The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-25

purposes; to examine the tax digest
of said county; for the correction of
errors; in regulating or fixing fees,
as may be provided by the law; in
maintaining the county chaingang or
the public roads or public works of
the county as provided by law, such
as superintendent, wardens, guards
of convictS and district overseers; in
hXlng the amount of communication
tax or the number of days of work
to be performed in lieu of said tax,
and fixing the per diem of road over
seers as said Commissioner of Roads
and Revenue may deem best for the
interest of the county; in fixing the
time when said Communication tax shall
be paid or the work performed, in
trying road defaulters in accordance
with the law, and to have and to ex-
ercise all the power heretofore vest
ed in the Ordinary of said County
when sitting for County purposes, and
to exercise such other powers as are
granted by law, or may be indispen-
sable to his jurisdiction over the coun-
ty matters and county finances.
Section 8. That the Treasurer of
Cobb County, or depository of said
County, shall not disburse or pay anv
funds from the County Treasury on
any order unless the same shall have
been approved and signed by the
Commissioner himself; provided this
shall not apply to the jury scrip is
sued by the Clerk of the Superior
Courts and others drawn by the Judge
of the Superior Court and Solicitor
General, and orders issued bv the
Ordinary in the conduct of County
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
of said County, to deliver to the said
Commissioner all books and papers
held by them relating to County mat
ters and herein conferred upon said
Commissioners.
Section 10. 1t shall be the duty of
the said commissioner to prepare and
submit report to the Grand Jury at
the Spring (March), Summer (July)
and Fall (November), terms of the
Superior Court of Cobb County, and
said report shall show the exact ad
valorem road taxes collected from
each Militia district of said County
and the per capita road tax collected
in each Militia district; also taxes
collected for building and repairing
bridges, and he shall show an item
lied statement of all receipts and ex-
pendltures and the source from
whence received, and from whom re-
ceived, and to whom paid and for
what purpose same was expended and
the vouchers therefor and also the
number and names of parties to whom
paid out. Such reports shall show the
number and full individual names of
each and every person in each and
every separate Militia district, who
are subject to road duty in the said
several Militia districts in said Coun-
ty, which said report or books shall
Tshow who paid by time on the road.
! Section IL. That it shall be the du
ty of said Commissioner, immediate
| ly after each term of the Superior
Court of said County, to have pub
lshed in the newspaper in which the
County advertising is done, a full and
complete itemized statement of the
county finances, same to be paid for
out of the County treasury for ad-
vertising.
Section IL. Be it enacted by the
authority aforesaid that the twelve
Commissioners provided for herein
who compose and constitute the Cobb
County Bond Commission, shall have
no other power of jurisdiction except
herein provided, and before entering
upon the discharge of his duties, each
of said Bond Commissioners shall
take and subscribe the following oath:
"State of Georgia, Cobb County,
| do swear that l will we'll and faith
fully discharge the duties of Bond
Commissioner for Cobb County, Ga,
during my continuance in office, ac-
cording to law and the provisions of
the Act creating and defining the du-
ties of the Cobb County Board Com
mission, to the best of my skill, knowl-
edge and ability, without favor or af-
lection to any party, so help me God"
Section 10. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid that the
members composing the Bond Com
mission shall have the right to elect
a Secretary from among their mem
bers or outside Of their membership,
if they should so desire. The Secre-
tary shall keep the minutes of all
the meeting Of the Bond Commission
and shall receive and have custody of
all moneys to be handled by the said
Bond Commission as hereinafter pro-
vided and shall disburse the same I'M
der the order of said Bond Commits
sion as hereinafter provided, without
additional compensation to his pres
ent salary.
Section IA. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that with
in ten days after this act becomes eff
fective, said Commission shall hold it's
first meeting and organize. Meetings
shall thereafter be held monthly on
date to be fixed by the Commission;
IL