk, was submitted and approved showing the disbursements of the county for the week beginning January 1S and ending January g. to be Sll,' 43O.s s7 of this amount. $10,000 was paid J. F. stallings and Capt. w. l.. Mar ] tin as attorneys fees in the case o Montgomery county vs. John J. Coch ran and the Fidelity and Deposit. ana $500 to former County Attorney Johr G. Finley for special services rendered in this case.
 The weekly statement was as fol lows:
 Bailit, criminal division City 1 Court. ... ...... ~ S'V' Bailin. criminal division City - | Court. ........ 4'V'
 Court. ........ a5O.Ot
 Roads ........ 74OC Wagons. blows and teams
 county roads,. ez.O, -rSan naining insane natients. IO.0C Disinfecting smallpox cases. "'oI
 Rent rooms, Medical and Sur , gical Society,". ...... "o'Oo : Clothing, blankets. etc, pris- ] oners County Jail. S-'ss , Light fixtures, wiring hall, Tax
 Assessor. .. .''''' n as
 Stationery, county ofices.... 925 ; Printing. Clerk City Court of- c fice.... - o''' . Printing notices hard lapor DC
 cases. . .. ''''.''' '''' , Crate. putting in glass Pro-
 hate Office .... .. '''' ''4'
 Hay. Rives' county road teams
 October and November 4O.2S Attending telephone. Court
 House. ... '.'''' o'V' Uoun'y sio n,sns. % etc, gravel pitt. 56.O( Professional services County
 Attorney, bond case. ..... lO.1uO'o' , County bridge builder wages , to date. .. .''''..' oo'V'
 Terra cotta pipe. county roads 12,S' Sherifrs fees, hard labor cases.... .' ,.'','... l-''S' Witness fees. hard labor
 cases.... ..,...... 5.I Total ...... .... ......S11. .43OS The Board adjourned at 1 o'clock. l was announced again that bids woul' . be opened at special meeting Tuesda! of next week for Improvements on tn county jail
 Cases Were Coatiuued. The eases In the Recorders Cour