The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-07-14

The second charge the effect that
the County Road Commissioners
Quarters during the reported enormously
miles OF road built by the Work House
Mcks the County Surveyor shows
of miles of road built from October by County
Work House practically reported by County Commits
sone IN their published to the County
Quarter There certain roads built period
road leading Thomas County n which Mr. Wilkes
did not include in his measurements
charged that certain pieee
road in the Fourth Civil District through
crushed stone and that economically out
the gravel We found by sufficient place
not suitable for making permanent
charge Wilkes in regard to the work dns
on the Columbia District that the road
law OF Maury County gives the County Road Commission
any County funds and we are
therefore not in position whether this
member of the County Road Commission had
been acting separately and independently
his division
mission directing the affairs in
We found investigation
the them
Of their respective Districts and in each case
these Commissioners doing they authority
from the County Road
County Road we failed find ap Minutes this In
connection with this think
County be kept By
Secretary The Road Commission have testified before this Conmtes
a at different authorized
teams
We find that present District Road Commissioners N Wooad and
G. ExDistrct Commissioners Pinkon H.
Murphy and W Kirk have from
to work the roads of their Districts violation
Maury County
Wilkes regard
Justices the trading
and Road affairs found neither officials
Road officials have violated dealing
of Justices of the OF
Mr. Wilkes charges that Mr. Hight member
Commission County
in of
year 1911 Mr. Hight then member
sion contract l.. Gillian, Mr.
liam his teams and for period that
year this
latter Of the 1919
1st 1916 which Hight
commission mr. % ao ne the teams ~h'cn ne mad leased rom MR.
Mr. Phkston then Highway which
being built the Fourth District also found that Hight that
'n was ns ese teams 10 WORK on the County Highway and taat
The Gillian
$500 day. which said Gillian retained his
the impossible
Road Commission during this time
the work without using the of Mr. Gillian
peponderan evidence
he
and that than instance
these Taking
submitted the opinion that there build
ling this read conditions which reached the
Hight
did not violate the law in this
the investigation the whole
Mr. Murphy member of the Maury County Road Commission did
December
Nov 49, 1913 before he became member Of
period
privilege hiring this
days work done the team Mr. Murphy $3.50 Wise
the remainder his
team Murphy County
Murphy received so per day for the services Of the team while on the
hiring
leased authority
the Maury County Road Commission do b.. -
the opinion in Road
of Mauy County giving member of the Commission
to the County condition emergency
During the investigation of Work developed
number of feeding camp
selling
roads shown, that
that they ftened
While find law prohibiting the
House. of the practice continued the
derived from the sale hogs should
handled
opinion that the County use all
say
evidence graft handling
do positively
future be turned into the County Treasury
this
msapprepr
. luon oil official
submit
i of Respectfully Submitted,
= JOHN M. DAVIS
y CHARLES s. JACKSON
=i W.