Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 51
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, November 16, 1907
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COMMISSIONERS ORDERS
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Court Finds County Not Subject
To Fee Bills.
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       Ordered by the court that the resignation of W. M. Martin, justice of the peace, Precinct No. 8, be and is hereby accepted and B. E. Clark appointed to fill out his unexpired term.

       Ordered by the court that the report of G. M. Yates, manager of the county poor farm, be and is hereby approved.

       Coming on to be heard the guestion as to whether county officers of Falls county are under the operation of the fee bill as regrds the maximum amount of fees to be received by them, and the law being investigated and discussed, the court is of the opinion that said officers are not under the operation of the fee bills, so far as the maximum amounts received by them are concerned, and it is so ordered and held by the court.

       Ordered by the court that Mrs. Heckel be and is hereby allowed $5.00 per month.  Also Caroline Neton, $3.00, payable to W. Y. Atkins, beginning Dec. 1, 1907; also Mollie Ables $5.00 per month, payable to John Hunter, beginning Dec. 1, 1907.

       Ordered by the court that two commissioners, J. J. Fulton and T. E. Battle, be and are hereby appointed a committee to let contract for driving piling in the Brazos river to protect the Rockdam and turnpike bridges.

       Ordered by the court that Wm. Gameson be and is hereby allowed $2.43 on county's portion of taxes as errors in assessments.

       Ordered by the court that Saturday, Nov. 30, be and is hereby set apart as a special session of this court, the purpose of which will be to receive bids for the hiring of county convicts for the year 1908, contract to begin Feb. 20, 1908.  It is further ordered that this order be published as a notice to the public.

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Accounts Allowed.

       The following accounts were allowed by teh commissioners' court:
Martin Co., stationery--$   7.50
Clark & Courts, stationery--283.75
The M. P. Exline Co., stationery--25.00
Geo. D. Barnard & Co., stationery--15.00
Hill, Keliner-Frost Co., stationery--349.60
W. P. Hunnicutt, work--6.00
J. W. Gresham, holding inquest--5.00
D. J. Wilkerson, labor, etc.--291.56
Wright Hardware Co.., mdse--111.79
Hugh Moore, bridge posts--17.28
Uright (sic) Hardware, Co.., jury fee--3.00
J. A. Davis, V. S. , medical services--15.00
Dr. J. B. Burford, post mortem examination--10.00
J. D. Lamar, inquests--10.00
Kincannon Bros., lumber, etc.--103.31
J. J. Fulton, culvert, etc.--84.08
J. W. Truitt, 8 cedar posts--2.40
P. N. Dilworth, bridge work--14.35
Geo. A. Hodges, pub. fees and account--28.50
C. H. Leuschner, lumber, etc.--263.45
Poulson Bros., merchandise--3.00
C. A. Berry, lumber 100.85
Rosebud Lumber Co.., lumber 456.75
J. E. Davis, holding 2 inquests--10.00
Finley & Dupuy, material and bridge work--26.05
E. Landrum, hauling and bridge work--25.00
F. E. Smith, acct. G. M. Yates--12.85
W. P. Dashiell, 7 inquests--35.00
Allen-Curry Lumber Co., lumber--112.61
Alexander & Epstein, account--1.60
A. C. McBride, claim for jury fee, McBride vs. I. & G. N.--3.00
R. W. Phillips, sundries--48.35
W. S. Smith, account--3.50
S. J. Davidson, jury fees--3.00
Curtis & Co., merchandise--4.20
W. W. Hunnicutt, surveyiing--10.00
Nettles & Holloway, mdse--5.00
Futrell Lumber Co., lumber--334.52
A. W. Eddins, salary--375.00
Rush, Gardner & Bartlett Co., merchandise--160.33
J. Faudi, inquest--5.00
W.M. Gunnell, merchandise--51.78
Gunnell & Maffett, merchandise--7.60
Wm. Cameron & Co., lumber--486.45
W. L. Warrock, stationery, etc.--73.00
Markham & Reese, lumber--489.45
C. W. Brown, lumber--28.76
Markham & Ainsworth, lumber 200.00D. H. Boyles, trial feees--201.00
Bunch, Adams & Co., mdse--21.14
J. C. Kennedy, services on road--90.90
J. M. Kennedy, printing--63.25
J. J. Fulton, road services 83.30
Mann & Scott, account--11.35
Smith Drug Co., account--29.00
T. G. Fountain, lumber--269.80
Asbury, Pender & Co., account--6.00
Nash, Robinson & Co., lumber 450.63
O. C. Johns, road services--90.75
T. E. Battle, road services--90.00
E. P. Hutchings, stationery--28.00
Tom Connally, account--10.00
M. J. Poole, account--389.70

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