The Forrest City times., 1910-10-07
Quorum Court Proceedings.

We have been unable to get mn fo, eills week paper just such report of the proceedings of the Quorum Court as We would like to have given. and as We usually do, or to publish the mes. sage or the presiding officer, report of the clerk, sheriff or other officials. and hence print the following, as a brief l synopsis. Next week we will publish the proceedings in full, including re- ports above referred to- We are in debted to the Chronicle for the use of the following taken from their forms. EDITOR
 The Quorum or levying court of St. Francis county met in regular annual session at the St. Francis court house In this city Monday with County Judoe E. A. Rolfe and County Clerk T. C. Merwln at the recorders desk. The proceedings of the court were harmo- nlous throughout and the several town ships of the county were represented by their respective J. P.'s as follows:
 Johnson township-W. B. McLaren and w. R. Fletcher
 Telico township-C. P. Moore and w. J. Brown.
 L'Anguille township-C. M. Kelly and J. T. Thompson.
 Wheatley township-H. c. Smith.
 Goodwin township Sherman and J. H. Cavanaugh.
 Prairie township-C. c. Warr and F. w., Sulcer.
 Franks township-W. S. Heustiss and F M. Pipkin.
 Griggs township-W s. Thomas and G. W. White.
 Madison township-Ellis Hurley and J. B. Sanders.
 After having been properly present ed to the court and recommended by the county judge the following appro- l priations were made to defray the ex- l penses of the several departments of the county government.
 For circuit court expenses $6,C00. %; county and probate court, S1,000; mag istrates courts, $l, GOO; keeping prison CTS, $2, GOO; assessment and tax books. Sl ,000; public records, $400; keeping paupers, $l,000; roads and bridges, $3, GOO; Madison bridge, S6, orr. 50; coun- ty general fund, $8, ITO 50. The various sums appropriated were taken up and disposed of separately by the court as required by law.
 The tax levy for the ensuing year was made as follows:
 For county general purposes, mills; sinking fund, l-4 mill; roads and bridges, 3 mills; state taxes as fixed by law, 6 3-4 mills.
 The school taxes for the several dis tricts of the county were levied as voted and a , mill tax was levied for the municipalities of Wheatley, PaIes i tine, Forrest City and Widener.
 Quite lengthy discussion was had over claim for $l00, which the two drainage districts, Nos. and ?, held against the county and which the quo rum court finally refused to pay, hold ing that the taxpayers of the whole county should not be held for the debts for an improvement project which on ly benefited a small proportion of the citizens of the county. 1t was the de- cision of the body that they would not pay the drainage claim of Sl2OO until they had to, and motion offered to this effect by Justice White of Griggs township was carried unanimously.
 County Clerk T. C. Merwin and Sher- if W. E. Williams submitted reports showing the balances on hand to the credit of the several funds of the county at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, to be as follows.
 County general fund. $25, 398. 46; county bond interest fund, $1O, 910. 70; county sinking fund, 8, 62; road and bridge fund, $832.23, district school fund, $40. 935.36; county common school fund. Sl19. 9; court house fund, S169. 79.