The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-11
OFFICERS SHY ON KNOWLEDGE Purifoy Charges lgnor- ance of Statutes. LAWS MAY BE C0DIFIED Judge Reports Officials Lacking in
 Information. Board of Revenue Brings Contractor and Architect on the Carpet
 for Delay in eompIe-
 ton of Jail.

The necessity of ccdifying all laws of the State pertaining to Montgomery County was pronounced urgent yes- terday by members of the Boaru of Revenue in regular weekly session. The question came before the Board when Judge John Purifoy submitted his written reports on the examination of several County offices He found, and the Board agreed with him, that there was q lack of Knowledge among County officials regarding the various laws enacted by the Legislature in years past bearing on Montgomery County
 The members of the Board, especial ly President Houghton, expressed themselves as being strongly in favor of having all such laws codif1ed and put into comprehensive form. but there was, some doubt raised as to whether the County has the right to codify, Judge Purifoy was directed to investi- gate this phase of the subject and re- port at the next meeting. when some definite action. looking to codification, will probably be taken.
 The failure to complete the new County jail on contract time. Decem- Der i. was taken up by the Board with B. F. Bynum. a member of the con- tracting firm. and Frank Lockwood, architect They said the failure to complete the building in the specified time was due to delay in the.arriva1 of the steel work. and. early in the fall, by a scarcity of brick. The Board was assured the building Is being hurried to completion as rapidly as possible. The extended controversy between Sam Merritt and W. s. Bradley. over the opening up of a public road from the Philadelphia road, came near be- ing completed yesterday when a re- port from a disinterested committee was read. fixing the damages to the Bradley property at $50. The report was submitted by D. E. Landers, John Mizell and c. P. Moore.
 The Committee, though directed to do so, failed to report on the damages to the Knight property in the same neigh borhood. On motion of Dr. Duncan. d resolution was adopted providing the road to be opened on condition that the damages will not exceed $50, and that deeds be executed for a road twenty feet wide.
 A communication from Mayor Teague drew the attention of the Board to the necessity of a sewer in the vicinity of the Day Street ditch. It was referred to the County Engineer for a report at the next meeting.
 J. N. Nugent appeared before the Board and asked $75 damages for all legged injuries to his horse in falling into a. hole on the bridge across Jack son Creek on the Mount Zion road. Two witness were sworn and exam ined. but action was postponed pendin g further investigation.
 Two energetic young attorneys filed batch of claims. amounting to sev- eraI thousand dollars, for the refund ing of solvent credits, under a decision recently handed down hy the Supreme Court The claims were referred to the County Attorney for auditing
 The Board passed on an unusually large number of hills and approved the following weekly report of Clerk Westcott:
 Salary County officer 30 %