Franklin County Commissioners Vote on New County Home, Other Business, March 5, 1926

To Build Electric Line. . . Board Confirms Purchase of New Site for County Home. . . to Collect on Note; Many Reports Received, J.A. Creekmore Appointed Road Commissioner, Cypress Creek Township

The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session Monday with all members present, and after approving minutes of previous meetings transacted business as follows:

--Report of E.C. Perry, Superintendent of Public Welfare was received and filed, and upon his recommendation Buck Wilson was placed on outside pauper list at $3 per month.

--Returns for the Epsom school elections were received and ordered recorded. The vote for Special Tax registered 162—voted for 147, against 0. The vote for bonds was the same as for special tax.

--The Clerk of Court was instructed to have a telephone installed in his office.

--$20 was allowed for the burial of W.A. Reavis, an old soldier.

--Report of Dr. J.E. Malone, County Health officer, was received and filed.

--H.K. Perry was relieved of poll tax on account of the loss of an arm.

--Mollie Denton was relieved of tax on account of property being listed twice.

--W.P. Wilson turned in $65 from the sale of a mule at the county home.

--Bob Pace turned in $1.50 for the sale of old bridge timber.

--Report of Dean and Strickland, a committee appointed to select and purchase a new site for the county home was received. They purchased 25 acres of land from Mrs. Emma Perry on the Franklin road at $100 per acre. The report was adopted and the purchase confirmed.

--Report of A.H. Harris, farm agent, was received and filed.

--Reports from the following townships road boards were received: Cypress Creek, Gold Mine, Sandy Creek and Cedar Rock.

--J.A. Creekmore was reappointed Road Commissioner for Cypress Creek township for three years.

--William Terrell was allowed draw back for $2 poll tax listed through error.

--The Chairman and Clerk were authorized and instructed to collect one half of Sandy Creek township road note and renew the other one-half.

--The $30,000 bond for Epson School District were sold to C.B. Fitner and Co., for par, accrued interest and premium of $375.

--The Board renewed $20,000 notes that were outstanding.

--Chairman Strickland and J.R. Jones were appointed a committee to have an electric line built to the new county home site.

--John Hedgepeth, Superintendent of County Home, made a report which was received and filed. He reported 14 inmates.

--After allowing a number of accounts, the board adjourned subject to call of the chairman.

From the front page of The Franklin Times, Friday, March 5, 1926

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