The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
QUESTION AS TO AUTHORITY Three Mile Branch Ques-
 tion Up. CAN COUNTY PAY DRAINAGE Property Holders Will Be Put to
 Big Expense. A consmittce Is Appointed to Raise . Sum of ss,ooo for Drsinaxe, and the Board of Revenue
 win Appropriate .
 Like Sum. ~ 2
CAN COUNTY PAY DRAINAGE

Whether the County Board of Rev. enue had the power to authorize 2an expenditure for the draining of Three Mile Branch. occupied the greater DOT ton of the attention of the member ship at the regular meeting at the Court House yesterday morning Prop osition and counter proposition was submitted. resulting in the determina- tion of the Board to furnish ss.ooo or more to drain the branch. provided the owners of the abutting property rais- ed $3.o00 additional.
 County Health Oficer pr. Glen An- drews. renewed his proposition that the Board of Revenue back up the County Board of Health in the drain- ing of the branch, while the citizens of Capitol Heights, headed by NJ. B. Houghton, backed up the proposition of the County Health Offcer. with their written and signed petition.
 The County Engineer laid before the Board an estimate of the work show ing that the cost of drainage from the dam to. a certain point below would approximate e3,000. and that with the work needed above the dam the total cost would total something like $5.000. President F1emming thought that the total cost of the complete drainage would reach around s10.000.
 During the discussion of the propo- sftion, T. W. Abercrombie, one of the abutting property owners. asked to be heard upon the matter. and being granted the privilege of the floor, stat cd that the expense of the drainage, If borne by the abutting property own CTS. would fall upon four persons, Mrs. Wyman of Birmingham, Mrs. Walker. the Lomax estate. and himself He argued that 1t was unfair for these four to bear the expense of draining the branch when the great benefit would be given to the citizens of Cap itol Heights.
 He stated that the county had au- thorized the building of the dam and the Electric Park lake, and that if they had such power, they also had the power to drain the same property.
 The board was in quite a stew for while with proposition and counter proposition, but finally agreed that if the owners of the abutting property would raise $3.000. the Board of Rev. enue would appropriate q like sum, or such sum as would enable the com pletion of the work. To this end q committee of M. B. Houghton, chair man: J.. s. Pinckard. J. W. Aber- crombie and E. B. Joseph was ap- puAhbou SO EbtSS the tSsVVV.
 A resolution was then adopted that the Sheriff be required to read the jail and court house electric light me- ters monthly and make a report to the Board of the readings.
 J. H. Cook asked for further time in the making of his report of his re- cent trip made in the interest of the county. The request was granted.
 County Engineer J. A. Bullen was allowed expenses to go to Birmingham with Messrs. Cook and Griel to look over the oil roads Of that section of the State, and to make report of same to the board.
 County Attorney Watts was instruct ed, in connection with former attorney Blakey, to adjust and make settle- ment for a strip of land condemned by the old Board belonging to Mrs. Har-j ris.
 The Board then went into executive session.