The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
CONNECTS LEASED
COUNTY RrNEws CONTRACT WITH
 TENNESSEE COMPANY.
Beard of Revenne Holds Weekly Meet ing amd Trnmsmcss Considerable Business~-Dishursem
 Repaxted.

3 Among a number Of business trans sctions completed yesterday by the Board of kevel, ueY was the' award ,f the contract for County convicts to he Tennessee coal. Iron and Railroad Company of Birmingham for the year, beginning January q, .Is0T
 The contract was authorized ct the rate of $2S.sO per apita per month. regardless or sex. age or physical con- aition. and. under the same terms and conditions as the contract that has company and at the same. price. The County reserves the right to retain as many as twenty conpicts to work the roads of Montgomery County. The price is said to be the highest paid tor County convicts in Alabama. There were only two bids and they were opened, in open session of the Board, by President Houghton at noon yesterday. The other bid was made by the SIoss- -Shefied Steel and Iron Company of Bifminghana. This corr poration bid s2s.bO per capita.
 Tho Board was late in meeting yes- terday owing to the tardiness of Dr. Thomas Duncan whose presence was necessary to complete the quorum. Mir. Barnes was absent owing to bereave- ment in his family. and Mir. Brown was prevented from attending on ac- count of illness. pr. Duncan arrived on a late train. and joined President Houghton ana Mr. Matthews In tirns to hold the. session and transact busi- ness.
 IS. A. McGehee was paid $50 reward for the conviction of Price Micou, a nsgro. charged with shooting across the public road.
 County Attorney W. M. Blakey re- ported favorably on+a batch of claims for the return of solvent credit money |amounting between 3z,500 and ts,0o0 Being one of the lafnants himself Mir, Matthews hesitated Co vote. but. on being assured that it would not be inn proper for him to act. he east his vote with the other two members for the payment of the claims.
 J. N Nugent was awarded $50 for tho Injury of his horse on a defective bridge across Jacksor's Creek on the Mount Zion road. y A. Bachelor petitionsd tue Board for $lO0 for the alleged Injury of his mule on d bridge on the lower We tumpka road Between the four mile post and State Prison No. {. The pe- tition was referred to the County At torney.
 The Clerk of the Board was direct cd to advertise for bids for grayelling Ave miles of the Wpodley road, begin ming at Cloverda1e The bids are to he in by the first Monday in January. This Job, 1t will be remembered. was started by Sullivan and Company, but the contracting firm, a short time ago. abandoned the contract on ac- count of lack of transportation facili- ties for gravel. For temporary pur- poses the Board authorized repairs on this road.
 Dempsey Williams, an oversesr on the Mount Meigs road from the four mile post to Taylor's branch. nled his resign ation, which was placed in the hands of Superintendent Dix who wal directed to select a successor. | A volume of bills for the payment oi money were passed by the Board, and the following weekly report of dis. burpements, made by Clerk s. T westcott, was approved;
 Igalaries County officer. ......$ s3.3i Reghlar jurors criminal d.
 vision City Court ....,. 1S.1
 Bailifts criminal division City
 City Court ,......s....... ss7. 6 City Court ............i. 10.0 lsherift attending Chancery Iserviees wagons. blows and
 teams, County roads. S5. Iservices overseers bounty
 roads ... <. e.s,.ss.s,s.p ..'. H.o Isupport county paupers. oc- 1. tober, November, Dec.... 1S.0 lservices examiner County Of- 4 fices :. .. . .s.......... 1zo .O Icoai court house and Jail.... 42.S lAdvertising notices, County EnHtnAAT .fss O I IRlankets. comforts and sun | dries, County jail s...... 15s 3 lRent rooms, Medical and Sur
 RIcal Society (. .......... 1b.0 iPIumbing, etc, County jail. 46.s lstationery, County offices E.. 7.5
 l4s Pike Pike road ............ 154 Q IEstinate work concrete bridge 800 ILumber, nails. freight, ete... 1920
 iiA bridrs ......;.......... 5O.O
 ray ending % Dec. IS, 1oss..... 1855 IPav roll Shirley's teams. week | ending Dec 15, 1908 ..... l10.6 Iwages gravel inspector. coun" - o
 ty roads .f.s .....'..'' 'o'V Iwages Assistant County En-
 gineer ... l..........''''' io'o Wagons, County teams i....' lo&'O lyeterinary services to mule | RIyess teams ... .,.....' z'V lshariff's fees, hard labor eases 1Sb .6 lClerk's fees. hard labor cases lOS' q
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 The Board adjourned to meet mex |