The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-05-16

We recommend that Mr.. y. =. row
vloun years and that he be paid com
mission OF 20 per cent on amounts
collected and that the commissioners
clothe him with power y force col
lection OF the same.
We further recommend that the ac-
ton Of the County Commissioners In
employing Mr.. Powell 70 make 4 road
tax Digest Of the county, paying him
$4,000 for this work Is hereby ap.
proved.
We further recommend that the
County Commissioners employ one
ell be employed to collect the uncol-
lected road taxes for 1918 and pre-
man only for collecting the road taxes
for 1919, and that he be paid reason.
able commission and that he be re-
auired to give good and sufficient
bond for handling these funds aad
that he shall make monthly reports
and settlements to the proper officers.
We further recommend that there
be an election TO determine whether
bonds be issued in the sum OF One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars 10
be used with Government allotment OF
an equal amount to be used In paving
roads under Government supervision.
We recommend that the Legislator
and Senator OF Lee county cause to We
repealed all present laws governing
our County Commissioners and pass
an act making and or ordering that
we have only one County Commission
new act /, Mrs. A. ]. bartlett; 2, Mrs.
NJ. w. Long; 3, Eliza G. Price, 4, Mrs.
Jane Holman; s, Mrs. Matte Perdelia;
6. Scala Watson; Z, II. c. Youngblood.
List of pensioners paid in 1913: l.,
Avera, y. G.; 2. Barrow. ]. T.; 3. Cos
ton. ]. j.; 4, Collier, G. H.; 5, Foster,
]. r.; G, Green, A. r.; 7, Mcdonald, G.
W.: &, Mitchell, ]. r.; 8, Outlaw, n.
f.: 10, Perdelia, Joseph, dead pension
paid to his widow IL, Snellgrove, }.
ID. List of widow pensioners for
1919: /, Avery. S. j.; 2, Booker, Annie
g.; 3, Jordan, H. S.; 4, Love, M. f.; D.
Pettis Mrs. Mary F., Stanley Mrs
Rose Ann, dead pension paid TO NJ. W.
Kitchens. Total number Is.
Leesburg, Ga, May 7th, 1919.
To Lee County Grand Jury in session:
We, Nyour committee to examine }.
p. books, beg to report that we nave
completed the work assigned us en- all
books submitted and at hand, and
find them seemingly very well kept.
d. e. PHILLIPS,
r. e. JERNlGAN,
II. SMITH, Chairman.
Committee on Roads and Bridges
We. the committee on Roads and
Bridges, appointed by the Grand Jury
for the Term May, Lee Superior Court
upon investigation and inspection find
that most of the main roads and bI1d-
ges are in fairly good condition, but
there are some roads and bridges that
are badly neglected. We beg to call
the commissioners attention to the
following: The road beginning at the
f. B. Martin place and leading to
Albany and known is the Old Lovers
Lane Road has not been worked but
once in eight years and is badly IN
need Of work. The road from Plains
to Albany Is in bad repair, one bridge
ON same being almost impossible also
road from Smithvllle to Kinchafoonee
creek and road from Smithville to
road leading from Kinchafoonee creek
TO Adams has not been worked since
II was made public road.
Respectfully submitted,
o. l.. THOMPSON,
j. NJ. CANNON.
H. B. STOVALL.
Committee on Public Buildings.
We. the committee on Public Build
ings, respectfully report that we have
visited the convict camp and not find
ing anybody there to guide us, made
the hest investigation possible. We
noted that the stockade was not lock
ed and the corn crib door open. In
the prisoners dormitory, we found
hole burned through the floor near the
Col 4,154.70
Dec. 20, 1918, R. R. Green, Tax
Cal 643.65
Dec. 81, 1918, A. ]. POWELL 1900
Jan. l, 1919, J. S. King, Road
Tax Col - SO2.4O
Jan. 4, 1919, r. r. Green, Tax
Col - 4O.39
Jan. 4. 1919. r. r. Green, Tax
Col - 1919