The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-10-10
new COUNTY
COURT MEETS
New Members Hear a Very
Interesting Report From
Revenue Committee.
CLERK MAKES AN ANSWER
Trustee is Authorized to Make
Settlement With the Circuit
Court Clerk-County in Squab-
BILE With the Corporation Over
the Supply of Water.


first session Monday, with all OF it's
membership present. The session was
an uneventfal one with the exception
of the report of the board of revenue
which called attention to certian facts
in the Office of the circuit court clerk,
and this report resulted in the adop-
tion of resolution ordering the eoun-
ty trustee to make execution against
the circuit court clerk and collect all
monies due the county; ordering the
fillingof bond by the circuit court
clerk and the collection of outstand.
ing bills.
The full report Of the revenue COM
mittee is as follows:' "
REPORT OF REVENUE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER TERM, 1912.
We have examined the accounts of
the Trustee, Sheriff, County Court
Clerk and Clerk & Master and find
them correct. There are old hncalled
for funds i'm the Clerk & Masters Of
flee OF about S200. 90, which under the
statute should be turned into the
County treasury, and we have in
structed the Trustee to receipt the
CLERK & Master for them.
The clerk of the Circuit Court has
been absent. and we have been only able
TO make a partial examination of the
conditions of his office. We find, how
ever, that he has recently collected the
sum of $4,000 in fines and taxes due
the county, and this sum less his COM
mission, should have been paid the
Trustee on Oct. LIST. We find that
more than two years ago, Rat Ramsey
secured a fine of 5000 and costs, and
that about two years ago, he paid the
: Clerk $54,O0 or $500 thereon, which
sum, in SO far as we are able TO find,
has never been paid the county. The
balance is still unpaid, though well
secured. We find that the Clerk has
received $3.50 on fine Of ,Lemuel
Lindsey which, in. so far as we can
lind, has not been paid the county.
The balance remains unpaid. We
I find from Sheriff Dawson that the
Clerk secured fine Of 5000 cost and
taxes for Chas. Robinson, (col) !,
which is unpaid save $1,000 paid TO
the sheriff From this, we find the
Circuit Court Clers is now due the
County in fines and taxes sum not
less than S305.00, ana which should be
paid Immediately into the County
treasury. There is also in his hands
the sum of about 5000 cost accrued
to former Clerks, but which now be-
longs to the County treasury. We find
that the Clerk has failed TO issue exc
cutions to enforce the collection Of
long past due fines and costs as re-
quired by law, and the same con-
dition Of affairs is true as to the col
lection of State and County taxes in
civil cases. There is due the County
from these sources from S200.00 TO
S3000Q, and steps should be taken to
enforce collection. We haye been un-
able TO find the Clerks County Re-
venue Bond of record, and this matter
Rshonld be further investigated, and if
he has failed to give it, he should do so
now.
We have not examined the eX-parte
bill OF cost sccrueing at the last term
of the Circuit Court for the reason the
Circuit Court Clerk has failed to MAKE
il out. 1t would be a hardship upon
jurors, grand jury witnesses and of
iicers to beicompelled to wait for three
months, and with the courts pernlis-
sion we will go over them, when
made, with the Chairman, so that
warrents can he issued.
Since writing the above. the clerk
has.sent check to The Trustee for