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THE Jefferson County Court convened
in regular tenn on Monday 1T last week,
and began the first sessionot the new
year BY electing Commissioner John C..
Burns as President.
Owing TO disagreement in the in
depreciation of the law. the court refused
tofpay County Assessor c. W. Conrad
neutrality-suspicious. for ascertainlpg
and reporting births and deaths ID the
county, during 1911. Similar disposition
was made of claim OF the Assessor for
gathering andsreport1ng crop statistics
TO the State Board Of Agriculture for the
same period An order was entered In
dueform to enabletbe assessor to appeal
to the Circuit Court forlts construction
of the lawon the questions involved.
The Justice Of the. Peace of the county
reported fines, aaaregating $5o4.Ist
imposed by them during the year IoII.J
In this connection the court ordered that
all reports Of zines imposed should be
made out on forms Furnished by the State
Tax Com missioner's office, otherwise
the reports are not 10 be accepted.
Sheriff Wysong returned county orders
that he had paid. These aggregated
$26.oI3 50. County and Circuit Clerks
submitted reportso of fees in their Offices
for the past year, the formers showing
/ 81, 825.5s, and the latter's, $o33.oo.
An order was approved demanding
that Mrs. Lena T. Lucas have public
ferry owned by her on the Shenandoah
River opened for public travel.
The petition for An election to ascertain,
the sense Of the voters Of Charles Town
District in the matter Of bond issue Of
10000 for bridge over the Shenandoah
The Bloomery was not offered to the
court. Investigation showed the,
promoters Of the bridge that the law
under which thev were proceeding
provided for 9 bondissue for public road
Improvement. and not Tor bridges
defect thatswas fatal to such project.
Turnpike Commissioner Mcdonald
submitted the quarterly report Of his
office. Itshowed that he had expended
on the turnpik roads the county from
October !, to Decepber 81, the sum Of
$1,000, 2o.
An offer-was accepted from Charles
l.. Crane 10 bear half the cost of laying
q concrete payment in the jail alley.
between the jail and the Sadler block.
the county to pay bali.
Some dissatisfaction having arisen over
thetime for using the county road roller,
one road, official using it while others
demanded ii. al agreement was entered
into, with the sanction of the court.
allowing the turnpike engineerto have
the machine during August and Febru-
airy; Road surveyor Of Charles Town.
DISTRICT. during,S September and March;
KabIetown District, April and Octobef;
Middleway, May and November; Shep-'
herdstown. January and July, and
Harpers Ferry during june and Deem
Der of each year. 81
Commissioner NJ n Roberts was
authorized hysorder of court to purchase
additional metal shel living for the Supreme
Court Law Library i'd court house.
Attorney Frank Beckwitb. n behalf
of the Law and Order League, petitloned
the court for al appropriation of 500
to assist the League in paying for!
services Of the detectives to pr6chre
evidence against certain alleged boot
leggers. The petition was refused.
a petition Was presented asking the
court to widen the road ten feet between
the Summit Point road and the Eolston
farm now owned BY Marshall Burns, and
N response to il the court appointed
Cotnmissio ners Hetiebowor. Snyder and
Roberts as viewers to report on the
sd VISIBILITY Of widening it It the May
term !,
ID the matter Of the petition Of 81. CT
,Getzenda pnsr and Others for bridge
a6toss the S henapdoa river;
Il is ordered mat it Is the sense Of this
Court thar bridge across the Shsuah-
doah riRer at the end Of the Bloomery
pike. or at such other point as may be
hereafter detef mined, b built and mAin- /
tained BY the county. and as it viii be
necessary 10 issue not more Than $50. 900
Of county bonds to raise funds for that
purpose. II "a ordered that at the general
electionsin November, IgI1. the question:
Of issuing said bonds shall - submitted
to the voters Of the c6pnkV. and the Pros
ecutinP Attorney II hereby directed to
prepafe such orders nd other papers As
may he necessary to have the issuance
ot not more kllan said 10000 81 S per