The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-01-09
JUDGE PEETEs REPORT

To the Worsl,ipffsd County Court Of
Upton County At Its January, 1919,
Term:
Gentlemen:-As Judge Of your court
and financial agent Of Upton county,
submit to you the following as my
quarterly report;
| have drawn receivable warrants
against all revenue officers for the
amounts reported collected by them,
and / have charged the trustee with
the amounts received from said offic-
ers, on the proper accounts. The
statement Of the First National Banh
ending December 81, 1918, showing
the amount Of all cash on hand, and
all warrants held by said bank,
against each of the several accounts,
are filed herewith as Exhibit CA.
The statement Of said bank, of De-
cember 81, 1918, shows the amount
of warrants held by said bank, against
the county account, to be S23,7O3.56,
and cash ON hand TO the credit of said
county account $5,85959, which, de-
Quoted from the total amount of war
rants held against said county ac-
count. leaves that account overdrawn
17,843.64, and as the tax aggregate
against all properly in the county
IS a few dollars less than S23,OOOUO,
It can be plainly seen that, after de-
ducting trustees commissions, errors
insovencies, etc, together with the
amount mentioned above as over
drawn, you will have less than So
10000 to pay county expenditures,
excepting what may be paid in by
iustiees Of the peace and other rev
enue officers) during each quarter OF
this wear, until the taxes Of 1919 are
levied and collected, the bulk OF
which will not be before February
1920.
And the general school account, as
shown by the statement of the sald
First National Bank on the Slst Day
of December, 1918, has warrants paid
bv said bank in the sum in $64,298.42,
and cash On hand belonging to SAID
general school fund, deducted
S18,729.2O, represents said school
fund to be overdrawn S45,569.22;
in notification Of which
hereby attach the statement
Of said bank, as a part Of EXHIBIT
a. Now, il the total collections
for all school purposes amounts to
IS much as it did for last year (and
/ do not think it will, for the reason
that quite number Of poll tax
PAYERS win not return from the army
in time to pay their taXes) and v
deduct the amount Of all outstanding
warrants from the total amount col
lected for last year, together Wth
trustees commissions, etc, which LETT
about S55,0O0.O0, and there will only
be left something less than Sl0,OOO.OO
to run the schools in the county u1-
til the taxes Of 1919 are levied and
collected, which win not be nnti |
February, 1920.
This Is the third time that similar
conditions as to all Of these funds |
and accounts have prevailed IN the |
last six years.
The tax aggregate Of the Coving-
ton high school for 1918 is S4,6O150,
and the bank holds Sl,050.00 more
warrants against said Covington high I
school, than said tax aggregate for
1918, after every dollar of the 1918
taxes are applied.
The total amount Of overdrHfts
held BY, the bank against all 81 the
different accounts Of the county, as
shown by the said First Rational
Bank, amount to $42,964.04.
The Brighton high school has ST.
1904 of warrants in bank more
than cash on hand
also attach hereto trustees report
If condition OF the highway diatacts,
shich sows that II Of the Is dlstri.ss
re oyerdrawn. and said report is dts
gnated as Exhibit "B."
With the information given above
md the exhibits fiieu, 1t can be plain
Y seen that the financial condition
f Upton county is in a very tieplor
,ble shape. And it achooves this
curt, to realize the trust anal re-
possibility which our constituents
ave placed in our hands, that this
curt has to, in a legal way. provide
he funds to defray the expenses Of
he county, and we should see thot
one Of the spending agencies tof
yhich we have too many be allowed
. exceed the lawful allotments, or
udgets provided in The tax aggre-
ates Of the several funds for the
f"ftant accounts ne s. 4 AMI
,vc hy .llis eei'et after wisely arl /
lrviuily making the SIX r"Y levy, /
u each given year All that sad t
let's or allotments, of TIE said k
must be the measure and +
auge BY which this court, and all T.
her spending agene'cs Of the coon-
Z, must. and shall lie governed. No IL
appropriations Of the peoples money q
,ould be made unless for necessary L
nd needed expenditures, and express y
allowed by law. Y
Respectfully submitted, Il
JOHN ". PEETE, County Judge IL
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