The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-16
BOARD OF REVENUE
MOBILE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB
 MAKES REQUEST.
'. c. Rich Appeared For the Club and Requested Tint Books of County Officials Be Examined-Re-
 ferred to Committee.

Mobile, Feb. 15-(Special.)-A regu- lar meeting of the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners was held to- day. when much business was trans acted.
 J. C. Rich. of the Mobile County Democratic Club. was present at the meeting by request in regard to the proposed examination of the county books by a special examiner. The Commissioners and MT. Rich discussed the matter but no action was taken as to examination.
 Mr. Rich said that four grand juries had made requests that the books of the county officials be examined and he was only repeating at the request of the Democratic Club, the action desired, He said that he had no personal inter- est in the matter in any way and did not care whether the examination was made or not.
 Commissioner Hagan said that the Board was competent to find out any wrong or whether any robbing was be- ing done.
 Commissioner Hagan said that the not believe the examination should be made at the county's expense as the treasurer was paying out a great deal of money to the city and in other things and that if the examination was wanted, let the citizens petition the Governor and have the State pay for the examination, and he did not believe that the examination should be made at the request of individuals. Mir. Rich said that no individuals had asked for the examination other than the grand iuries.
 On motion of Commissioner Hagan, the recommendation of the grand juries Ia other things, was referred to the Jail Committee, with the president added Later, all recommendations affecting the county and made by the grand jury were referred to this committee.
 Leslie Taylor, of the firm of Duggan and Taylor. appeared before the board in regard to the payment of fees and penalties caused by wrong description on the tax maps of the county. ano made his case plain enough.
 Chairman Bauer advises that the pen alties be made and then take up the matter with the Tax Commissioner and have the assessment reduced. The statement was made that tneIe ,Ns something like 1000 eases Of this kinu on the books. After transactlns other business the Board adjourned.
 DetentIOn Home for Boys.
 At the regular semi-monthly meet ing of the Board of Revenue and Roao Commissioners this morning the POP osition to maintain a detention nome for boys here in connectin with the Boys Club, was brought up through the presence of officers and directors of the Boys Club, who plead with tne County Commissioners for aid in the es- tablishing of the home, the Board finally referring the matter to the Finance Committee for investigation and report back.
 Messrs Albert P. Bush, N. R. Clarke, Judge o. J. Semmes, E l.. Russell, Erwin Craighead, l.. r.. Put nam, and Mayor Pat J. Lyons. all rsp- resentlng the Boys Club, spoke in fla vor of the proposition, which was to turn the Boys Club present building into a detention home for juvenile criminals, the delegation asking the county to give s175 per month, $12j towards the maintenance of the home and $75 per month towards the sala- ries of the superintendents Judge Clarke, the juvenile court judge, spoke from the practical side of the propo- sition and heartily endorsed it, stating that the home was badly needed, and he gave facts substantiating his claim,