{"id":444,"date":"2010-01-24T04:35:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T10:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2015-03-08T01:20:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T07:20:43","slug":"court-proceedings-june-5-1899","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/court-proceedings-june-5-1899\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Proceedings &#8211; June 5, 1899"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commissioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Proceedings<\/strong><br \/>\nRoanoke Beacon &#8211; 23 Jun 1899<\/p>\n<p>A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Washington county was held June 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 1899 with the following members present: J.A. CHESSON, Ch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m,; J.M. REID, Jos. SKITTLETHARPE.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes of the last meeting read and approved.<\/p>\n<p>A joint meeting between the Board of Commissioners and Justices of Peace was held and the following proceedings had:<\/p>\n<p>Ordered that the following taxes be levied and collected fro the year 1899\u00c2\u00a0 on real and personal property and poll viz:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General      county tax on real and personal property 23 2\/3 c. on each $100; on each      poll, 71c.<\/li>\n<li>Special      county bridge tax on real and personal property 5c on each $100.<\/li>\n<li>Special      county bridge tax on poll 15c and on all other subjects of taxation the      same tax for county as levied by the State, as mentioned under schedule \u00e2\u20ac\u01538\u00e2\u20ac\u009d      Revenue Act of 1899, except where otherwise provided or prohibited      therein, and under schedule \u00e2\u20ac\u0153C\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of said Act section 64 on each marriage      license $1.<\/li>\n<li>And      further ordered that the following State taxes be assessed and collected      under the rules and regulations prescribed by law, to wit: On gross      profits and incomes derived from property not taxed 5 per centum; on the      gross income derived from a salaries and fees, public or private, one-half      of one per cenum on excess over $1,000.00, &amp;c, as mentioned under      section 8 of schedule \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Revenue Act 1899.\n<ul>\n<li>For       general State purposes 2 2\/3c. on each $100<\/li>\n<li>For purposes       of education and support of poor 65c. on each poll<\/li>\n<li>For       pensions 8 1\/2c. on each $100<\/li>\n<li>For       public schools 18c. on each $100<\/li>\n<li>For       public schools 54c., on each poll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Jno. L. BOWEN be released of poll tax for year 1898, he having paid      under the name of J. Louis BOWEN<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that James M. CARTER be released of poll tax for the year 1898, he having paid      under the name of James CARTER<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Willie SMITH be released of poll tax for the year 1898, wrongfully      listed he being over 50 years old.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Henry W. HUFTON be released of poll tax for the year 1898, he having      been listed twice.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that J.H. SPRUILL be released of poll tax for the year 1898, he having      been listed twice.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Emily F. MARRINER be released of tax on 23 acres of land valued at      $23 in Plymouth      township, the same having been listed and paid by Jno. W.H. MARRINER in      Lee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mills township for 1898<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that David C. COBB be released of tax on \u00c2\u00bd acre land valued at $75,      wrongfully listed for the year 1898.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Skittletharpe &amp; Coope be allowed the sum of $13 their account for      supplies furnished poor house and outside poor for May 1899.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that A.O. GAYLOR be allowed the sum of $25 his account for six months      services as county attorney.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that J.C. GURGANUS be allowed the sum of $8.43 his account for 1 months      services as keeper of poor house and making two garments.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Robt. ARMISTEAD be allowed the sum of $6 his account for furnishing      material and painting cells in county jail.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Willis ROBERTSON be allowed the sum of $1.50 his account for one day      as officer of grand jury, spring term 1899.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Jno. L. PHELPS be allowed the sum of $7.15 his account for feeding      jail prisoners, turnkeys, &amp;c, and cash paid for washing blankets,      &amp;c.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Benj. NURNEY be allowed the sum of $5.75 his account for over box      furnished for Annie JENKINS boy and one coffin for Lydia PETTIJOHN.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that the Roanoke Beacon be allowed the sum of $3.50 for publishing      proceedings of May meeting and one notice.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that Jas. A. CHESSON be allowed the sum of $2 his account for cash paid      for getting up key to Mackey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ferry bridge.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that W.M. BATEMAN, S.C.C., be allowed the sum of $9.90 his account for      cross indexing 132 wills at 7 1\/2c. each.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that W.M. BATEMAN be allowed the sum of $75 his account for services      rendered in performing duties of ex-Clerk under order of Court<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that C.J. SPEAR be allowed the sum of $16.62 for provisions furnished Levi      CLAYTON, Levi COLLINS, Thomson BLOUNT and Frederick LITTLEJOHN for the      months of April, May and June 1899<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that W.H. HAMPTON be allowed the sum of $2 for 1 sack guano furnished for      garden at poor house.<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that J.H. CLARK be allowed the sum of $2 his account for 1 days service as      inspector of election in Lee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00c2\u00a0Mills      township Nov. 1899<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that L.G. ROPER be allowed the sum of $75 for building bridge at Shell      Landing as per contract<\/li>\n<li>Ordered      that an order be issued payable to the Roanoke Riflemen, of Plymouth, N.C.      for the sum of $200 for the purpose of bearing the expense of the company      to into camp at some time and place during the summer of 1899.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sheriff and Treasurer made their semi-annual reports, which were audited and approved.<\/p>\n<p>Board adjourned to meet on Tuesday, June 6<sup>th<\/sup>, at which time the jury list was revised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commissioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Proceedings Roanoke Beacon &#8211; 23 Jun 1899 A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Washington county was held June 5th, 1899 with the following members present: J.A. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/court-proceedings-june-5-1899\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-444","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}