The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-11
OATH TAKEN BY MEMBERS  New Board of Revenue
 Meets. DAVID FLEMING IS PRESIDENT Waiting Now Only for Commissions
 From State.
  Engineer BalIen and Clerk westcott are Instructed to Present Rev. snue Statement to Next
 Meeting.

"ith ju5iiation involuntariIy exud- Ing from their personages. attestinr 70 fner appreciatio nof their position. tne members of the new County Board or Revenue were administered inc oat th of ofiice by Judge Gaston at inc Court House Fuesda vat noon, and entered hl once into the task of tentatively outlining the work of the term.
 Wlth pr. Thomas Duncan, ComnIs- sioner of the South western District in the chair as president pro tenn, or. ganizatien was effected. David Elem Ing, representative of the Northern District. being elected as President ot the Board. without opposition. and s. H. Westcott reelected as clerk. there being no other candidate
 The new Board steps into office m. der special provision of the Leris- lature. Whereas the code specifies that all County Commissioners begin their term of ofiee on the first Monday af- ter the second Tuesday in January. the term of the Montgomery Court of Com mtssicners is fixed by a special act as the flrst Tuesday after the second Mon- day in November,
 It was announced by County Attor- ney BIakey that the Commissioners were not duly authorized to enter up- on the performance of their duties un- til each was supplied with a commits sion executed by the Governor and Secretary of State. Tn view of this qualification pending. no attempt was made st the initial meeting of he new 1y elected officers. to transact definite business.
 But an outline of the work was taken up. and a disposition to act Intelli- gently, with full knowledge of the re- sources of the county in view at ev- @kn n~rAAh .. quested of Engineer Bullen and Clerk Westcott that there be prepared. to be submitted at the meeting of the Board next Monday, a detailed statement of the revenue according to the county. of the necessary expenses, and of the contracts and debts outstanding. so that tentative budget might be ar- ranged, with which knowledge the Board will proceed with its work.
 It was shown. by a report of Clerk Westeott. that the Board starts in with contracts outstanding amounting to nearly SI02000, which had been let by the old board. and with an over draft of about $S.000 to the credit of the county depository. A more detan ed report will be made to the Board at it's Monday meeting.
 At the session Monday road and bridge work which ..w will require i'm mediate attention before the start of the bad weakher of winter was out lined. and tentatively authorized. The matter of the 1.300 foot concrete bridge and trestle over Eatoma Creek was taken up. and will be settled next Monday, when the full commissioners come, into their full Authority from the Governor. Other work, in repairing roads, so that traffic and convenience might be immediately facilitated, was discussed.
 The members of the new Board of Revenue are: David Fleming, Presl- dent and representative of the North ern District. who is serving In this his first term as Commissioner; Nahani J. GrIel. of Northern District. who has served two years as Commissioners ai- ready; J. H. Cook, of the Northern District. serving his first term; rhom- as Duncan, representative of the District. who has served d former, term of four years, and W. D. Smile, of the Southeastern District, who Is a new member of the Board.
 S, 1T. Westcott. as Clerk, Is well yersed in the affairs of the Montgom- cry County Board Of Revenue. having occupied the position of clerk for many years.