The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-05
Bourbon Fiscal Court Meets.


The Bourbon Fiscal Court held its
regular monthly. session Wednesday,
with Judge Denis Dundon presidinga
and full board of magistrates pre-
sent.
The first business taken up was to
dispose of 81, 752. AZ worth of claims,
which were read and ordered paid.
Turnpike Supervisor {. F. Redmon
read his report for the month of June.
which showed work completed on the
various turnpikes of the county amount
ed to S4,026.71. The report was order
ed of record and warrants drawn OF
the County Treasurer for the various
amounts.
The bid of I. P. Woods for the con-
struction of abutGments on the Millers-
burg and Cynthiana turnpike was re-
jected and the Turnpike supervisor
ordered to have same built of stone.
The court ordered a survey and pro-
file made of the Chinn Mill dirt road
preparatory 10 the macadamizing of
the roao which is two miles in length.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor
of the County Treasurer with which
to pay interest on the Court House
bonds amounting to 81, 700.
After the routine OF business was
through with Judge Dundon read the
following communication addressed
to the court, which explains itself:
To the Fiscal Court of Bourbon
County.
At meeting Of this court, held dur
ing the first week Of September, 1906,
ats legal adviser, County Attorney
Moore, presented to it Il written opin-
ion, covering both the law and the
facts, in which it was shown that the
following amounts had been illegally
drawn from the county treasury by
the following named persons, during
the five years previous to January
/. 1906:
Judge Dundon, Sl.O25; Joseph Will
Hams, S2,047. 16; L. G. Anderson. S786 :;
a. c. Ball, $1,000; j. T. Barlow, S999;
Joseph Dejarnett, 5000; ]. P. Howell,
Sl,0O2; j. H. Hopkins, 1894; J. Will
Thomas, S2.218; H. C. Ingram, $3.50;
Letcher Weathers, 5000; c. E. Butler,
$3.50; G. w. Judy, $780,"
These various sum aggregate S15,-
568.16.
In this opinion, the County Attorney,
who is made by statute your legal ad-
wiser, fully set out the law governing
such matters, and in advising you as
10 your duty to the tax payers. used
the following language:
1t is your duty TO direct your Treas.
urer to demand from each one of the
persons named the amount such per-
son is indebted to Bourbon county, and
70 tender receipt therefor; and upon
their failure to pay TO yOur County
4 Treasurer, on demand, such sum, to
lter an order in this court authorizing
our County Attorney to bring suit
against any OF the persons who so re
fuse to pay to your Treasurer. such
sums as they are found to be indebted
to Bourbon county,
Although this matter was brought
TO your official notice ten months ago.
you have, as yet, failed to take any
steps to protect the interests of the
taxpayers of Bourbon county. AS a
result of your failure to do so, all OF the
money Illegally drawn from the County
Treasury during the year 1901, is lost,
should the officials obtaining it choose
to plead limitation, as under the statute
all such actions must be brought with
IN five years, IN order to prevent any
further loss, l, the undersigned, resi-
dent and taxpayer Of Bourbon county,
request this court to take such action
as may be necessary to recover the
money Illegally OfaWn from the county
Treasury by the aforementioned Off
Gals. Upon your failure or refusal to
take such action. | shall at once bring
suit in my own name, for the use and
benefit of Bourbon County. for the re-
covery of the above amount.
JAMES M. O'BRIEN.
Paris, KY. July 3, 1907.
After the report had been ordered
filed Judge Dundon stated to the court
that according to a recent decision of
the Court of Appeals as to the right
of a County Attorney to make a
special contract with the county for
the collection of franchise tax that
heiwas now willing and had so notified
County Attorney T. z. Moore, Jr., of
his desire to refund the $500 paid him
as County Attorney for the collection
of said franchise tax. Court then
adjourned with no action taken upon
the communication.
Esquires Anderson, Barlow, Howell
and Hokp;ns, who are mentioned as
having drawn illegally certain sums
of money, were members of the fiscal
court previous to January, 1906, and
are members of the present fiscal
court