The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-28

GE0ECls--I.ce County.
Ne. the graad Jtiy fad, sS'erl az
&c ISeseiaetf team " 1919 Lse
Ccunty, Superior Court, bes Leave to
make these, our general present.
.lsl.o5:
IN consideration q lie fact that we
haYe allotment of enc week IN each
2gcg in1..s a. i 81 - i~@ or Ts
Il orr Super ior Court, and that this
term Is rarely ever consumed ~ tne
court, and in order to avoid unneces-
....., .Al...lae, Ne A.i.S ~OIlsu..su JihS
time to- de bert ~ otr Epowledsc
ard belief and W the best Of cur
ability.
~'o ramain AZ $500 a day fof
all juries. -,
funds voted Ter Ia the last rad boni
cic.ticn b. uied for no oth1f purpose
thaa those 81 eciIlcd designated III IN
bond election ticket and that nogfiaG
but standard roads De bH'lt-
We also recommend that our 2 W.
ho.la ma pfclhi-es b. kept N oy-tcf
condition, that they appear N bad or,
der ard arr rot sanitary r. all and
we earnestly recommend that com
.s.. ,..4..l Dc iArcu aad PAID q
suflc3eyt aE.ry. that he can gre rs
.yhoie tim. a. this work and he re-
ru!rcJ &c sep me said court house
IN . 'e4aieeq =, sanitary con1ltion
,s va. X T. ha.ped Of the appearance
of Che DacE yards at this time. we
also reco,nr1cnd that the sheriff look
after this and that he be not meIest-
ed or hindered in his official duty.
We also recommend that our Coun-
tv Commissioners be given the au-
thority to hire farm demonstration
agent under regular terms as here
tofore complied with in employing
farm demonstrators.
We recommend that our County
Commissioners be authorized to put
the Solicitor of City Court on sala-
nv basis and that he be paid S74.0O
a month.
We also recommend that our
County Commissioners give the Coun--
" Solicitor the refusal of such legal
Business as may necessarily come be-
fore their body Of and nature that the
county niay be Interested Ill.
We recommend that our Commits
gioners retain man after Mr.. Kings
terra shall expire TO look after our
tick eradication and this man be re-
ulired to collect the road taxes.
II coming to our knowledge that a
vacancy would occur in our County
Commissioners on January !. LIST, we
b@Ue. elected Mr.. w. Lee Childers for
this vacancy.
We recommend that these present
n1ents be published in the official or-
ran Of The county and a reasonable
f,i;ce be naid thereof.
Herewith attached are the various
ne1.. OF the County Officers which
- .-al, :, ,as.,r If thoqn pc t7s~Y' nts
Resort OF Road Tax Collected.
An -. uti.ecCeu 10 N~Vcl.4';iG =
81 1919 -.- ,r~..-.-...- $50 ~
Amount turned over to Treas ~ :,
utef. RECEIPTS hereto ..-.-~.~ z'4oO'o'
Balance in I4eesburg Banks $1,000
certify that the above is true ant
correct CONF rs per my books
Nespe j. 3. MCBRIDE.
Warden Lee County, &c
Witness:
This November 4th, 1919 ~
Collector for T. d. Mcbride
PeDort of Road Tax Collection.
Amount collected to November
9Th 1919 ......S2 1880
Amount turned over to Treas
orer. Receipt sieretc-..-..,..,. Z.A03.0S'
P9lcnco in Rank Of Loesburg $ 1890
This 9Th day Of November. 1919,
U. r. KING.
i 8. English, Q. X.
GG0RClA--Lee County.
IN flee Of Commissioners OF keoads
ard Revenues, Lee County, Ga.:
To the Honorable Board OF Grand
Jurors. Lee Superior Court, NO
vember Terra 1919.
We. the commissioners ci Leg
county. Georgia, beg leave to submit
the f3il wing report to your honor-
able body:
>ompetent suggestions of Former
.J,uy as to the sale of County Farm
and Identification Of the Court House
Yards.
Our reason for not selling the
carn1, was that we thought we could
mako II pay under & new mode CT
farm no: A cram farm. With th's
iAca we planted the same to gram
and have produced this year. 1000
bushels of Oats and sufficient hay to
su0ply our Camp for the coming
ear. nv this change we have been
.,Nc To dispense with tho services II
nm cverseer and have bean ahl@ to
keep mules and convicts on the rrad
Cor the whole time excn'9t ah| W
twenty DAYS. We have netted over
40 per cent. on the investment upon
> valuation of $4,000 per acre for the,
lard ard we feel like this was the
best course to persue until the price
&c SOD ctu@ v'ae reducNd
Our reason for not having cleared
off and beautifying the Court House
oro,,nSs was hecaure we have had
r,ost urusual wear for road conStruc-
ton and upkeep. and that our fore
Mas been so small, we thought it OF
greater Importance, since one hid ~
90 updone to leave off the Court
House work for the benefit of better
and cheaner transportation hnWcNer
since we have had some additions vs.
Gently to our convict force, and some
dry weather we will soon be IN share
to do this work without serious con-