The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
MODIFIEs THE ORDER
FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS couN.
TIES TO COLLECT PART OF
ASSESSMENTS.
Attorney General Asks For Further
Payment on Amount OF Assess
ment Which He Claims
Railroads Admit.

ic5ll dlhiuB OTuGl VI luC ldlHuduS SSCh-
ing to enjoin the state from collecting
their 1912 franchise taxes, so that the
state auditor may certify a partial as
sessment equal to the 1911 assess
ment to the county clerks, thus re-
quiring the contending railroads to
pay the counties on the same basis
they have paid the state. The roads
will have thirty days after the assess
ments are certified in which to pay.
The order was made on motion Of At
torney General Garnet, who also de-
sired the court to require payment on
the amount of the assessment which
he said the face Of their own plead
ings show they admit.
He told the court it could be dem
onstrated from the pleadings of the
railroads that their franchise values
are greater than they were assessed
last year, and Judge Cochran said he
would consider that at the same time
he opens the hearings of the Adams
and Southern Express Co. cases at
Covington, December g. On that date,
also, he will consider the question of
whether or not the Illinois Central
owes franchige tax. This road AYERS
that 1t has no franchise in Kentucky
to be assessed, and has made no ten
der of any amount to the state or
agreed to pay anything to the counties.
Gov. McCreary has appointed dele
gates to represent Kentucky at the
Conference of the American Society
for Judicial Settlement Of Internation-
al Disputes to be held at Washington,
December 20 and Fl.
They follow: Judges r. ]. Mum,
Madisonville; W.. E. Settle, Bowling
Green; j. P. Hobson, Elizabethtown;
Shackelford Miller, Louisville; John d.
Carroll, New Castle; John M. Lassing,
Newport; Robert ]. Winn, Mt Ster-
ling, members of the appellate bench;
Commissioner William Rogers Clay, Of
Lexington; Appellate Judge-elect G. G..
Turner, Mt. Sterling; Circuit Judge
r. ]. Bugg, Bardwen; w. NJ. Reed,
Paducah; J. T. Hanberry, Hopkins
vile; J. f. Gordon, Madisonville; J..
w. Henson, Henderson; T. F. Birk-
head, greensboro; w. p. Sandige, Rus
sellville: Mckenzie r. Moss, Bowling
Green; Weed B. Chelf, Elizabethtown;
Samuel E. Jones, Glasgow; l. H. Thur
man, Springfield; Charles Marshall,
Shelbyville; Charles A. Hardin. Har-
rodsburg; r. L. Stout, Versailles; j..
w. Cammach, Owenton; F. M. Tracey,
Covington; M. l.. Harbeson, Coving-
ton; Charles Y. Yungbluth, Newport;
L. P. Fryer, Falmouth; C. D. Newell,
Maysville; w. G. HaIbert, Vanceburg;
Allie w. Young, Morehead; Charles
Kerr, Lexington; D. B. Redwine, Jack
son; Andrew J. Kirk, Paintsville; J..
M. Benton, Winchester; w. T. Davis,
Pineville; William Lewis, London; B.
J. Bethurum, Somerset; j. G. Carter,
Tompkinsville; James p. Gregory,
Louisville; James Quarles, Louisville;
Samuel B. Kirby, Louisville; w. H.
Field, Louisyflle; Thomas r. M. Cor
don. Louisville; Walter Lincoln, LOU
isville; w. B. Smith, Louisville; D. w.
Gardner, Salyersville; J. B. Hannah,
Sandy Hook, L. ID. Lewis, Hayden, and
Elem d. Sampson, Barbourville.
Some New Kentucky Charters.
Secretary Of State Crecelius APP
proved the following articles of incor-
poration:
The Board of Trustees of the Lato-
MIA Presbyterian church, Coyington
Incorporators: w. Fl. Gilbert, B. j.
Dressell and r. r. Hardin.
Lexington Real Estate Exchange,
Lexington. incorporation: Bishop
Clay, B. !. Treacy and w. C. Lawwin.
Order of Reindeer of Kentucky, Lex
ington Incorporators: S. c. Miller,
William e. Brayman and John W. Nc
Coy.
Continental Hotel company, Pine
Vile: capital $4,000. Incorporators:
George H. Reece, White Moss and VIII
liam Low.
The Sandy Valley Hardware COM
pany, Allen; increasing capital from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Will Affect Special Acts.
A decision which, if it is sustained
by the Court of Appeals, will affect
special acts for individuals, allowing
private claims against the Common
wealth except for expenses incurred
during the session at which same is
allowed" and authorizing individuals
! to sue the state for claims that they
have been disallowed by the fiscal Off
GERS, was rendered in the Franklin Cir
cult Court by Judge Stout in the suit
of Attorney Charles Carroll. Of Louis
Vile, against the Commonwealth, to
recover $500 attorney fees under an
enabling act passed by the last Gen
eral Assembly. Judge Stout dismissed
| his petition.
Decides Against Injured Inspector.
] The Laurel circuit court was re
/ versed in the case of the L. & N. rail
road VS.. Lee Cook, by the court of ap
peals, and the case remanded for q
new trial. Cook was an engine inspec
tor and crawled into pit under ar
| engine in the roundhouse at Corbin
when jet of hot water struck him
/ in the head and ear and made hin
deaf Cook was awarded $1,000 dam
ages, but the court of appeals said he
should have ascertained whether i
was safe before he went under the en-