The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-10-13
QUARTERLY court IN
REGULAR SESSION
TRANSLATES BUSINESS
CARRIERS CREEK TURNPIKE is
AT LAST BOUGHT BY TIT:
COUNTY.

Justices Manifest Disposition. to
Look More Closely Into Releases
From Taxes and Road Working
Than Heretofore.
The quarterly court of Maury coun-
ty met in regular session this morn
ing promptly at 10 o'clock with all
of the justices present except Squire
Peay, of the third district.
Among the rst things that cane up
for consideration was the proposition
to buy the Carriers Creek turnpike,
which was done on the proper signing
of the minutes of the company by its
officers, the county appropriating $140
for the deficit in the affairs of the
company.
There was a manifest disposition
on the part of the members of the
court to stop the Wholesale releases
from road working and taxes, and the
numerous cases that came up for con-
sideration were gone into in detail,
and resulted in many of the claims
being disallowed Where claimant
was shown to be earning a good COM
potency or where he was possessed or
fair property the claims were disal-
lowed.
Notalies were elected as follows:
G. T. Hughes, Jr., DR.. j. A. Grove, w.
u. Mcknight, L. H. Hammond, F. E,
Ramon, w. J. Hobbs.
In the consideration of bridges and
roads $3.50 was appropriated to build
bridge ACROSS Poplar Creek.
An appropriation of 1915 was made
to re-hoor the Williamsport bridge.
A committee will be appointed by
the Judge to repair the Hurricane
creek bridge near Glendale, which
has been out of repair and not pass
. able since August.
A committee was appointed to GOV
er the bridge across Fountain cTeel
at Culleoka.
The report of the turnpike commits
:, sion on the Campbellsville pike re
ported that the same was in bat
shape and the gates were ordere'
: opened on the oath day of Septem
: Der.
@ The report of the Culleoka an
Mooresville pike showed the pike i
good and acceptable condition wit
the exception CT the barriers whic
=, had been ordered in at Fodntai
= Creek and one or two other places.
Bridge ordered built acloss Johr
=" sons branch and the appropriate
: made.
The trustees report was orGcre
" read and referred to the committee o
HnRurs.
The county revenue commission
y composed Of J. r. Williamson, W.
Tomlinson and T. B. Forgey, mad
" their report covering the period frol
- September, 1910 to September l, l91
- The books of all the officials wei
found to be in good shape, all we
- kept and reports promptly made.
was recommended that the old re
ords in the basement Of the ecu
IL house be properly cared for, place
on the shelves and correctly labele
:" in a systematic manner. Judge M
~ knight was authorized to appoint
competent person to do this work ar
it will be done later.
The report developed the fact TIL
no revenue commission report OF II
condition and business of the count
J." was on file covering the period S
a. months next prior to September
10 1910 and it was suggested to Il
&c. court that the old commission be ca
We ed on and the report made of reco
az if practicable and possible.
~ - The statement Of the financial co
k diticn Of the county as found by t
ty commissioner was as follows:
So Liabilities.
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