The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
SHORT SESSION
OF COUNTY COURT
TO CONVENE AGAIN MONDAY
FOR UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Court Adopts Report Changing Con-
tract Between County and Bank
That Work on Jeff Davis High
way May Proceed-Large Sum
Necessary To Carry On School
WOrk-RepOrts Read.

way May PrOceed-Large Sum
Necessary To Carry On School
WOrk-RepOrts Read.
The Upton county quarterly county
court met in the courthouse last Mon.
day morning in regular July session
Judge John Y. .Peete presiding
County Clerk C. P. Simonton acting
in that capacity.
Judge Peete's report, which will
appear in our next issue. was read
and adopted.
Superintendent Of Public Instruct
ion Eugene Younger submitted his
report which was adopted. AS re-
quired by law, the school budget as
prepared by the county board Of edu-
cation for the school year 1921 / 922,
for both the elementary schools and
high schools. was read to the court
BY Supt. Younger. The proposed
budget shows that it will require the
sum Of $4,000 to defray the expeh-
SEES Of the elementary schools for
that school year, and the sum Of
$4,000 to defray the expenses of the
high schools, those sums including
salary of superintendent of public
instruction, teachers salaries and all
other expenses.
The court adopted the report Of the
finance committee recommending
that the contract between the county
and the Union Savings bank with re-
gard to the disbursement of the pro-
ceeds Of the Jeff Davis highway
bonds be changed so as to authorize
that bank to pay out said funds upon
check of the county trustee of Upton
county in favor of the state highway
commission for the benefit of federal
aid project No. 30 now under con-
struction between Covington and
Rialto, the checks Of the county trus-
tee against said fund to be drawn in
favor Of the state highway commits
sion for the benefit of the federal
aid project No. 30, and to be in
amounts not exceeding one-half OF
the amounts otherwise deposited to
the credit of said federal aid project
No. 80 by the state highway commits
sion. The check Of the county truss
tee Is to be accompanied by
voucher, letter or warrant, signed by
the chairman and countersigned by
the secretary Of the. state highway
commission.
Esqs. 7. j. Lawrence, A. M Moose
and j. d. Mechanism were appointed
by Judge Peete budget committee,
in accordance with the recommended
tions Of a committee appointed at the
April court to investigate and report
to this term of the court the best
method to be adopted to keep the ex-
penditures Of the different spending
agencies Of the county within the
amount Of the funds realized by pro
ceads Of taxes, levied by the court
for the various county purposes.
The last legislature passed gem
eral act creating county boards OF
education in the various counties and
empowering the several county
courts to elect the members of such
boards. The court passed resolu-
zion dividing the county into the
present seven school districts and
electing the following members Of
the county board of education.
School District No. 1>-E. M. Nc
Bride, term. one wear.
Second School District j. Law
renee, sterfn, two years.
Third School District George r.
Ellis. Jr.. term, three years.
Fourth School District-H. 7.
Cash. term, four years.
Fifth School District--D. r. Tink-
Ter, term, five years.
Sixth School District. j. Mann,
term, six years.
Seventh School District--Josh ].
Miller, term, seven years.
r. j. Patterson was elected con-
stable for District No. 6.
On motion Of ESQ. t. j. Lawrence,
the court passed resolution request
ing the county highway commission
to submit to the county court a re-
port of the cost of lands, ETC., Tor
opening proposed public roads Or
changing public roads, before such
roads are ordered opened or changed
III order that the court may be fully
informed of the cost Of such pro-
posed roads before final action is
taken with reference to same.
Esqs. j. B. Overall and Walker
Ash and Messrs. W. L. Mcbride, j.
A. Green and L. P. Flippin were ap-
pointed a committee to make inves-
tigation and report to the next term |
of the court as to whether the Jeff
Davis highway is being constructed
according to contract.
Trustee j. A. Peeler wa allowed
credits Tor delinquent taxes, errors !
and insolvencies.
3. n. Matthews, S. o. Huey, G. A.
Girdner, B. L. Clements, Ellis Mar
shall and Lonnie Watkins were elect
ed notaries public.
N. A. Selph was granted the priv
ilege to hawk and peddle.
Court adjourned until next Mon
day morning in order to complete
some unfinished business.
News reached Covington Sun
day Of the marriage of Miss Anna
Sherrod, formerly Of this city, to Mr.