The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-05-13
FISCAL COURT.
Official Proceedings and Claims J.
lowed at the April
Term, 1908.

This court having considered the
commissioners and supervisors report,
and having heard evidence and made
further investigation, and it appearing
that the abutment on the Grayson side
Of Eveleigh Mill is not constructed and
in condition called for in contract, it is
now ordered that the work be rejected
and not received or approved, and that
no further payment be made by this
county until the said abutment be re-
constructed or until Murphy Bros. con-
tract be performed according to agree
ment. The bridge commissioner, J. V.
Stellar, and the commissioner appointed
to confer with Grayson county, will
again confer with the proper Grayson
county authorities as to what payments
they have made and as to what action
they deem proper in the premises.
And the Breckenridge county commits
sioners will notify the Champion Bridge
Company not to place the bridge on
said abutments until further notice and
this matter of contract is hereby re-
ferred to the county attorney and the
said commissioners will advise with the
county attorney. And Justices Nc
Camish, Rupert and O'Reilly will ex-
anime the said abutment in conjunction
with the said commissioners and will
make report and recommendations to-
gether with said commissioners and the
county attorney, at the next term of
this court.
We, H. G. Vessels, c. H. Drury and
T. NJ. Bates, Fiscal Court Committee,
and NJ. H. Beard and w. F. Hook,
commissioners appointed to settle with
Nlilt Miller, sheriff of Breckenridge
county, for the year 1907, and to ex-
anime and report on the condition of
the road supervisors books, respect
fully report as follows:
The settlement for the year is a most
excellent one, being perfectly balanced
and thoroughly accurate. Each year
we observe the system of county gov
eminent becoming more perfect in its
details. The disbursements as evidence
ed by the settlement show that many
valuable and needed improvements
were made during the past year in the
various parts OF the county, wi hout
raising the taxes The settlement of
1906 showed SS1 delinquents; settlement
1907 showed 616 and 1908 shows but
439. And. during the present admins
tration, delinquent taxes have been re-
quired to be worked out on the roads,
thereby losing nothing to the county.
We note that the assessed valuation of
the county is annually increasing and
that the county has this year the best
prepared Assessors book that it has
ever had, most accurate and convenient
in every respect. The assessment seems
to have been closer than usual, the
sheriff returning no list of taxes collect
ed on unassessed property, reporting
none collected. The necessary erection
of new bridges and the repairing of old
ones will necessitate large expenditures
in the future, if the safety and conven-
fence of the people are to be considered.
The commissioners to investigate the
condition of county bridges has made
a report to which shows that there has
been practically no repairing of many
steel bridges until last year for many
years, and further that many bridges of
the county are in bad condition, be-
cause of continued neglect. The ex-
penditures for the year out of the
General Expense Fund have been con-
sentative, yet they evidence a progress
sive spirit in the county. We find that
the supervisor record of road warrents,
checks properly with the vouchers credit
ed to the sheriff in the settlement of the
Road and BridgeIfunds. We find that
the system of book keeping employed
by the supervisor and county judge is
very complete, the first system of its
kind the county ever had. The super
visors accounts are straight and there
appears no irregularity in the matter of
disbursements. The total costs to the
county of expanding its road money (for
assistant supervisors &c) is being de-
creased under the present system. The
road records generally are in the best
condition they ever were.
In the Railroad district matter, we
find that two bonds were retired in
stead of one, due to accumulated sur
plus. All of which is respectfully re-
ported.
M. H. Beard, w. F. Hook,
1908 Settlement Commissioners.
T. M. Bates, Chas. H. Drury,
H. G. Vessels,
Fiscal Court Committee"
Which was, by vote, adopted and con-
firmed and the committee discharged.
1t is ordered by the court that the fol-