The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
COUNTY COURT,
Proceedings of the Regular May Tern
up to Thursday Noon.

County Court met last Monday in
regular session with the following
officers present: j. D. Mitchell, pre-
siding Judge; George Covington and
G. NJ. Hoffman, associate justices;
j. J. Croke, Sheriff and J. A. Law
renee, Clerk.
Being informed TINT the sum ex-
pended by the road board in district
No. Gil was considerable in excess of
funds belonging to said district for
1907, and the boundary line Of the
district having been extended under
the new road law, the Court Gppro-
printed 1914 for relief of the old road
board Of original district No. 81,
payable out OF county road fund.
In the matter of petition OF John
b. Highley and others for steel
bridge over st. Francois river at
Hopkins ford on Perine road, the
court directs Surveyor Holman to
view, survey and locate and report
at the next term OF court on Monday
June LIST, with estimate OF same
complete with abutments and APP
proaches.
The court being satisfied that va
cant lot No. 1, subdivision Of lot II
of BOgytown, belonging to Peter
Gidley, Is excessively and erron-
eously assessed, directs Collector
Denman to return $303 of the valua-
ton as erroneous and to collect
taxes on valuation of 500.
Adam Warren, constable Of Ran
dolph township, made quarterly
settlement of fines collected for the
quarter ending April 3, aggregating
$3.50, which was approved.
c. c. Weimer, superintendent,
made settlement OF unexpended bal
ance OF Sl4.S6 on 1906 appropriation
on Perine road, which was APP
proved.
Two petitions for dramshopl license
were filed and presented to the
court, one by A. Retonaz and the
other by VIM. McMahan, signed by
two-thirds Of the taxpayers OF the
blocks In Pennington wherein IL Is
proposed TO conduct such dram
shops. The court refused to grant
the licenses for the reason that the
county has adopted the local option
law, and that ii is now in force over
the entire limit OF the county.
Petitions for new roads filed by G.
+. Rooster, S. T. Horn and others,
II. NJ. Murphy, J. w. Calvird and
others, and w. A. Mitchell, z. b.
Jennings and others, were continued
to next regular term.
Surveyor Holman was directed to
view, survey and locate new roads
petitioned for by John A. Smith, f.
NJ. Ferguson and others, and B. T..
Zolman and others, and report ut
next regular term.
Petition of T. II. Alexander and
others for change Of road was re-
jccted.
The estimated revenues OF the
county for 1908 being $4,000, the
court ordered the subdivision OF
same as follows: For contingent
fund, $1,000; roads and bridges, ~, :
; 500; grand and petit jurors, 50, 900;
pauper and insane, 81 $50; county
officers, $ll 80.
County Clerk Lawrence and Cir
cult Clerk Wilson made quarterly
settlements, which were approved.
The Court decided not to maintain
any more patients In the Tubercu-
losis Sanitarium until a reasonable
time has elapsed to ascertain the
benefits to be derived.
Lee Fite, road overseer Of district
No. O, filed his bond, which was APP
proved.
James Mccullough rendered his
resignation as road overseei of dis
trict No. 4, and warrant issued to
him was cancelled.
The clerk presented to the Court
the detailed financial statement for
the fiscal year ending March End,
which was ordered published In the
Pennington Times and the Bonnie
Terre Star.
T. V. Brown, constable of st.
Francois township, filed quarterly
settlement, which was approved.
Chas. r. Pratt, publisher of the
Lead Belt News, filed proof OF pub
LEGATION Of notice of result OF recent
local option election.
II. G. Tucker presented receipt OF
County Treasurer for $50, sub
scribed for Improvement OF Irondale
road, from Potosi road west to the
extent of subscription, and the court
appropriated like amount for same
purpose, and appointed E, +. Swink