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LEGAL NOTICE
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particularly described as fol
lows: BEGINNING at a point
on the east side of Liberty
Street at the intersection of
the north side of an alley; thence
north along the east side of
Liberty Street 100 feet to pro
perty of James C. Hinton;
thence East along said Hinton
property line 175 feet; thence
south along other property of
The Taylor County (Ga.) News, Friday, November 24, 1N7
James C. Hinton 100 feet to
the north side of said alley;
thence west along the north
side of said alley 175 feet to
the point of beginning, as shown
on plat of survey made by B.
W. Hinton Jr., dated April 21,
1960, and recorded in Map Book
1, page 220, in the Office of
the Clerk of Superior Court
of Taylor County, Georgia, and
being Lots Nos. 4 and 5 in
Block 5 of the Ogburn Subdi
vision, as shown on plat of
said subdivision recorded in
Plat Book 1, page 75, Taylor
County records, (said subdivi
sion plat erroneously showing
said lots as having a front
age of 52 feet each on the east
side of Liberty Street, rather
than 50 feet as described above).
A dwelling house and other im
provements are located on said
lot.
Said described property was
conveyed by L. E. Richardson
to Garland T. Byrd subject to
the deed to secure debt above
described and the said Garland
T. Byrd has likewise default
ed in payment of the indebted
ness secured by said deed to
secure debt.
A deed will be made by the
undersigned to the purchaser
at said sale. The proceeds of
said sale will be applied as
provided in said deed to se
cure debt.
SECURITY FEDERAL SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF
PERRY,
As Attorney in Fact for L. E.
Richardson.
Aultman, Hulbert, Buice & Co
wart
Attorneys at Law
Perry, Georgia (987-2622)
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Taylor County, Georgia
July Term of Taylor County Superior
Court, July 5, 1967
To the Honorable J. Alvan Davis, Judge
of Chattahoochee Circuit Court, Taylor
County, Georgia.
The Grand Jury for July 1967 Term of
Taylor County Superior Court, convened
on July 5, 1967 at 9 A. M. Members of
the Grand Jury elected Herschel Whit
ley, Foreman, and L. W. Cook as Clerk.
The Grand Jury wishes to express
their appreciation to Judge Davis for his
able charge to the Jury. Also, we wish
to thank Honorable W. B. Skipworth Jr.,
our Solicitor, for his capable assistance
and efforts which enable us to expedite
our duties.
The Solicitor, Skipworth, and Mr. Rob
ert Swearingen came before the Jury to
ask for an extension of time to a Peace
Warrant issued by Robert Swearingen
against Patsy Ogburn. Motion made and
carrried that extension be granted to
next term of Court in January.
Foreman Whitley stated that some
thing should be done about the tax as
sessments and tax collections and how
they are spent. More time should be de
voted to discussions on the county busi
ness to determine why county is so far
in debt.
Sheriff Wright was called in to dis
cuss the way he was handling the tax
Fi. Fas. He stated that he at once serv
ed the Fi. Fa., but he could not make a
lien since the property was not listed on
Fi. Fa. He turned the Fi. Fa. back in to
the County Commissioners. He also stat
ed that he used to get 10% to collect
but now since he was on a salary he
only received $1.00 per Fi. Fa. No Fi. Fa.
had been turned over to him for collec
tion for the year 1966.
Tax Collector Adams was called in to
discuss the collecting of taxes. He stated
that the county's uncollected taxes for
1966 was around $30,000.00. He had
collected around $400,000.00 in taxes for
1966. He presented a list of unpaid tax
payers for 1966 and stated that most of
them had large real estate holdings and
felt that they would be paid as soon as
some differences were settled between
the tax payer and tax commission. There
was some of the property in county that
was accounted for twice and some that
did not exist that was on the tax books.
He thought the tax assessors were try
ing to straighten this out. The tax charge
figure was up around $438,000.00 but
he thought it would end up close to
$395,000.00to $400,000.00 where ad
justments were made.
A letter from the Clerk of Court, W.
B. Guined, was read asking for recom
mendation to pay the Grand and Tra
verse Jurors $10.00 per day. Also, the
Jury Commissioners pay be $10.00 per
day plus their help if needed. Motion
made and carried to pay Jury Commis
sioners and Secretary $10.00 per day.
The following investigating commit
tees were appointed:
County Commissioners—W. W. Amos,
Fred Brewer, Otis Rowe and J. A. Car
penter.
County Health Center—Kenneth Bar-
row, J. D. Kirksey, and Walter Neisler.
Sheriff—E. T. Eubanks, Silas Harris,
and John Tucker.
Tax Commissioner—Edwin Allen, Jack
Woodall, and C. B. Montgomery.
Clerk of Superior Court and School Su
perintendent—Blanford Jarrell, W. C.
Parks, and A. J. Fountain.
Public Works Camp—Albert Peed, Ed
Davis, and Clarence Barfield.
Ordinary and Planning Board—James
C. Hinton, J. W. Waters, H. E. Whitley,
and L. W. Cook.
Voted to meet again September 22,
1967 at 9:00 A. M. The Secretary would
notify each juror by letter of this meet
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
ing. At this time, the committees will
give their reports.
Grand Jury Report
Taylor County, Georgia
Second Meeting July Term of Grand
Jury, Taylor County Superior Court.
To the Honorable J. Alvan Davis, Judge
of Chattahoochee Circuit Court, Taylor
County, Georgia.
The second meeting of the Grand Jury
convened on September 22, 1967 at 9
A. M. The Foreman, Herschel Whitley,
Clerk L. W. Cook and 21 members were
present. Minutes of meeting of July 5,
were read and approved.
Mr. Whitley presented the jury with
the following commendations, which
were approved by the Grand Jury:
“In 1914, the Smith-Lever Act was
passed by the Federal Congress, creating
the Cooperative Extension Service. This
act provides for Extension work to be
carried on cooperatively between the
United States Department of Agriculture
and the Land-Grant Colleges with funds
from Federal, State and County sources."
This is why we are able to have the
County Extension Office at our service
in Taylor County. The office plays an im-
portaant role in the farmer's, business
man’s, homemaker's, and in anyone's
life, no matter what field you are in.
Simply because all of us owe all or a
part of our job to the nation’s greatest
source of renewable wealth — agricul
ture.
Our County Agent, Vernon R. Reddish,
is doing a remarkable job in Taylor
County. He works with all farmers, farm
organizations, commodity groups, and
other groups in promoting the use of
improved practices.
He assists the farmer in planting, the
battle against insects, diseases and
weeds, maintenance of animal and poul
try health, computerized feeding opera
tions, and demands of the market place
for quality and timing of the harvest.
Our Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs.
Elizabeth W. Cooper, is also doing a
wonderful job in developing the educa
tional program in home economics in
Taylor County.
She works with organized Home Eco
nomics Clubs, individuals who may or
may not be members of home demon
stration clubs. Mrs. Cooper assists the
women in the county with cooking, can
ning, freezing, homemaking, home fur
nishings, sewing, and many others that
come to hand.
Mr. Reddish and Mrs. Cooper work to
gether with the local 4-H Clubs. They
train 4-H'ers in subject matter and meth
ods that they may use in motivating in
dividuals and families to adopt improv
ed practices.
We have here just a small part of
what Mr. Reddish and Mrs. Cooper con
tribute to our community and Taylor
County. They are to be commended for
the fine job they are both doing.
The Foreman called for the reports of
the various investigating committees. The
following recommendations were pre
sented and adopted by the Grand Jury:
1. County Health Center: Buildings and
facilities look good except for paint peel
ing on the inside walls, and they need
repainting. This was recommended by
the January Grand Jury, and steps
should be taken to try to prevent this
condition from occuring again. Recom
mends repainting.
2. Sheriff Department: Found in good
order except for paint inside. Recom
mends painting.
3. Public Works Camp: No report.
4. Clerk’s Office: Office conducted in
orderly manner. Mr. Whitley suggested
that the Clerk of Court be paid a fee
for the handling of alimony money. It is
extra work for him, and he should be
paid some compensation for the extra
work. The Committee reported that they
discused this with the Clerk, and he
mentioned something about a bill being
presented to the State Legislature, ask
ing for some compensation for this pur
pose. The Clerk was called in to discuss
this. He said he was handling around
$150.00 per week of alimony money. He
suggested that the Grand Jury not take
any action at this time. He thought best
to wait until the re-evaluation program
was over. The Grand Jury took no ac
tion.
5. School Superintendent: Found office
in an orderly manner. Suggestion was
made to provide more room for this of
fice. Recommends that steps be taken to
provide more space if available.
6. A Comparative Study of Road
Maintenance Systems, prepared by West
Central Georgia Planning and Develop
ment Commission, was presented by Mr.
Frank Moore, representing the Develop
ment Commission. The report consisted
of the following:
Part I. This report gave a breakdown
on cost of maintaining Taylor County
Public Work Camp, total miles of roads
in the County, average cost of labor
available for detail from the camp, av
erage overall cost of Road Maintenance.
Part II. Improvements completed on
county road, paving, bridges, culverts.
Information from State Highway Depart
ment on their cost of maintaining roads,
comparison of maintaining cost and
construction of wooden bridges to that
of concrete bridges, information on
Camp expense and cost of road mainte
nance from 1959 to date. Recommend
ed that County Commissioners use this
information in determining future needs.
No recommendation was made to aban
don the camp at this time.
7. Tax Commissioners and County
Commisioners Office: Committees were
combined together, and presented the
Jury with reports drawn up by an at
torney for the committee, with questions
and answers from each officer made
during investigation. After much discus
sion, it was decided best to let the Soli
citor, W. B. Skipworth, look at these re
ports and make his comment. He was
called in. He asked the jury to give him
time to study them, since they were at
some length. The committee that made
the investigation on the tax office and
the Commissioners office, was asked to
sign reports, and Foreman Whitley was
asked to deliver them to the Solicitor for
his recommendation, to be presented at
the next meeting which will be held on
the fourth Friday in October. The meet
ing and jury was adjourned until that
time.
Georgia, Taylor County
July Term of Taylor County Superior
Court, 1967.
To: The Honorable J. Alvan Davis, Judge
Taylor Superior Court.
The third meeting of the Grand Jury
convened on November 17, 1967, at 9
A. M. The foreman, Herschel Whitley,
Clerk L. W. Cook and 20 members were
present. Minutes of the September 22,
1967 meeting were read and approved.
The following recommendations were
presented and adopted by the Grand
Jury:
1. It is recommended that the Tax
Tax Commissioner keep a record in the
form of a Cash Book referred to in Geor
gia Code Annotated 92-4902, 92-4903
and 92-4905 in which he shall record all
items of cash collected for taxes, the
date collected, the amount collected, the
name of the person, firm or corporation
************************
for whose taxes such cash was collect
ed, all of which items, amounts, entries
and dates shall be entered upon the
lines and in the columns designated in
such record book on the debit side; and
shall record in such book all items of
cash paid out by him to the authorities
of the State or the County, designating
whether to the State or the County, and
to whom paid for either, the date same
were paid and the amount paid, all of
which items, amounts, entries and dates
shall be entered upon the lines and in
the columns designated in such record
book on the credit side; which book he
shall annually make up and balance
and file the same in the office of the
Ordinary or other authority in charge of
the County affairs.
2. We, the Grand Jury, recommends
that because no cash book has been kept
as prescribed by law, that an independ
ent audit for the past 5 years of the
Tax Commissioner's office be made.
3. It is recommended that the Tax
Commissioner turn over the tax execu
tions of delinquent taxpayers to a levy
ing officer for collection instead of an
attorney in accordance with law.
4. It is recommended that the Tax
Commissioner's bond payable to the
County Commissioners be set in a high
er figure (now $10,000.00, limit $50,000.-
00) and the limitations and restrictions
which appear to be contrary to require
ments of the statutory bond be removed.
5. It is recommended that the Tax
Commissioner comply with the law and
file and preserve applications for Consti
tutional Homestead exemptions $2,-
000.00); applications for Pony Home
stead exemptions ($300.00); to list de
faulters and publish at the court house
door such lists and amount of their taxes.
6. It is recommended that a property
book be kept in the office of the Coun
ty Commissioners listing and accounting
for all the county property in their
charge according to law.
7. It is recommended that the county
audit be made commencing on July 1,
1966 and ending on June 30, 1967, and
same period in every year thereafter in
accordance with law.
8. It is recommended that the Board
of County Commissioners do not incur a
debt of more than the Constitutional lim
it of 1-5 of 1 % of the assessed value
of taxable property without the assent
of a majority of the qualified voters of
the county.
9. It is recommended that the County
Commissioners keep separate the bud
geted funds in separate accounts in the
depositories and not to transfer any
funds raised for particular purposes to
the general fund unless there be a sur
plus at the end of the year.
10. It is recommended that the funds
and disbursement of an overpayment of
salary to the Tax Commissioner and the
disbursement of a salary by the County
Commissioners to an assistant to the Tax
Commissioner be stopped until such time
that an act of the Georgia Legislature
permits such action.
11. It is recommended that the Coun
ty Commissioners conform to the law in
entering contracts for public works of
over $300.00 consideration on behalf of
the County by advertising for bids, ac
cepting the lowest bidder at public out
cry and obtain the necessary required
contractor's bonds.
Motion made, seconded, and carried
that the Taylor County News be paid
the sum of $^0.00 to publish these pre
sentments.
Respectfully submitted,
Herschel E. Whitley, Foreman
L. W. Cook, Clerk