Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-08
County Funds for Rock CruSherS

- VIZ mag Af'NNA NAolt AOlo CtDcA-
rately shall pay for the rock
crushers purchased by the magis-
terlal districts of Clarke, was de-
termined by the Board of Super
visors at its regular meeting held
last Monday at the Courthouse.
The decision of the Board is that
money shall be raised by a county
levy made in all the districts of the
county, and not by separate levy
made In only the districts buying
the crushers.
The effect of this decision is that
Battletown district, which has not
bought a crusher, must help pay
for the rock crushers bought by
Longmarsh and Chapel districts.
Battletown district, however. has
the privilege of buying crusher
and entering into the good roads"
movement, as the other districts,
as soon as its Supervisor, Mr.. j.
+. Barnett, says the word.
According to the Boards inter
probation of the law, the funds to
pay for the rock crushers shall be
raised in general county levy
next following the purchase of the
crushers, but that the levy shall be
equalized as for as possible so as to
make each district pay for its
crusher in the end. However. tie
fact that district fails to buy a
crusher does not relieve it from the
additional levy to be made on the
entire county to pay for the good
road-making machines.
Heretofore, it was contended
that each district must pay for its
crushers out of its road funds.
Acting under this Interpretation
of the law, Longmash went ahead
and bought crusher and paid for
1t; Greenway boughta crusher and
made a part payment on it. and
| Chapel has recently received q
crusher which it has not paid for.
Battletown alone has refused tc
avail itself of a machine, which has
marked an era ofgood-road-making
in all the other districts of the
county, and now, under the new
Interpretation of the law. Battle
town must help the other districts
to pay for their crushers.
The decision of the Board wa.
not reached until after much excit
ing wrangling and many spicy
word battles, and until three law
yers had passed an opinion on tn,
law. When the vote was taken OF
the meaning of the law, it stood
tie. MeSSrs. Barnett and Pierre,
favored the district paying for tn,
crusher out of its own funds: anC
MesSrS. Grigsby and Carver voteC
that the money should come from
a county levy. Major. :. j. c
Moore, who by authority of tn,
Court breaks tie in the Board
sustained the contention of MessrS
Grigsby and Carver. Before tn,
vote was taken, Commonwealth
Attorney W. T. Lewis was calle,
in to give an opinion of the law
His opinoin in effect was that tn
law meant the district funds shoul
be used TO pay for the crushers
Attorney Charles NJ. Broun, tn
father of the law, who drew
at the inStigation of former Super
. visor {. t. Hardesty, was asked a
TO the idea he had in mind when h
drew the act. He replied that in
: tent of the law was that the fund
D to pay for the cruShers should b
raised by being included in tn
e county levy, that the levy shoul
be equalized rs far rs possible, thi
e he believing at the time. could b
n done by each district buying
d cruSher, which he thought eac
t would do.
: Three districts in the county hav
n bought crushers. They are Ions
: marsh, which has paid for il
c machine; Greenway, which ha
b, partly paid for its crusher. an
I Chapel, which has not. Battletow
e district has not bought or Ordere
I a crusher, and it at present look
1 like she stands in the cold alone
and must help to pay for the roa
p improvements in the otheS dist let
: by refusing to buy n cruSher fo
use upon its own roads.
There is some talk of earring tn
= decision of the Board To the Circui
n Court, and having Judge Harriso
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