The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-04
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS

49, ANbNA ANONEA1iyA1fAG
The County Court met Monday fol
the regular January session. The
election Of officers that devolves or
the court and other matters made il
g very busy day for the members OF
the court.
Esqs. w. H. Neil and H. P. Cash
were ordered to keep an itemized ac-
count Of income and cost of ferriage
between Richardson's Landing and IS
land 35 and report quarterly.
The report of Judge Stephenson
was adopted and ordered spread upon
the minutes of the court.
The workhouse commissioners
made report showing the cost for
the year 1916 to have been 1851. 40,
and that the LIST district had paid the
county for services 1887, leaving the
net balance paid by county $4,704.40.
The salary of the county superin-
tendent of public instruction was fixed
at the same amount as formerly,
$1,000 per annum. Prof H. H. Robi-
son was elected to the position for
the next term Of two years.
Messrs. n H. Taylor, Of the End
district, and r. u. Taught, Of the list
district, were elected road commits
sioners for the county. Mr.. George
"A. Sanford was elected industrial
agent for the county DR.. Ed Wall
was elected county cattle inspector
The clerk was instructed to buy
new codes for the members Of the
court and such other officers as were
utilized to them.
Mr.. L. Il. Gwinn made a report to
court on the school for the past
quarter.
A committee was appointed to
draft law putting the sheriff on a
salary. 1t was stated in the court
that an effort was to be made to
have the legislature put the price of
board for prisoners at so cents per
day. The present rate is 40 cents and
such an act would add half to our
present cost for board of prisoners.
What this aggregates is indicated in
the amount of the workhouse report.
A motion was made and passed re-
scinding former order of the court
by which the Jail was made the work.
house Of the county. A recent ruling
Of the Supreme Court made the coun-
tn liable for the board Of felons who
were sentenced to the workhouse.
This ruling added materially to the
cost of the workh0use, which the
county now finds burdensonae, and the
s......t - late,,,.. lad - avoid This
If possible.
Al resolution was adopted authoriz-
imp committee to draft two very im.i
portant amendments to the road law.
The first Of these suggested amend
ments Is that the right Of the county
to condemn lard for the purpose OF
I. Changing, strengthening, widening
IA laying out new roads be made
Y, NJ and defined in the statute. The
as it now stands is silent on this
Zion. The other suggested amend
Is that the road commissioners
ie liable for a fine Of from 500
10 for neglect of duty and on
tiOn, ais part of the penalty, de-
the commissioner of his Office.
minimum fine on contractors it IS
ggested be increased from SIS to
NO, the maximum to remain SIS now
s200. The resolution also suggest
bed that the committee be authorized
ID add other amendments that would
suggest themselves, but this was
stricken out by vote Of the court.
The clerk was ordered to furnish a
cony Of these resolutions to accom-
pary the draft of the amendments to
the Upton county members of the
house and senate.
The usual appropriations were act
"a on by the court, There were also
numerous bridge and road orders act
III an bv the court.