The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21
Lively Board of Revenue 5: 5: Session. Z
 ALLEGATIONS OF BAD FAITH
Andrew Perry Appears in Meeting
 With Attorney. ,@
". HI. Vaughan Adas to the Troubles
 of the Board with Demana fer sCasA for His es,0oe. sS sf Script.

ss It was. . hard. hard day for the Boerd of Revenue yesterday; the cus- 7 ,todtans of the. County's finances got hheir bumps all right
 There was everything from ugly ac- ~ousations to countless demands. for tmoney to beset them. and when ad- k3ournment time came, there was ,b ,bworn look on the face of every mem- Eber.
 It was a heated portion of the days seession when the squabble over the ,tcontract between the Board and An- |, tdrew Perry came .up MT. Perry, through his attorney, declares that the t "The Board of Revenue has not kept faith with my client" declared MT. Harmon, Perrys attorney.
 'The Board has figured and schemed hto beat Mir. Perry" declared F. M. APerry, a friend of the complainant sy "Ths Board has done nothing of the Akind." was the stout denial of Com ,missioner Griel; and for q moment af- Hairs waxed personal between the Com- missioner and F. M. Perry.
 The trouble arose over an old con- tract. Andrew Perry held, during the Hall, the contract for improving eight lmfles of the old Pike Road. from Mayme to Pike Road. When he had lcompleted about four miles of the job. the was ordered to stop work because Sof the Boards sudden realization of dts heavy debt. and its decision to shut kdown on work. e-8 MT. Perry. declares the Board. ac- iquiesced in the order to stop, and ask led for the Is per cent of his contract price. which was held by the Board as q bond. The Boards interpretation of tthe agreement was that Perry was to ireceive the 15 per cent end to rescind lthe contract.
 But MT. Perry wants to hold on to tthe contract. and wants to complete lthe Old Pike Road. or to accomplish iother work in lieu thereof. And he brought before the Board his lawyer. lin the endeavor to persuade the body ito give him back the contract or other iwork equivalent.
 There were words of a suit to hold lthe Board to the contract; the lawyer ldeclared the subsequent agreement as Ito the 15 per cent as not binding. The Board. on the other hand. is persistent dn holding to the 15 per cent and the labrogation of the contract
 There. were arguments which began tduring the meeting of last week. and which were brought over to yesterdays %session. The arguments grew heated; the declaration of unfairness and breach of faith were cast. And with Iit all the ire of the Board was aroused.
 
 gmaintain its position, believing itself fright. -.,~y--
 The entire affair was unpleasant At lone juncture MT. Harmon was inform Jed by a Board member. that the Board hhad no money to pay out just now.
 That is the -supposition." was the answer. ''rhe facts may be another hhing."
 And then the Board got mad. or some of it's members did.
 Wants Script Money.
 Hardly had the squabble been set- tiled with the determination of the Com smissioners to stand by their agree ment before Attorney HilL. represent ing W. H. Vaughan. entered with a demand" for the payment as cash for over $6,000 in script held by his cll- ent. MT. Vaughan had accomplished the improvement of the Hoies Crossing Iroad, and had been paid in certificates.
 The demand was peremptory, and a lhint of lawsuit. in case of refusal, accompanied 1t. The Board listened. Hooked at the demand, and put 1t on the table for consideration. But there Iwas no considerattonodnring the meet ling. and the demahds sstill stands. I With the presentation. of. the demand. however, came theShtht from, the Board lthat all script" would be retired with lin a short while. probably not more tndn tnlEty uays. II Us Safo that. against the $45,000 of certificates out the County has more than that sum to tits bredit in the banks.
 But that was not all. There was a Mrs. Cochran, who. represented by her attorney, L. A. Sanderson, presented small claim of $4.s05. for injuries which she told of. receiving in the col Ilapse of Bassett's Mill Creek bridge. lon Mount Zion Road. The claim stated Ithat the collapse of the bridge occur red during last July.
 The Board took the claim under con- sideration also.
 With all this, and with a few other minor matters, which, by the way, lcalled for more money, the Board hur- tried into executive session. and the iday of trouble was ended.