The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07

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Recommend Deferment of Payment
of Road Taxes.
The April term Of the quarterly
county court met Monday morning
at 9 o'clock, Judge John Y. Peete,
presiding, C. P Simonton, clerk, act
ing in that capacity Judge Peete's
report was read and adopted by the
court.
In his report in view Of the fl
naneial condition of Upton county,
Judge Peete urged the strictest
economy, consistent with the proper
conduct of public institutions and
necessary business Of the county in
the expenditure Of the funds Of the
county. The reports of Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction Eugene
Younger and of the revenue commit
tee and of the poorhouse commits
sioners were read and adopted
J. w. Stevens was unanimously
elected constable Of District No. S
to fill out the unexpired term Of F.
Cross, who has removed from the
district.
Esq D. r. Tinker and S. H. Bass
were unanimously reelected mem
bers Of the county high school board
On motion Of Esq. 7. J. Lawrence
the court passed resolution recon-
nending to the county highway com
| missioners. or to the proper au-
thority, and requesting that the en-.
forcement of the collection of 1921
DELINQUENT road service taxes be de.
ferred until August 10, 1921.
An order was passed by the court
providing that hereafter the court
will not appropriate exceeding SEQ
per hundred feet for sound oaR
bridge lumber, delivered at bridge
site, nor exceeding So per hundred
feet for sound oak bridge lumber al
mill, and not exceeding S1.75 per
linear foot where the builder furn-
ishes all material and builds the
bridge, and where the county furn.
ishes lumber and material that the
bridge builder shall be paid not ex-
ceeding SO cents per linear foot.
The court unanimously passed a
resolution that the Covington, Brass
Band be given the use Of the circuit
court room at reasonable times for
the purpose of meeting and practic-
ing.
The district lines of Districts Z
and were changed so as to include
in District No. the farms of w. L.
helms, N. E. Smith and d. C. James.
The following notraries public were
elected: w. G. Upton, S. X. Drum
monds, John Beaver, B. H. Matthews,
r. F. Graves, R. P. Berry, ]. A.
Shelton w. v. Bringle, E. F. Elan,
c. A. Stockley, R, F. Taylor and H.
M. Sweat.
Walter Wood, Charlie Wood, R. S.
Schofield and Sam Smith were
granted license to hawk and peddle
on account of physical disabilities.
The following were released from
road service for the year 1921 on ac-
count Of physical disabilities: O..
R. Lavelle, D. I. Glover, Quincy AL
britton, C. H. Ashe, Jilson Mitchell,
0lion Smith, c. C. Carr, w. w.
Green, A. M. Locke, Will Simpson,
Ollie Ralph S. Luther Glass, Tom
Convey, Johnson McLennan, ]. Oliver
Ralph, Joe Boyd, E. N. Langley, Sam
Laxton, ]. v. Byrd, Rube Davidson,
]. G. Poindexter, A. j. Davis, r. C.
Taylor, VIII Gross, j. D. Harris,
George Goforth, G. Cooper, James
Camp, James Glass, Jr., Boyce Daw-
SIN, Thomas Waddell, George w.
Pool, w. M. Gaines, Willie Coe,
Bright Mashburn, John r. White
horn, O. A. Higgins, Charles Rich
ardson, Andrew Rose, Ira Hill,
Arthur Jackson, w. A. Griggs, Ed
Webb, John Sheppard, D. E. Lollar,
h. 0. lobe, Charles Craig, r. S.
Schofield,- Charlie Lott, Doc Goss,
Claud Ausman, John Walk, j. D..
Salmon and j. A. Anderson.
Esqs. j. D. McClanahan, A. M.
Moose and 7. j. Lawrence were APP
pointed q committee to investigate
and report to the July term Of the
court the best method Of keeping the
spending agencies of the county
within the limit fixed by the budget.
The opinion Of Messrs. Upton &
Upton, who were employed by the
county Judge to render an opinion
as to the liability Of the county for
$942.50, claimed by the Jeff Davis
highway contractors for resetting
13, 100 feet Of fence on the highway,
and for s845.93 claimed by the con-
tractors for building bridges, etc,
across bitches, ETC., along the high |
way, was read to the court and or
dered to be spread on the minutes. |
Messrs. Upton & linton gave it as
their legal opinion that the county,
under the law, was not liable for
these amounts, on the ground that
they found no authority whatever
requiring said contractors to reset
said fenees, and in any event it was
lone without the authority of the
county, and that under their contract
The contractors were required to
in passable and safe
such temporary roadways
md structures as were necessary and
% provide in safe condition an
to Temporary structures
Ind CROSSINGS Of intersecting high
vays, etc. Messrs. Tipton g. Upton I
,lso rendered an opinion that the
,ouutv is not liable for DAMAGES to
growing crops on the right-of-way
= the highway, because such right
,f-wav has been conveyed to the
,onntv. such conveyances carrying |
With them any growing crops there I