The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-01-07
OBION COUNTY COURT
QUARTERLY MEETING
Taxes Delinquent First Monday il
April. Supt. Vaughn Reelected.

quarterly session Win the IOlloWinS
proceedings:
The first order of business was the
election of County Superintendent of
Public Instruction. Nominations of
B. A. Vaughn, C. S. Fowler and Miss
Ethel Henderson were made. Point
was made against Miss Henderson
that she had not qualified at the reg
ular examination provided by the
Department of Education. The ques-
tion however was finally decided to
the effect that this did not legally
bar her from the election, that the
Law did not prevent her from quail
flying after the election. The ballot
ing proceeded with Mr.. Vaughn and
Miss Henderson in the lead, first Mr..
Vaughn and then Miss Henderson,
there being no election until the
fourth ballot, when Mr.. Vaughn re-
ceived the necessary majority of all
the votes cast by the court, giving
Mr.. Vaughn II and Miss Henderson
Is. Mr.. Vaughn was declared duly
elected for the ensuing swo years,
the salary having been fixed at
$1,000 a year by previous vote.
W. T. Stover was unanimously
elected as County Surveyor for the
ensuing four years.
Dorrel Harris was unanimously
reelected as County Ranger for the
ensuing two years.
j. j. Wells and G. G. Marshall were
elected to succeed D. A. Dean and G.
G. Marshall as County High School
Directors.
J.W. McCorkle, w. j. Davidson and
r. C. Reynolds were duly elected
Courthouse and Workhouse Commits
sioners for the ensuing two years.
Notaries public were elected as
follows:
J. r.. Mills, H. E. Williams, R. B.
Latham, F. r. Robertson, w. J. Hop
per. C. C. Lasley.
L. C. Caldwell was elected to fill
the vacancy for Constable in No. 10.
By a resolution offered by Justice
McNeill the election of district road
commissioners was deferred until
such tine as the proposed new coun-
ty read law is passed by the General
Assembly.
1t was ordered that the Trustee be
instructed that the tex books of the
county should not be placed out for
delinquent tax until the first Mon
day in April, 1921.
A motion that $500 be appropri-
ated for home demonstration, pro-
vided Miss Luther would accept the
position, was lost.
BY O unanimous vote the Repre-
sentatives from Obion County in the
General Assembly were instructed to
have as provision of the proposed
now road law five highway commits
sioners.
From a financial report made by
Judge Wadell the total expenditures
of the county for the year 1920 were
$63,848.15. Total receipts from all
sources will be s55,998.15. The bal
ance was $3.50. The expenditures
included j. P. per diem. charity.
maintenance of county farm and in
mates, circuit court costs, prisoners,
asylum patients, elections, tax equal
ization, audit, insurance, coal, water
and lights, tax releases and sales,
trustees commissions, levees, roads.
bridges, salaries of county officials,
etc. Collections included general
taxes for 1919, also railroads and
utilities assessed for 1919, collections
from county officers in revenues,
ETC., fines collected by Justices, in
tere5t, etc. The totals are tabulated
as follows:
oBIoN COUNTY FOR 1920.
Expenditures $63,840.l5
Collections ........... 55,9SS.lo |
Balance ........,.. $4,000
! p Attendance ..... 2S3.3O
Andy L. Giffn, H. P. Naylor, AL
wyn Brevard, T. M. Flaek, F. r. Rob
ertson, ]. A. Jackson, 7. P. Palmer,
w. A. McNeill, G. D. Summers, ]. w
Yarbrough, d. H. Burnett, c. w Cur
ry, T w. Cunningham, e. L. Bowers,
J. C. Walker, P. III. Carroll, G. M.
Montgomery, H. A. Moore, H. B.
Fleming, w W. Pierce, ]. B. Skin
ner, J. D. Mcbride, r b. Gantlett,
]. w. McCork1e. r. c. Reynolds, A.
K. Wells, A. NJ. Moultrie, J. w.
Buchanan, s. A. McDade, ]. H. JON