Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
COUNTY SOLORS Do
MUCH LEGISLATIAG
Court Called to Order by Clerk Hedge
Goth; First Act Was Electing
Chairman.

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that were instituted against Judge S
N. Smith, restraining him from per
forming any of the functions of coun'
ty Judge, the morning of the first day
of court, the court was called to order
by Clerk w. D. .Hedgecoth, who form
ally informed the court Of the con-
ditionS and the first act of the court
as body was the election of a chair
man protein. Esq. J. +. Brown was
ielected by acclamation and the court
proceeded with the following busi-
ness!
The roll was called and all the
justices were found to be present.
The report of the committee, ap-
pointed at the January term to in
veStigate the accounts of the several
officers of the county, was called for
and was read by Esq r. A. Powell.
A portion of said report appears in
this issue of the Chronicle and other
parts of the report will follow each
week until the entire report has been
published.
Judeg S. N. Smith had prepared no
report for the quarter ending March
81 and for that reason the regular
Finance Committee, composed of l..
T. Thurman, M. F. Reed and E. S.
Dunbar, made their report touching
the other officers, but did not attempt
to make any report on the condition of
the books and papers of Judge Smith
pertaining to the quarter ending Mar.
81.
The Finance Committee submitted
eight recommendation to the court
covering certain matters that they
felt would render the accounting OF
the county more easily understood
and at the same time facilitate the
work of the Finance Committee. Fol-
lowing are the
Recomme ndations;
Ist-The Trustee should require all
warrants paid b yhim to be endorsed
by payee.
2nd.-No warrant should be drawn
on more than one fund.
3rd.-All warrants should be ar
ranged in numerical order to facilitate
the checking and verifying Of same
by the Finance Committee.
4th.-All warrants drawn for sal
aries or commissions should state
fully on their face and on their stub
what specific time they cover.
5th.-All county. officers to be check
Cd by the Finance Committee should
have their reports and vouchers filed
in the office of the County Court
Clerk on Tuesday before the county
court convenes on the second Mon
day of each quarter, and have their
records where the committee can
have free access to same while in ses-
ion.
6th.-The committee should be sup
piled with list Of the salaries of all
teachers or persons to whom
warrants are to be issued.
7th.-All warrants which are spoiled
Or void should be pinned to the stub
md no stubs should be detached from
the books of warrants, so the COM
may be able to account for
he disposition of all warrants.
Sth.-All cancelled warrants for
each department should be filed under
heir respective heading to enable the
or any auditor find same !
1t any time without unnecessary
work.
The foreging recommendation were
approved by the court and will be con
ormed to by county officers in the
uture, it is expected.
DR.. w. A. Reed, county physician,
verbal report. He rec
commended some small changes and
at the jail to provide
etter means of sanitation. The rec
lamentations were approved by the
ourt.
1t was ordered by. the court that
he jail be put in sanitary condi-
ion and committee consisting of
,sqs. U. S. Rose, VIM. Woody, Jas.
'ucker and DR.. w. A. Reed was ap-
ointed to carry out the order of the
ourt.
Trustee r. F. Brown was released +
'om all uncollected polls, taxes on t
eal estate and personal property for
1e years 1913, 1919 and 1920, the to- t
i amount of the releases were Polls G
',442: Personal $2,8soo1; Real Es-
tie $I,79566; Total S7.s.3.@. a
1t was directed that the State
ighway Commission make all vouch- y
s covering pay roll of the county O
Trustee and the Road Commission d
aw its warrants to the Trustee for ii
lyment. 1t is in the handling of D
is fund that the Investigating Com ri
ittee reDorts fhe largest shortage in 7,