Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-06
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tain as to the legality of such an appropriation. The committee report ed that Judge Jones held that such an appropriation would be illegal Magistrate Frazier favored making the appropriation and having it tested, eN- plaining his position that the Levy ing Court had previously gone be- Nond it's authority in appropriatinG $5,000 for the Davis hospital. He nov ed that an appropriation of 5000 be made, seconded by Magistrate Rich ards0n.
 Magistrate 3ogH opposed the motion declaring that the money should be raised by public subscriptions and not by taxing the taxpayers Judge Gould ruled that the motion to ap- propriate was out of order. in that the county attorney holds that the appropriation wou.l be illegal The communication Was tabled.
 J. J. Moore. a representative of the United States Agricultural Depart ment Was given ten minutes in which to talk to the magistrates on the gov ernment agricultural work He urged cooperation of the I4evying Court members and all others.
 Fought Commissioner king.
 Magistrate c. J. Tucker, chairman of the Committee on Road and Bridge Commissioner report, moved that the office of the Commissioner be abolish ed. He declared that good results were not being obtained in his end of the county by the present methods of road work. It was intimated that he was making a personal fight on Commiss toner King, but he denied the charge Magistrate Frazier and Rich ardson opposed the motion, which was seconded by Magistrate Brooks. Mag istrate Frazier said that he inspect ed many of the county roads and , ter than for twenty-five years. The
 mot ion to abolish the office was lost | by a vote of 9 to > King was re-
 nominated for the office by Magistrate l Frazier and he was reelected by ac- clamation.
 When the report of Chairman Tuck
 CT was presented, Judge Gould invited
 Magistrate J. B. Talbot to the chair.
 Mir. Talbot held that the report was
 not regularly drawn and the com
 mittee was given time to amend it.
 The committee merely reported that , it recommended the abolishment of the office. Mr. Tucker made charges
 that the money was not being prop erly expended Judge Gould demand 1 ed thorough in. estigation and said i that he would not pass up such a charge lightly. Magistrate Bogy raised the question as to the author 1 ity of the Levying Court to abolish the office. The law was cited and the matter was shown to be entirely
 in the hands of the Levying Court /, The liberality of Magistrate Rich
 ardsOn, who moved to reconsider a vote by which the T.evyine Court de- clined to make an appropriation of S2,OO0 for the operation and maintain ance of two free ferries, one at Pine Bluff an done at McFadden's Landing. as requested by numerously signed , petition nearly brought a two-thirds vote, making the appropriation
 and establishes the free ferries. Dr. Caldwell. secretary of the Board of Trade, addrssed the magistrates, call ing their attention to the advantages , of the free ferries. Magistrate Frazier , fought the proposition from start to finish, declaring that the ferry was abused and that oftentimes when far mers with cotton wanted to cross the
 river the ferry was crowded with