Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-22
ASKS FOR WRIT
 OF CERTI0RARl ASKS FOR WRiT .,.. .... ...... Judge Grace Will Hear Alp plication in Court This
 Morning.
w A N ITS INJUNCTION
Makes Usual Charges of lrregniari- ties and Fraud Figures Leave
 No Bridge People.

prOJec, and ill hopes of preventing the building of the enterprise, T. H. Col li;r yesterday filed a petition in the Jefferson Circuit Court against the Board of Directors of the Jefferson County Free Bridge District, ln which he asks Judge A. B. Grace to issue writ of certlorari, order the Board to present all petitions in court, to- gether with protests, l.st Of alleged forseries, lepeaters and non-property afzt,'3. The ylaintiff a.so prays for a temporary restraining order and asks Judge Grace to hear testimony
 s .3!5 lie record, quaza the fipd- ing of a majority by the Bridge Com mission and perpetually prohibit the directors from carrying out the pro- visions of the Free Bridge act
 The petition will be presented to Judge Grace this morni2 at II o'clock in the Circuit Court. At that time Attorneys J. H. Carmichael and Asa c. Oracle, of Little Rock, counsel for the plaintiff will argue for the writ of certlcrari and restraining order. The application will be strenuously opposed by Attorneys M. Da.laher and N. J. Can't, of the firm of Cole man and Can't, counsel for the Fridge Commis ssion.
 In his petition the plaintiff makes the usual charges of irregularities and fraud, He recites that ola August 17 the Board of Directors Of the Free Bridge District fraudulently and falsely found that there was major ity cn petitions for the Free Bridge. He charges that the finding was ir- regular and void because of many reasons, which he gives as follows:
 Because the directors are without authority and power in law to make such a finding; because facts do not ity of property owners are opposed te the Free Bridge; because many are not owners of real property with i'll the district; because there have n1y ho are repeaters; because some names were placed on petitions without au- thority; because many who signed for Free Bridge asked that their names be withdrawn; because pro- test against the Free Bridge had been filed.
 It is further alleged that the tax payers Were not given a fair hearing, the pGlls being closed on the first day the Commission met It is charg- ed that the Commission refused to make count or examine the with drawals in the presence of the tax Pd9 9Cl , Hol NOulu lHC IoOdlu SlFS the names of clerks who made the count for them or consider forgeries.
 Further the petition reads: "The Board refused to give the protesin g taxpayers time to prepare their de- fense and protests, and refused to consider the question as to whether he names of the persons appearing on the petitions asking for the build- ing of the bridge, were in fact real property owners, according 10 the as- sesscT's books or tax books; but closed the hearing, after the chair man had announced that all the mem- bers Were honest and had been fair (which statement was silently ac- quiesced i'll by each member of the Board), by the reading of previously prepared announcement of lAi jority.'
 The petitioner alleges the facts to be that the certificate of the county clerk shows that there are 6 006 names of real property owners on the assess cm's books, without repetition or du- plication, and z5s unknown. property owners. He charges that there are mere real property owners than the number certified to, because many are the same men. The railroads, t is stated. are not in the list. nor all the churches, including the Cath ollie orphanages and schools.
 The petition says that 2,SsO have signed for the Free Bridge. It is charges that 125 of these are repeat CTS, Pig fcrgeries, BIO ask for the withdrawal of their names, 800 filed protest petitions who also signed for the Free Bridge and 1000 are not property owners.