The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-10
THE QUORUM COURT
 MAKES TAX LEYIES|
Aooropriations Made for General Ex- penses for Ensuing Year Full Report of County Judge
 Prickett.

morning for the purpose of trans acting all business coming within it's jurisdiction.
 There are twenty-six justices of the peace in the county and of that number eighteen were pres ept as follows:
 s. H Smith and C. Woodruff, Mena.
 I. N. Lane, Potter.
 E. G. Turner, Rocky.
 W M, Baxter, Bulger. LA. Taylor and Emmett Rowe, Hatfield.
 j. K. Alien. andervoort. W M. Darwin, Wickes. 0. L. Gregg, Granniss. s. J. Gardner and J. K. Crane, Hartley.
 I. J. H mpton, Shady T. I. Walker, Big Fork. W. r. Cole, Ink
 j. A. Earl ana Hardy Jones. Acorn.
 A E Wear and l.. P Purvis. Board Camp.
 This number being quorum of the justices of the peace in the county, the body at once pro- ceeded to business.
 Ordered by the court that the annual reports of the county clerk, county judge, sheriff and county treasurer be read by the clerk, which was done, and said reports were re- ferred by the court to committees appointed as follows:
 Clerks report-A. E. Wear, I. N. Lane and J. s. Garner.
 Judges report--S. H. Smith, J. R. Allen and o. L. Gregg. Sheriff's report-W. M. Baxter, J. A. Earl and Hardie Jones. Treasurer's report-C. Woodruff, L.P. Purvis and J. R. Crane. Clerks report on school election Emmett Rowe, E. G. Turner and w. M. Darwin.
 The court also appointed the following committee on appropri- ations and levy: w. T. Cole, A. E. Wear and Emmett Rowe. All of the above reports were approved.
 On motion, which carried, the following appropriations were made for the ensuing year:
 Circuit courts, $4,000.
 County courts, S2,000.
 Chancery courts, $l00.
 Probate courts, $50.
 Magistrate courts, $250. Keeping prisoners, $500. Assessment and tax books, $2, 900. Public records, $250.
 Public buildings, $1 900. Keeping paupers, $750.
 United States judgments, $500. Building bridges, $4.000. For other lawful expenses, $3,000. On motion, which carried, the following tax levies were made for the various state, county, road, school and municipal taxes for the year 1907, to-wit:
 State purposes, general revenue, l 3-4 mills.
 Common schools, 3 mills.
 Pension, 1-2 mills.
 Capitol, 1-2 mill.
 County purposes, general county, 43-4 mills.
 United States judgments, IA mill. Municipal tax, city of Mena, 5 mills.
 Moved and carried that school tax be levied as voted by the various school districts in Polk county and reported by the board.
 On motion, the following levies were made as tax on privileges: Saloon and dramshops, $500. Each criminal conviction in courts of records, $3.
 Each civil suit when verdict rem dered by jury courts of record, $3 Each writ of summons and execu. ton from courts of record, 50 cents Upon certificates of records oi deeds and other instruments of writ Ing, except mortgages, 50 cents. Upon certificate of record of eacf mortgage, l5 cents.
 Upon each marriage license is sued, 50 cents.
 Upon each sewing machine ped dler, $25.
 Upon each circus and menageri, each day. $100. Upon each sideshov herewith, $50.
 Upon each exhibition, $5.
 On motion which carried, that $l' per day be levied upon each show ol public exhibition given by any stree lar or carnival.
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