The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-15
JUSTICES AGAIN AFFIRM |
F0RMER ACTION To. ISSUE
BONDS FOR STATE ROADS.
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ststlt,eht ~ ldse ihitthorne to the
Quarterly Court Indicates That His
opinion ass 10 iissuancs Of obiisa-
tons Has NOT Seen chansed.
\ lTrom Mondays Daily Herald.)
! BY the sa1ne Did vote Of thirteen to
elsyen the county quarterly court this
morning adopted a resolution present
eddy Esquire tInH;o OF the second dis
trict, reatirmins lts former action in
directing the issuance Of half mil
hon dollars Iii bonds for.ithe construc.
ton Of fortythree miles Of highwaya
ID conjunction With the state highway
commission.
+ Except that tine finance committee
OF the county was directed to adyer.
tise and aell them MS called for by the
state highway commission, the sltna.
ton is unchanged, In addressing the
court Judge &hitthorne, who signs
the bonds sdeelafsd that In his opin.
lon the statelbtshway commission had
net yet complied with the law and that
lntil they dtd SO, he INVITED the pro.
ponents of The resolution to meet him
either Ia the forum Of the people or
the courts. -Thls was Interpreted gen
orally thats gadga Whitthorne stands
onsthe issue,tust as.he did before the
iatest action 0t7the court.
Squire Efgiibh. Who led the opposi-
ton to the resolution, offered an
amendment 'tb submit the question of
the issuance ofthe sss0,OoO additional
bonda voted last OCTOBER for the state
highway project, to 4 vote Of the PEG
Die. md that also the question Of
whether Of not that $500. 900 should be
expended on the forty.three miles or
eishty-nine miles 'of main highways,
be ali the same time submitted to a
vote OF the people This amendment
was tabled BY "a vote OF thirteen to
eleven; Onsthe amendment of Esquire
Ehglish to :snbmit the issue to vote
az the people, fhe, detailed vote was
asGoilows: n
4 no table Of against English amend
t1snt Justices Hull, Davis, Denton,
Matthews. Jackson, Ricketts,. Ross.
HARLAN. A Wilkes carr, Guest, Jones.
or. 1Totaksa fss-- H--s.- =
aifptstAhling English amendment
sjifstfcssSss oWeli,i Forgey, Haywood,
Tatfis. Dsrryberry, Harrison, Pinks.
ton Dugger, English, Akin and Stan
GIL. v TetalT III. ..ss
u The risihal resolution of Squire
lfr1l directing the inifnedfate issuance
ofsthe a(5oS,0ao OF bonds as called for
eby.fhs state highway commission and
sshseiaily. that $75.oJv be ISSUED at
TontA 40 sbAspaid over to the commits
siba, was then adopted by the vote Of
s6ifteen ID eleven. The line .up, on this
was 1.-THE same is the vote above, the
thirteen iasticss voting to- table the
EnEissh s6dshdment voting for the
HUI fesollsiSn.
Alxas it;sJ O'clock before the fire.
Wstks Zen ths road question started.
FhS circuit court room was crowded
from the time the court met in antici-
patton ot ING actionacfithe court. The
crowd ssat' patiently through the rou-
the ssbasihess IL the session, Until
Squire Hnni presented his resolution,
Thete lkas d'rolnd OF applause. The
BIZ crowd was almost as equally d.
vided between the advocates Of bonds
ahds the spponents, perhaps the diyi.
sion. heing as close. as that between
the members OF the coaft Both sides
we're noisy and demonstratiye. Chair
man House sof the. state highway com
fiission. Who appeared to answer a
auestIon. was given an ovation. Then
Wh4s Squire English attacked the op,
posotion for refusing to submit, the
matter to q vote Of the people he too
vas given an ovation by the opponents
81 the bonds. 1t. was, however, gener-
ally speaking 2, good natared crowd
and listened patiently 10 the adyo.
Gates OF each side, -,
Under the resolution as passed the
finance saommittee; OF the county, or a
majority thereof is, authorized to ad'
yertlss and sell the bonds. The coun,
ty Judge Is directed to act with the
committee, In their issuance. The H.
nal announcement semen Of the vote Of thlr.
teen ayes st9yeleyen noes on the pass
age OF the resolution was greeted with
cheers and round after roapd of ap,
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