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Home My WebLink About1939-01-09-0900AM-Regular' f Court met in a Recess meetin8 W~th Co M. Orahmn, ~. A. Rych~lk and M. B. 'Pa~ker, sioners off Precincts Nos; 1, 2, · 4, respectively, motion ~de t9 approve bo~s: A. 3. Ware, $50~.~ New A~terdam Casualty Com~, ~. F=ank W~ $5000.00 American Inde~ity Coapa~, ' C. M. Om~ County '~30~.00 Col~b$a Casualty Compa~ ~ R~d Co~[seloner $1000.~- to ~e Co. ~. A. ~o~k Cowry Co~seloner ~000.00 N~ York Casualty Co ~ Road Co~ssion~ $1000.00 to s~e Co. ~.' B. Parer $~0~.00 Cowry Co~$ssloner to ~ers Lloyds off Texas ~ Rca4 $1000.~ to s~e oo. Mrs. W. r. Neeler Cowry Superintendent for $10~.00 Standard Accident ~. 9f Zolly co.table of rreet ~4 f~ $1000.00 by C. ~. Sones ~ H. O. Far.ca ~. T. ~ford $,10~.~ by ~.W. B~rows, L.M. Thompson,~b~t Fuqua ~r Bethea $~5~.~ by The ~ployers Lta, bility Assurance Corporation Ltd. ~. ~. Tat~ $41~.~ to State by The ~ployers L~abil~ty Ass~anoe Corporation ~. E. T~tu~ to the Cowry for $20,000.~ to s~e ac. ~. G. ~inkert to A. ~. Ware ~r $500.0~ by ~. I. Barron,' F. L. Henderson.~ 0. M. ~p~ $500.~ by ~loyd M~re, A. ~. Mc~ain, motion o~ied ' , . Moron made By M. B. Parer and seoO~ed by C. ~.' 9~ that ~t~[ ~th~ ~a. Berdle M~ray be paid 912.~ per mo $7.00 house rent ~d $5.~ subsistence. requisition. Motion c~rled. '- , Motlon ~de by ~. B. P~ker seco~ed by ~. A. Hyo~tk to a~ ~lbert per mo. w~thout requisition' Motion carried " ~ ~otton made by C. M. ~mham and ~eoo~ed by M. B. Parker ~ ~nspeo~ the Zt~ pre6ent ~ition ~tton carried. County Clerk. : ' '~anuary Term off C~rt Be it remembered that thee was begun and holden a re~r te~ off 'at the Co~t House In Bryan Brazos Co~ty Texas, on ~an~ry 9, 1939 the foll~i~ ~,~.A, ~ohlik,. Corn Preot ~2, Fred A. ~ehrman, Com. P~ect ~3, M. B. P~ker~ .~o~t met in re~[~ ~eting: F~d A. We~an qualified'as co~iseloner off ~i~ ~de al~ m~bers pre~nt '~ Motion mdc By M. B. Parker ~d seceded by ~'re~'A. ~e~mn ~ approve report o~ the e~enditures off ~92.63, leavi~ a beleme o~ ~8.82 '~s. ~. L. C~., reli~ aaency Motion ~rr~ed unanimous~ ' ,~M~tion ~de'by M. B. Parer an~ seconded b~ ~. A. Ry'ohlik to appro~ the Bonds: ~:e~ A. Weh~n, $1~0.00 to the ~ounty ~ud~e as Co ~ad C~issioner,a~ I \ Roy ~ontgomery~O000,~O to A. 6. Ware Co ~udge, E. J. F. urten Constable $500.00 to the Oovernor cf Texas. Ross Banana Constable to the ~overnor of Texas, ~ohn S. Royder ~ustlea cf the ~eaoe $1000.00 to A. -~. Ware County ~udgeo ~otion Carrtedo ~ ~otion mede by C. ~.~o Orahna and seconded by Fred A. Wehrman to be appoeed to the ~' After oonsider.-~on the application of Co. l~enlth Offioe~'s motionmade to appoint Eunnioutt as county Eealth ~fficer cE Brazes County. TheCourt voted unanimously$ to be paid ~k3OO.O0 per year, or $25.00 per mont~ without requtni tics motion carried. .. - ~otion mad~ by If. B. Parker end seconded by C. ~f. Graham to have the new County ~hed wired for lights motion carried. '~otion made by C. ~. Oroh~ and seconded by ~. A. Ryohlik to instruct the Tax Asseees Collector to take cattle on inventory st $10.00 each and also to have all land8 t~t are. platted by Public ~ecorde into Lots & Blocks be assessed as per plat; & also get th e persona~ pro- party on t~s invent~ry & also have the Poll Tax assessed and wh'en Poll tax ia assessed · & collections and also the Abst. Books be b~lar~ed motion carrie~ unanimously u6t~'~h made tb ~eceas until 9 2. U. ~an. lOth, 1939, motion carried. ~an. 10th, 1939 - Court met in Recess },~eeting with t~ree members present, C.~. Orshem Co~. Prect ~1, ~. A. Rychli~, Co~i~ Preot ~g, ~f. B. Parker, Cam Prect preset, ted to co,crt by County ?udge. ~lotlon ~otion mdc by M. B. Parker & ascended by O. u. ~m to appoint Henry ~chultz Care Ta~sr & c~n;ral helper e a ~ary cf $~o.~o per month ~d to live in the House t; ~.~:~ok after the County equipment as oheckin~ out and oheok~ng in equi~nent and also usin6 County ,/ gasoline and oils. ~tion curried. Motion ,~do by C. ~. (;n~ham end seconded by do A. Rychlik to extend tho contract of · ~o ~o Prichard Delinquent Tax collection A6ency contract off which e~pired December ~l, 1938 to Nov. ~0, 19~9~ss per original contract, ~,~otion carried unanimously TH'E ~TATE OF COUntY OF BRAZO~ ! KNOW ALL ~.IE;~ BY TP~.~E P~7~.e.: That v/sarans, the Commissioners' Cou 't of Brazes County, Texas, after examination of the Delinquent Tax Records of said County! de~ it advisable and to the best interest of said .County that the taxes shown delinquent thereon ~e collected, a-q said Commissioners~ Court des[res to secure the enforced calleo=. t~on of said delinquent taxes, together with such penalti~s and interest an have accrued thereon to date, and, WHEREAS l, Lamer Bathes, the duly elected, qualified, and acting County Attorney of said Brazes County, Texas, do not have adequate time to devote to the enforced collec- tion of saXd delinquent taxes, due to the fact that other duties of my office consume all time available. NO/~, T!IEREFORE l, L~mer Betbea County Attorney of Brazes County, Texas, es aforesaid' do by th~se p~esents waive and forego'_m.v right to represent the County and the State in the enforced collection of said delinquent taxes, pchnlt~es, end interest. Witness my hand th/e 9th day of ~any A.D. 1939. Lamer Bathes, County Attorney Brazes Oounty,Texas.' COU}IT~ OF BEAZ03 ! I, Freak Worsh~n, County Clerk of Brazes ~ounty, 'Texas, do hereby cart&fy that the above and foregoing instrument .of writin6 is a true end cerreot oo~y of th~ Waiver of the Coun. ty Attorney, Lamer Bethea; presented to and accepted by the Cam- ' t ,445 ': miss.Xonera' Court of Brazes County, Texas, convened in Regular. ~eesion on the 9th ':" , ,.:. day of Fanuary, A.D. 1939. as show~ from the original no~ on file in my Witness eLy haffl and official seal of office this 9th day of ~a~uary ,.~ ,.. (SEAL) :.' Frank Woraham, County Clark, .Brazes County ,.-. INDEI TO PA~A6~APHS AND SECTIOI~ CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELTNQUENT TA~...~ . 'f., .:.'.' ,.[ .'..' Brazes County o- ' Notice to County Attorney ~ , . . ,- · . Contract deened Necessary . Law Reliance' ' Suitable Party, No official contraction with county Co~. ractin8 Parties Nature of Service and Taxes covered Call AttentiOn to Errors Comunicate, ~ail notices, File suit Furnish Abstracts where necessary . , Assist County Attorney in Preparation for ~u t Furnish at Own Expense C~mpensation Con~ttnEent on Collection, Not to Exceed Penalty and Znterest .Time for which contract is Drawn Bond sssond party to make report Percentage Paid or placed in Eacrc~ ~'und by Colleotol. ' File ~i~h Tax Collector Copies of Conanunications, Notices, ets, Gontract Not Transferable ,¢omnissionera, Court of Furnish space County officials to Cooperate with ,~econdparty ? ,:. ~.,, Note: All contracts for the collection of delinquent Rtate and County taxes. , ~. ~ should be uniform in make-up and shou]~ be exectbed in triplicate, or quadruplicate ,, if fourth copy is desired. , The ~omptroller's Departnmnt keeps a mimeographed s~pp. ly of the form of contract prepared under the direction of the Attorney ~,~. General and the ComptroLler and connties desiring to enter 'into such contract ars · ~ reque, sted to secure and use this form. ' · ~ CONTRACT FOR TEE COLLECTION OF DI~I}IQUI~IT TAXE/I ~tE STATE OF TI~,ASl -~..% ,,,COUI~ OF BRAZOS ] KNOW ALL ~ B~ T~E PRES~8: W~REA~, t~e Com~-issXoners" - County ,:~-~ Court, after hevi~ given notice to Lamar Bsthea,/Attorn~y of Brazes County, and ".~, havin~ received from him a written star.ant waiving his r~t to the 30 day per'~od ,? and cons~tin~ to t~ Court's entering into a contract with others for the'~oolleotion ~,,~.7 ,of delinquent taxes ,wit heut awaitifE the ~0 day period, ~nd a l~oord thereof havin~ , been made in the M/nurse of mid Court; end . . ~tEREAS, the Connnissione~s, C~urt of Brazes County, Texas, Joined by ~ha Comptr'oll~ ',.~ .of ~ublio Accounts of the State of Texas, deem it ~eceeaary and expedient to oo~tract ~".Wlth some ~omp'etent person to enforce t'he collection of al~ delinluent &tats an~ c~nty ~.,.~..''takes lot's'per'cent of'said taxes, penalties and interest astuslly'colleotad an~ . ,to th,e,collector bf taxes, as proved'ed 'in Chapter, ~1, Acts ~f the Third Called Session. : ',of ~he' Thi~ty-ei~ht Le~slature, A~tiel~ 7335, Revised divil Statutss~ 19~§~ Chapter ., .,.,.'q.. ', .~.,:..: ..~... ......... ,. ~ -.-, .... - . :.-'., ......... ,~. ........ :. .', _ - . ' . ., ~~ ....... =" ......... ' ...... "-:"- .............. : ......... . ....... "~"-' ' ' ' -:-". 446 " ....... ' .. , ' '- ' -- ' - : ...... -- .. --- - . · : A~. C~v. ~t.;'a~ C~p~er ~29, ~ts of the ~orty-seeond Le~islat~e Artio~ ~ ~S, after ~ an ~nveetl~tion ~to t~ competent, e~erience ~d ability ~k, and aft~ ~lder~n~ the mine, are off theoopi~on ~ t ~ is a pr~ party ~o~lon ~ ~oh del~ue~t ~xes by t~ ~at~on, fili~ and pushl~ to a speedy ~y ,ounty ~r~oe w~tUn sa~ county, aM ,.t he ~, not releted within t~e sec~d de,re. C t t~e tax ~ll~tor ~ count or diet.ct att~n n~ holdl~ or.ce o~ , , r ~, . N~, ~FO~ ~ CO~CT mdc and entered into by ~d between ~a~os Te~s, a body pol/tSe ~d c~porate, acti~ h~etn, by a~ throb d~ent taxe~, ~n~ty ~d interest (except taxes of ~nde~ndent s~hool ~str~ots and tnc~p~eted cities and t~s) due ~y ~d allpoZltical subdivisions or t~ d~inquent tax re~rds of ~ld ~ty from 1919 to the date off t~ termination off solver taxes a~ the C~sstoners' C~t and Bec~d Party mut~lly deem collectible; ~ provided current year taxes follow~ delinquent within the pe~od of ~co~ P~ty ,s to oa~ to the attention of the c~ty ~x oollect~ or oth~ error, ~nfltcts, dmb~ r~dl~ons, tBegal assassin.s, etc. ~ cancell~lon certificate s~ll ~e ~epare~ on ~ f~nis~d by the ~te Compt~ller of Public Acosta, Austin exes, s~i~ how.~ errors oa.e abo~ andwhioh sha~ property at their ~st ~fl add,ess coverifl~ an delinquent taxes sh~n to be due , ... '. on the ~x rolls of m~ c~n~ ~ pr~lded for in Article 7324, Revised C~v~l ~tatutes, . ' Session. In the event the texas, ~gether with pehalty and interest are not paid within. th~ty (~0) ds~ from t~ d~te of smh s~t~n~ end notices ~e ~led, t~n ~cond P~ty ~all prepare, file and l~titute, ~ soon as practical the~after, a suit ~r t~ collection of ~id ~xes, ~lty and interest, wMch suit s~ll include a~ ~ast due taxes for a~ pre~o~ years on such tract ~ tracts, and where there are sacral lots in some ." addition ~ mbdlvision delinquent, belon~i~ ~ the mm ~ner or ~n~s all ~id delin- all ~Utions, ~tat~ons,nottces by publication, pereonel ser~ce citations, notices by pos- ti~, J~e~s, notices of sale, ~d~s of s~e and a~ end e~ other thi~ ~ceasary ~ requ~ed to be done for the collection of ~ delinquent taxes, ~d sha~ ~er all nec- oessary andp~ assistance to ~ch of t~ other officers to the end that ~1 taxes, ed or ~n~n ~d ~end~ed now del~n~en t, or trot my bec~ delinquent dur~ the l~fe ~ thZs contract and be so ~eported on Comptroller's Fo~s provlded thereffor, m~ be ~lleotea, ~d when ~ectlo~ are not made, toassist tn reducl~ sa~ to ~1 Judgment and ~le. all ~r ~cessary to ~mplete ~id ~ntract; ~d that econd Party ~all ~y off ~d d~e- charge a~ and a~ bills ~r, and other expenses incited in t~ prosecution of ~ld ~k, an~ it ~ ~reby.~derst~d and ~reed that said First Party sh~ not be respo~ible f~ t~ . First Par~ agrees to ~y W ~cond P~ty as ~mpmsation for the services ~q~d ~und~ 1~ per cent of the amount collected of a~ delinquent ~xes, penalty end ln- te~st of ~e ye~s ~red hereby, act~lly col~cted and paid to the oolleo~r of t~es .. duri~ the term of t~s contract, of w~ch ~c~d'P~ty ts instrumental in oolleot~g ~ e~id~oed by copies of ~m~lcations, tax notices or abstract f~led w~.the'mx ~lleo~r'. on the assessm~t rol~ disoo~red by s~d S~ond ~a~tv/ as ~ when eo'l]ect~, fnllowin= the end of e~ch monthly report wlthin the ps.tied of thee contrast, accordingly aa ~he collector makes up hie monthly reports; provided, cost of eolleot~n~ delinquent taxes shall not excae~ the anount of penalty and interest, or an amount equal to such penalty &nd interest off nil delinquent tax~a collected under the terms of thin eontrset (Chapter 429, ~ec. 2; l~e~u~ar ~sslon, Forty-second Legislature,, having reference to ' the reeler 8~ penalty and 6~ interest}. The per cent of compensation hera referred to shall be ccntin~ent upon the collection of sueh taxes aa by eot of the Le~alature ara required to be collected, ghould any remission of pemlty and interest on taxa8 appear= ln~ on the delinquent records be n~de by legislative enactment effective durin~ the of thl~ oontrset, the sams shall not be collected nor commission el~owed the~eono Th~s conteact shall he in force from ~aay let, 1939, to November, 30, 1939, both I dates inclusive, {not to extend beyond december ~l of the year follo~ing the data of contrast} end at the axp£ration of said period, th~s contract shall terminate, except th~. contractor shell be allowed six months In which to prosecute to final Jud~aent suits filed prior to November 30, 1939, terminatln~ date of this oc~traot: provided, the Connnissionera, Court and the State Comptroller aha].1 have the right to sooner terminate this contract fca cause by ~vl~ tht~-ty (30) days' written notice of such intention, With a statenent o/" the cause or reason for such ter~ination, after ~lvin~ -~eccnd Party a reasonable opportunity of explainin~ or reotifyin~ the sa~e. In ca~e of s~h tarn~- nation, ~econd Party shall he entitled to receive and retain al loompensati on due up to the date c~ mid ternflnation. Before nay commissions are paid o~ under the tern~ af this contract, -~ecand Party' shell furnish a good end sufficient hoed, ~ayable to the county ~udge and to his euoo censors in offlea, in the sum of 5000.00 Dollars (not to be less than $5000 acoordin~ly as the ¢onmiesioncra, Court deems Just and proper) to be executed by a solvent surety ,ao. mpan~; or if executed by provate parties, the bond Shall be sl~ned by at le,,at three , ~od and sufficient sureties ownin~ .unineumbcrad real estate subject to execution, of value equal to the amount of bond and conditioned up.on the sPecific perfOrnmnca of the ter~s hereof, inCludin~ the maki~ of reports of collections out of which he is · entitled to o~n~tesion, and further condit/oned that he Shall forthwith pay over to the tax oolleot~ any money ~ comm~ssioos paid him by ~tsteke or through error to which he ~s not entitled under the terms of thiaccontract. ~aid bond shall be approved in open ~]on~'nissioners, Court, sl~ned by the county Judge, filed and recorded in the County office and a certified copy off same furnished the ~tate Comptroller. X. ~t the end of each month, or as soon thereafter as the tar collector shall ha~e made up hie repeat Showin~ the collections made for Such month, Said 3econd Party having ac- cess to mid repert Sha]=l by co~parison of the ee~e with his own fLlns or record of service, sepias of which' he has filed wit~ the tax collector, make up in ~riplicete a · report of collections out off which he is entitled to eo~nission under the terms of thee contract. The report of ~econd Party sha]=l be n~de on form furnished by the Comptroller. It shall sho~ each year and the taxes COllected th~eefor on a separate line, and after hevir~ been sl~ned and sworn to by gccond Party, two copies of the same shall be delivered to the tax collector, o~e to be attached to ~d ~eht with the collector's monthly report to the Comptroller, the other filed in the collector's office, and the third copy e sa! d Second . -.~' ' ~bh month, after ~vin~ received oop~e~ o~ t~ contractor's report as provided , . ff~'in th~ p~oedin~ ~ction, e~d c~cked the list of taxes sh~n th~e~n w~th h~ ~n report and with copies of oom~icatio~ fffled ~ith h~m, as provided for ~n ~eotion ~l contract, ~d after ravine verified the e~rectnese of c~ls~lo~ ~aimed, , the ~ty t~ collec~r ~s hereb~ authorized, o~dered and ~lrected to ded~t ~he a~ve -specified ~r cent of mid t~xes,p~nalty end in.rest, or ~ch amount es can be ~e S~e to h~, ~lees ~he~ise herein d~cted and to t~e his receipt.therefor; p~vided, that the t~ collator bef~e comply[~ w~th the pro~sio~ of th~s eeot~oh of ~e contact h~s been a~rove~ ~ ~ced on re. rd ~n t~ office of t~ co~t~ clerk. N~e: ~hould the Oo~testo~rs' O~rt and t~ oontraot[n~ ~rty elect that t~ co~sio~ withheld be p~ced tn an eecr~ ~nd, another section settin~ ~rth the ~th°d of ~ to t~ contmctl~ p~rty ~hould be added to end insured in t~ ~n.'.' t~ct prece~ the ~st page prepared f~ t~ 8J~natu~e~ of the oontractin8 pa~lee. in ~der that the ta~ collector my be able to verify and attest the correctness of c~isalo~ elated by ~oond P~r~, .s e~denoo of service ~nd to entitle h~ to '', the ~.~sio~ provided for In ~ls contract, Second P~ty sh~% ffile .i~ the tax oolleo~r prior to t~e of ~, copies of such oomunloagton~, ~x notice's or ab- '~*J straots ~tch s~ll ~ p~served by the tax collector tn mob runner ae wt~ ~ke th~ ,easily accessible ~r p~p~e of verification, or f~ ~e in tax ~its, in cases the fili~ of s~ts bec~es~cessary to collect the taxes. It ~e ~th~ unde~t~d and ~eed that t~s c~tract is for personal 8ervice~ and Is not tran~erable or aesl~able wtt~ the written cogent and approval of First Par~. It ts also e8reed that the Co~les~oners" Co~t of said cowry eh~l f~n'ish , mltable space In ~ ~ar ~e courtho~e as ~nven~ent to t~ records of m~ ~ty as ~y ~ flor the pu~oee of ~rryln~ out t~s aontrsot. It ~1 Be the du~ of the Co~ission~s' Co~t and off a~ oth~ of~o~s off county to cooperate with ~d render such reasonable assis~nce to said Second P~ty as,the otroumst~oes ~y require, mid assis~e, however, ~ not to include the aot~l per.finance of the work herein dest~ted to ~ ~rf~rmed by Second Party; end It b~n~ the ~ty of the Cowry Attorney or off the district attorn~ (whe~ there ts no ~unty atto~ey) to ac~tv~y assist Second P~ty, tn t~ fllin~ ~nd pushl~ ~o e speedy olu~l~ all suits ~r the oolleotion of ~ellnqueflt taxe~ it is hc~eby provided t~t wh~e the ~t7 o~ district attorn~ (~ere there is no ~unty attorney)sh~l fail or refus~ to'~le end prosecute such suits In ~d faith, t~e att~ney prosecute6 un~r.th~ contract is ~eby fully empowered and eut~rized ~o pr~eed with such e~te w~tho~t %he JolM= end assistance of said ~ounty ~ district ~rn~. , j In ~o~idera~n of the.~rms and o~p~sation ~re~n stated, the Second p~ty ~eby aoe~t 8'sai~ ...... emplo~nt a~d un'defraYs the perf=~nce ~f sgid c~traot as above ~ltten ..... .... '". ,'~'"~'"' {; ",,~: .... . ~ ' ,.[ '[:' ,,' ] ~'~ ..... ~r . L", ,'" '.-':' '"": ..... -.',':.:::'" . ~ 450 .Pendl~ the outcome of litigation where[n t~ const~tut$o~ty of the ~an~ble ~x Texas, as applied to oll-p~pe line~ c~nies is be$~ te~ted ~d reg~ ~oh ~he ;, $~te T~ ~ard ~s be~ ~de a ~y th~eto, it ~e hereby express~ ~d~stood and, agreed ~ the intangible ~xes of a~ oll pipe l~ne competes of Texas are not. subject to't~ te~ ~ this contract, sfld ~ eo~es$on w~l ~ paid ~reu~der ~r t~ oolleot~o~ of Withes the sl~nat~es of a~ part~ hereto in triplicate or[~ls this t~e 9th d~ ~an~y A.D. ~9, Bfaz~ Co~ty, ~exas. By A. $. Wars Cowry ~ud~e Co~ssioner, Precinct No. 1 Fred A. Weh~n Go~eeloner~ Precinct ~o. 3 M. B. ~arker Co~esioner, P~cinot No. 4', ~. : ~anuary 12th, 1939 Caurt met In Re6ess meeti~'with A. 8. Ware, County ~ud~s, Co M. Graham, ~° A, lq. B. Parker, prsssnt. ~otio~de by M, B. P~kef ~d seconded by ~. A. ~ychlik t~t all bills 0ked by the out offfioers be pa~d as ~r l~et ff~led. ~[ot~on ea~rled. ~ot~o~ ~de by C. M. O~am ~dseo~ded by ~. A. Rychlik adopted by a u~anim~a vote the oo~t ~de the follo~ dist~i~tion~ ~ the various precincts o~ the ~ ~ B. Fu~ ~r the oalenda~ year off 1939. ~tion carried. ~tton ~de by M. B. Parksr ~d seoo~ed by ~. A. ~1~ ~ set the cowry officsrs ~d ~put~es aalarys a~ folios: , 0n motion, duly seco~ed and adopted ~ a~ ~8r5 ~ t~ Co~t ~t~ng 'Yes' and no ~bers voti~ a~st, the ~ll~i~ sc~e of salaries ~or ~ year 19~9 was adopted f~ Brews C~ty, w[th, t~ ~d~standi~ that these are a~l salaries,' ~Y~e in twelve equal monthly ~s: . ,, County J'udge ............ ~3000.00 / County Clerk ..... ' ' 3000.00 O~ne Dep. uty .~1800.00 ~1~oo .oo Co~n~e sinners (each) {County) ~1400.00 " " (RO~d) 400.00 Assessor =Colleetor ~3000.00 ' Tezo.ne De?,uty a )le~O.~O 1500.00 (10~0.00 & 350.00} R&B. ' Sheriff ............ ~O(X). O0 One Deputy et 81500.00 ' County Attorney ......... $~-800.00 Steno $300.00 Diet rio t Clerk .......... 82600 .~'All Precinct officers be on fee basi,s as heretofore; and J. 13. & Constable of · Presto 4 be ~llowed exofffielo of 825.00 each per month, so loa~' as each makes h~s ' monthly and annual reports as recorded by law; ~Trarin~e on such ex-officio .7 ..alowances be set for January 20, 1939 at 10 a.m. ' ~- ','. '. ~ ~,[oved end secoAded to copy the annual Financial report of Brazus Co presented ' to th* court by ~ Clerk Frank Woreham, in the d~nutes which statement does n~t ,.. · include any 1939 indebtedness Motion carried. ' "/!~otion made by Fred Ac ~e~rma~ and seconded by Mo B. Parker that the ~ss~llals and' iteL. b.e d~stributed equally with the various oil companies the ~asoline~ by time add the ,, oil by quantity Motion married. · '-, Motion made to recess until the 16th of Jan° Motion carried. ~ " January 16th. 1939 Court ~et in ~ecess meetin~ with all members ~reeent '" i~oti~n made by 8nd ~coaded by "/to pay W. R. For~ ~.00 per i/ack to keep up court house lawn motion carried. ,, ,:',.Motion Bade by Fred A. W~hrman and seconded by M. B._Parker to ~[ve,the' , '' ,,' County ~udge the authority to look sifter the necessary reT~ir~ end supplies for t~e House and Jail with out further order of the court motion carried. .;'~Motion made' by Fred A. Web. man and seconded by C. M. Graham to a,ooept the bid of C. C..Wyatts for movi~ the structures La the Rl~t of Way'f~om the t{obertson Co· to Hi.ay ~1 in tbs Brazes Botton contractor to f~r~[sh'all labor 'add roarer'iai to do' the work at a total cost to Brazes Co of.~850.00 divided ss follo~a: ~antmously ea~ried: Ward~oo~ln~: , house & chimney ', large houe e~ ~a~e Wash ~aok concrete floo~' 2 ~arse 1 small houses ~ebdil~ porch & chi~Aey concrete ,, . blcok s house Versflsos: , L house & ohl~ne~ Barn & lot ~alva to: ' 1 he'se &' chimney I store house and ohhnney ' , , ~.. '' ~l~e brick &,oanent -, ; ~,'.:~' . .~ y . ~; ,', ..,. ~ot~or~mde by Fred A. Wehrmen and seconded by )~[. B. Parker that the County ~udge be' authorized to advertise for bids on county funds and ~ohool funds Depository and that bide b4 received at the FebruaryTefm of Cottrt and that Bchool Funds be protected by Fo D. . motion oarriedo , " "Hotion made by Mo ~o Parker and seconded by J° Ac Ryohlik to recess until the ~Oth of ~an° 1939o Motion serried. , ~anuery 2otb, 1939 cou~t met in Recess meetins for the purpose of openinS bide on w~ra and fence 'poet and fenoins on the Steele Store New Road from the Robertson Co° ~otion mdc to award the wire andstaples contract to Parker-Aetin ~dw. Co their bid of ~.50 and other bids were as follows: ~93.50 Lawrence Grocery Co $401.25 and Parker Lbr Cb, ~09.25. Fecoe Post to Ellis Roberts of Belton, ?exes Line post ?~ corner po~t 64¢ ~te 96~ each° Fenc~ awarded to ~ack Depuma on hie bid of 6~ per 10 ftc panel motion carried Unanimously carried. to have the Tax Assessor Back asse,~a the 1/2 acre of la~,d in the name of Weaver - Mat~ by Chas. Moeh~nan be accepted as per bid. reodved motion c~rrisd. A. 8. ~are, Cou~y ~ge, C. ~. O~aham Com. Preot No. I and J. ~. ~ohltk, C~ Preot ment to A~tin a~ participated In adoption by Assn. of Count~ ~udsee and Com~s~oners p~n o~ fl~ncin8 Co~y ~d Bonded indebtedness as o~lined b~ Assoo~tion,~pon return Co~t met tn Recess meetl~ tan. ~th, ~th A. ~. ~8ro~ C. ~. Or8~, ~, A. Ryo~lk, and "~. B. Parker,present to discuss tn ~etatl the financial ~ttuatlon of the Cowry and the poestbtlttie~ ~ F~t~ ~e over draft off the R. ~ B. F~d. Court recessed un~tl Feb. l, 1959 fiction mdc ~t the c~ be authorized to ~dvert~se flor b~d~ o~ ~o n~ ~ to5 P~o Co~t met ~n ~oess ~eti~ wish a~ ~ers preset. ~ot~on ~de to ~ve to E. ~. Yea~r ~d Co. the paint b~ flor ~atl at $~8.~ motion Motion a~de by C. ,{. Omh~n end seconded by t,~. B. Parker that 'th~ County y o~ new Dodge [/2 ton pick-up truck fuZZy equiped on bid of $542.00 sifter 'l~,~ $1~.00 trade in for old Ford truck ffo~ ~reot No,.- 1 motion carried -~'~,.;~ , uhan~ogsly. ' ~.~otion m~e to allot $10¢000 to the vartou~ ~reoinets as per C~ ~retofore 'i ': " e~reed on motion oerr[ed. · ' the , ~ -., ~ ' ~tlon male by Fred ~. Wehrm~ and neco~ed by ~. A. ~vchl~k t~t/Oo~t b~,,', t ,., 'authorized to enter prel~lnary agrement with ~. R. Phillips Investment Co. = " In raged to the Refundl~ the R & B ~rdraft. }lotion ~rrled une~mously "~ S~CE AGRE~ ~ ~AE OF T~S] ~ ~ ~ B~S ~ ~{IS AGREemeNT, ~de ~d en~red into on t~s 6th day of Feb~u~y 1939 by ~d betwee~ Brazos Gounty, Teens, a~ J. R. Philli~ Inwet~t G~ny of Ho~ton, Texas, ~hereas, th~ county has outst~di~ indebtedness agai~t its R~d an~ Br~ge Fund whl~ ~titutes a e~rge agai~t the a~l revenues accruing from t~s fund, ~d it is uneerta~ ss to w~n pa~e~ c~ be made of such indebtedness; ~.-- A~ V~AS. ~t ~ recognized that If so~ level ~thod sen be found, throu~ ~e~etion ~ ~h~w~se, which will perait the refinancing or refundi~ of t~, ~ndeb- tednean, th~ sec~ the ~ore economical ~unotionl~ of the ~d ~d ~r~a~e F~d the ~t~e, th~ It will ~ of ~ucb benefit to the County ~a to its taz~ye~s; ~~, 2razes Co~ty.~s employed end does ~reby ~ploy ~. ~. ~h$1lips '~nveBt. '~nt Gompany for t~ p~e of renderin~ euo~ eer~oee es ~y be ~eeesary end eppro- ;"pri~te in refin.ncl~, f~d~g ~ re~ndi~ its ~oad ~d Brid~e ~ndebtedness; provid~ e~e can be do~e b~ eo~ existl~ le~e~ ~th~ or By the enactment of legislation autborl~ thes~me. Z. ~. Phil,[pa Investment Company ~rees to use its beet efforts ~n t~e be~lff, end in the~ev~t legal ~thority my ~ fo~d, or ~propriete ~e~'s~et~on ~y be e~oted .utborizi.e ~, then mid ~. ~. ~binl~e ~nvestment Compe~ will prepare ~propr~e~ ,-:,.,- ' pi-ns andprooeedlnge for workl~ out this Indebtedness, and will assist the county In :.: .-L ,j,i ,. refinancing, fundln~ or refunding such Indebtedness; and it ts understood and e~reed the1 .;:';.',b - " ' :)0'"~ : ~ny such plan, before being put. Into operation, shall be euhatttted to and approved by -~ ~ '' ":' the ¢onunis'sione~s' Court of Brazes County. ., ',,~' Jj h. Phillips Investment Company agrees to furnish, et' its own e. xpens~, all legal service~ necessary for the carrying out of such refinancing or refunding, inoludin~ the · . :preparation of all legal proceedings necessary for the issuance'of az~ bonds or warrants · 'that may be involved, and the a~.proval of such bonds or warrants by a recognized bond .: attorney, e~ f~rther agrees to pay for the printing of Such bonds or warrants and for' %'""the bond attorney's approval[ ~. R. Phillips InVestment Gompany also agr~e~ to use it'~ ' 6est'efforts to find a purchaser for such bc~ds or warrants, et the best possible market f:" . '" p~ioe. ., , c ' For and In consideration of '~'uoh services and expenses In oonneotion therewith, ',.,., grazes County agcoee to pay to ~. R. Phillips lhvestm~nt Company. a'aum ~quaZ' to o~e~ ; ,~ of. suah Indebtedness as ,my be refinanced, 'f~nded o~ refunded, as herein ~rovtded; .... . '~' ~ioh' compensation shell, became due end payable as and wt~n $uoh ret'l~notn~;"~unding "m;. red,dina'shall' be completed; end if completed In Installments, the~ Su0h ,oompensa~tion shall become d~e and l~yable pro rata as each installment is co~pletedo It ~ s~oif~l~ ~derst~d that J. R. Philips Investment Co~p~ ~ p~ ~n e~see ~ cosmetics w~ the s~vices herein P~vided, ,and ~n t~ ev~t none oo~ty's Rind and Brid~e $ndebte~ess s~ ~ ~ff$nanoed, ~ded or re,untied, th~ County will not be ~ndebted ~ ~. R. Phillips Z~eetment C~pany ~n a~ amo~t,e~t~r ~r s~ces or For e~ses ~n co~ecti~ th~ew~th. ' ATTEST: Frank Wurshem, County Clerk BRA?~0S C01~l~f, T~XA~ By A. 5. kdare, County ~udge Motion made to adjourn motion carried. AT~EST: J'. R. PHTLI~PS :D~FE~T~T COo By Chas. G. Hawkins County-~udge, REOULAR ~a~'TINO COM:,.*IS3Z ONgl~ COURT February 13, 1939. Be it remembered that there,was be~n and holde~ a re~lar term of Co~issioner,8 Court at the Court House in Br~an, Brazos County, ?pxas, on February 13, 1939 the follo~in~, me~bers present: A. S. Ware, County ~udge ?residing, C. ~. Craha~, C~ Preat ~. A. ~ohlSk, C~. Preot ~, Fred A. Wehr~n Com. Preo~ ~3, and ~. B. ~arker Con Preot No. 4, MSnutes ~ ~evioue ~tl~ read and a~roved. ~fot~on ~e ~d ee~ed to send a letter or tele~ to the ~$1~d Co~$ss$on protest$~ the,t~ ~ lifft~g the Track L~d Restriction that n~ e~sts on ~tate,~way ~6 t~t the oo~t bel~ opposed to ~l~[ted ¢ traffic on en~d r~d by ~nterstate truck loads. ~ot~on oarrSed. Moron rode by Fred ~. ¥/e~n ~d eeco~ed by ~. B. P~ker t~t ~ $herl~ff be all.ed to appoint ~. W. ~llton Deputy Sher$~ at a salary of $110. per ~onth. ~t[on carried. , $~otlon ~de to approve the repot o~ ~e. ~. L. Brook as Brezos County aSsocia~on for ~u~y Mot[on ~on made ~ Fr~ A. ;'/e~m~n a~ ~oonded ~ M. B. Parer to ~y ~y Harris $10.30 as over credit ff~ Pr~lon nt the ~st of oomp$1in~ the delinquent Tax Ro~ ~r the years ff~m 1919 to 1937 inclusive and also appr~e the ffedemption report p~, s~ted the co~t ~ Ouy ~rris ~r the year 1938, mot[on ~rrSed. '~ Moron ~de ~ C. H. Grah~ and seconded by Fred A. We~n to accept the bid .o~ ~fahan, DStt~r ~omp~y at ~ and a pre~ of $57.00 on Brazos Cowry ~d Bon~ w~oh rakes the Snterest ra~ at 1.99-98/1~ ~ t~t beSng the lowest rate off la. rest e~ t~ best bid. Unanimously adopted as ~r order as CO~ ~ B~S [ 0n this l~th day of Febr~ry, 193g, the C~lse~onera~ Co~t o~ "Bra~s County, Te~s, convened in re~r sess[~ at a r~gular te~ of ~id Co~t a~ the regu~r ~etin~ p~oe ~ereof in the Cour~o~e at Bryn, Texas, with ~1 the m~bers th~reef ~resent, viz: -!