The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-10-05
SQUIRES IN
SESSION
u.usy COUNTY soLoNs DISPOSE
OF BUSINESS AND ADJOURN
TILL THIRD MONDAY.

The first session OF the quarterly
court Of Maury County since the cleo
ION was held Monday and though there
uara nine new members of the court,
al discharged their duties like veter-
ans and the business Of the term was
concluded with dispatch,
ndge W. o. Gordon, Coutny Clerk
Hardin Thomas and the twenty-four
rustices of the Peace were in their
places.
1T Mcknight, E. t. Estes, Jno. Hill
dreth. W. R.. Convey, j. w. ADHESION
and John Brown were elected notaries-
public.
On motion it was ordered that the
winding and regulation of the tower
clock in the court house be let to the
Invest bidder and that J. w. c. Church
receive the bids.
A petition from Mrs. H. G. Kittrell
and W. B. Alexander & Co. to cross
tbe Mt asant-Summertown county
road with a single line of railroad,
which they wish to build temporarily
for mining purposes, was allowed
when good bond and security is made
10 keep up the crossings and cattle
guards.
A contract between the road
commissioners of the 9Th district and
Messrs. j. o. Walker, G. J. Davis, j.
A. Jones and T. P. Yeatman was con-
Cured in by the court. This contract
provided that the gentlemen named are
TO take the Macedonia public road from
It's intersection at st. Johns church
with the Mt. Pleasant pike to point
in front of C. ]. Davis store and main
tain it as a public macademized road,
in consideration of which they are to
have the use of the hands who are
actual residents of their lands.
T. ]. Shaw, G. w. Ferguson and s. T.
Dooley, a committee appointed by the
Court to inspect the bridge across
Lytle's creek on the Iron Bridge road,
reported the bridge in an unsafe and
dangerous condition and recommended
a new bridge as the material of the
old bridge is defective and rotten. The
same committee with the addition Of
Messrs. John Brown and H. F. Fariss
were continued for the purpose of Sc
curing bids and estimates for the work,
and are to report to the Court in two
weeks.
E. n. Woodland, A. H. Forgey and
Jno A. Jones were appointed COM
mittee to axamine the approaches to.
the Gordon's Ferry bridge and report
to the January term of the Court.
The term of Esq. Allen Holt as Poor
house Commissioner having expired,
he was reelected to the Office by a.
vote of 10 to 4 over Sam Gibson.
It was ordered that hereafter all
bridge questions be referred to the
Road Commissioners and two of the
Justices of the Peace of the districts
in which the bridges are located.
The committee appointed at the last
term of the court to inquire into the
advisability of the County aiding in the
building of the turnpike from Lovetts-
Vile by way of Carpenters bridge to
the Lewisburg and Franklin pike re-
ported in favor of county aid, but the
Court tabled the report Judge 2. =.
Erwin moved for a reconsideration at
the next term of Court
W. A. voss and George Haywood
were elected officers to wait on the
November term OF Circuit Court
The November venire.
The following jurors were appointed
to serve at the November term Of Cir
cult Court:
Dist. Brown McManus, John Pet
ty, Gabe Greenfield, A. B. HARRISON.
Dist. 2--Walter Haywood, Lee Haw-
kins, s. E. Notgrass and F. w. Nesbit.
Dist. S-James Roddy, J. 0. Smith,
J. 7. Erwin and. James Campbell
Dist. davis Black, G. w. Fergue-
son, s. H. Denham and ]. d. White
bead.
Dist 5--M. s. Smith, A. w. Crews,
W. H. Cochran and R. Dougherty.
Dist 6-w. C. McKissack, D. d. Dug
ger, s. B. Mccormick and w. A. Lowell.
Dist. I'M. ]. Johnson, Jas. L. Bail
ey, Baxter Lindsay and Lewis john
son.
Dist. s--w. P. Cant, Henry Foster
and w. L. Temple.
Dist. IN. H. Bunch, Alb. Adkisson,
W. P. Moore, P. C. DooIey and Theo-
dore Speed.
Dist. 1O-Andrew Nixon, John Prev
EFT and w. " Jones.
Court adjourned to meet the third
Monday.