The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-05-21
WOMAN IS MADE
TAxEQUAIzERBY
The CITY BOARD
MRS. MARGARET BROWNIES APP
POINTED CHAIRMAN OF EQUAL
iZATloN- BOARD.
CITY WILL BORROW LARGE SUM
Mayor and Recorder Authorized to
Foat Short Term Notes AggresatIns
$4,000 to Pay Pressing Floating In
debtedness Of City.

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With the announcement that he in
tended to appoint woman upon the
city board of education the very first
opportunity, and that he regretted
very much he had been unable to find
a woman to assist in the assessment
of taxes, Mayor W. O. Cherry Monday
night appointed Mrs. Margaret Brown,
chairman Of the board of tax equaliz-
ers of the city, and announced that
the salary for this work would be in
Fcreased from two. to three dollars per
day. On the board with Mrs. Brown
will be J. R, Buchanan and w. A.
Qnafterman.
AS tax assessors for the city, Mayor
Cherry appointed E. Yoest, chairman;
w. T. Wilkes and P. M. Wilkes, the ap-
pointments were all ratified by the
board.
The meeting was entirely harmoni-
GUS, and much was accomplished.
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The automobile ordinance, requiring
all automobiles to display license tags
both front and rear was passed on
third and final reading. This, it is I'M
derstood, will require automobile deal
ers TO equip service cars with license
plates just as any privately owned car
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is equipped. However, cars used for
demonstration purposes may use the
dealers license plates.
The traffic ordnance, permitting au-
tomobiles to park on any street In the
city by heading into the curb at an
angle of forty-five degrees was. passed
on second reading,
A resolution empowering Mayor w.
4 0. Cherry, City Recorder Ramon and
City Attorney Webster to borrow on
short term notes $56,5OO to pay press
ing floating Indebtedness of the city
1 was adopted, and this committee was
authorized to go to Nashville, if nee
fssary, to float these notes.
OF the $50, 500 which will be required
for the city, it was stated that $4,000
Of it was to pay for street paving work
that has already been done. There
will he some adjustments to make
With contractors, as it is understood
that on some of the paved streets. bad
places have developed, and these will
| be taken into consideration when pay
.ment is made.
An effort to stop the work of paving
1 Walker street is being made
by the property owners. The
city attorney was instructed to pre-
pare papers, granting releases from
the property owners along the street
to be paved, and from the contractors,
the city already having signed the
contract for thisswork.i fss%sf
City Attorney Webster asked that
he be relieved from making settlement
between city and St Peters Episco-
pal church, he being member Of the
official board of that Church, and
therefore is incompetent to act for
the city. The case in question arose
from the lowering of the grade. in
front of the church property. w. j.
fowler was appointed by Mayor Cher
ry to act for the city in the matter.
Special Attorney fowler, appointed
to act in the Erwin settlement, report.
ed that attorneys for Former Judge
Erwin had replied to the request for
settlement out of court, saying that
they thought the proper place to settle
the matter was in court. Therefore,
said Mr.. fowler, as soon as papers can
be prepared the city will institute pro
ceedings. to recover the amount al
legged to be- due from the ErWins.