The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-10-07

The Upton County Quarterly Court
met last Monday Judge John x.
Peete presiding. County Court Clerk
o. p. Simonton acting in that capac-
ity. The county judges report, which
appears in full in another column,
was adopted, and reports Of Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction p.
Younger. of the revenue committee
and various other reports were
adopted.
The county court fixed the tax
rate on realty and personally for the
year 1920 at S120 on the 500, which
includes the 26-cent tax levy, the
various rates being as follows:
State tax, including all taxes for
state purposes, 26 cents.
County tax, is cents.
School tax, 35 cents.
Highway tax etc.. III cents.
Bridge tax, 9 cents.
High school tax. 10 cents,
School bond int etc. 4 cents
Funding bond int, etc. 5 cents.
Bridge bond int, etc. ! cent.
Total state and county tax rate for
year 1920, $L20
Poll tax is So and privilege taxes
are same as levied by the state.
The above rate Of S5 cents on the
800 for general school purposes is
an increase Of 46 per cent. over last
years tax rate for school purposes
and will raise Approximately $4,000
for general school purposes. whereas
the general school tax of 1919 was
Sal ,67005. AS it is estimated the
county will receive from the state
this year approximately $4,000 for
school purposes, the general school
taxes from all sources, including
Doll taxes, will make available for
general school purposes approximate
III $4,000. In other words, Il the
old 1919 assessment had been adopted
for the year 1920, the tax levied by
the court for general school purposes
for the year 1920 would have been
1892 on the 500. as in 1919, under
the old assessment it was 80 cents
on the $780,
The county high school tax was
increased So per cent. for the year
1920. In 1919 total amount paid by
the county, exclusive Of amount re-
ceived from the state for county high
school purposes, was approximately
S9,257.47, whereas under the 1920
tax levy for high school purposes, the
amount realized for county high
school purposes, exclusive of the
amount paid to the county by the
state will approximate $17,426.03.
Under the old 1919 assessment it
would have been necessary to have
levied 4 tax Of 81 cents on the S100
to have realized $17,426.03. While
this is a large increase in the school
taxes, it was shown by the budget
committee that the budget proposed
BY the county board Of education
would require this amount OF school
funds in order to pay. reasonable
salaries to school teachers in the
county and all other items Of ex-
pense incident to running the schools
for eight months in the year without
sacrificing the best interests OF the
BOYS and girls Of the county whose
welfare demands the opportunity TO
attend public school at least eight
months in the year
The resignation Of Esq. O. R. La
veIle, Of District No. 3, was rendered
Ia the court and was adopted. Esq.
Lavelle, in sresigningl stated that
owing to his private business occupy
ing all his time he found 1t necessary
toresign.
Charles Crunk was unanimously
elected constable for District No. 8.
The court appointed Judge Peete
and Esqs. A. M. Moose and G. W
Beasley to sell the auto truck forrn-
erly operated by the workhouse COM
mission and also a wagon used by
the workhouse commission for trans
porting workhouse prisoners to work
Oil bridges. etc., the workhouse mules
and all other workhouse properly
being turned over to the county high
way commission on September |, as
required by law.
Owing to the high cost Of bridge
lumber the court passed an order
appointing a committee to make q
thorough investigation and to aseer-
tain and report to the January, 1921,
term Of the court the. practicability
and advisability of building concrete
bridges or bridges other than wooden
bridges in the county, the commit
being composed of Judge Peete and
Esqs. c. W. Beasley, J. T. Wooten,
]. E. Walker and Mr., J A. Green.
An order was also adopted by the
court PROVIDING that all lumber for
bridges. whether for bridges under
or over 10 feet long, for which the
court is required to make appropri-
ations must be ordered BY the re-
spective magistrates in the various
districts in which said bridge lumber
IS used. and at least two of the mag
istrates in the respective districts
must approve such accounts for lun-
Der before the court will make ap-
preparation for same. and all orders
passed BY the court for the bullding
Of Ievees and bridges must be strictly
complied with.
Court adjourned until Monday, Dc
tober IS. 1920, when q number OF
road cases viii be tried ard other un-
ts..,of.s4 h,tattooe afIf r. Arke{ unan.