The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-11-28

VOL. 2--NO. aS.

said vouches We're burned in the presence Of H..
members of the Board fswr7a@
Upon reading and consideration of the recon-.
mendation OF M. B. Wolfe as suitable person Ia
receive the appointment of Auctioneer and the sail
Wolfe having entered into bond, to the satisfactiu
OF this Board. IT is therenpon ordered by ,h..
Board, that the said NJ. B. Wolfe be certified +, lin.
tioycrnor OF this State a suitable person tn r.,
ceve uie appointment and commission as A,c-
tioneer for Yazoo City and Yazoo County -fF
The report Of W r. D. phipps and others s,x
commissioners on the part of tfis 4soard, to c.,-
tract Tor building bridge over Piney creek wus
this day produced in Court, together with the s.s
cations, contract and the bond Of the eontnctor .i
of winch Is hereby fully ratified and approved, sad
ordered to he hled and said commissioners I'm, In,
also reported thatsad Bridge has been complied i,
accordance with said specifications and contract /,
IS thereupon ordered that warrant issue To r n
Wilson (said contractor) for the sum Of Five Hun
dred anu Twenty five Dollars, being amount t.,
said contract.
The report of John W Jones and others. NJ co,,,-
missloners, on the part of this Board to contract r
building bridge over the Bayou, near Mrs. Lee.
residence III tins county, this day produced in
Court, together with the specifications contract AMI
bond OF the contracts, all Of which being approve,
by the Board IS hereby fully ratified and approved
and ordered to be filed, and said commissioners bay
ing also reported that said bridge has been come-
ted IN accordance with said specifications and com
tract. 1t Is ordered that the warrant for S675 ON
the Treasurer heretofore ordered by the President
OF this Board, and which was issued by the Clerk
ana whicn was IN full for the building ofsad bridge
Is hereby fully sanctioned. IA aAS ID
Upon reading and fonsideration of the petition
OF D. H. Burrus and Others for leave to change the
road leading from Yazoo City to Andrews ferry
on the 1azoo River, viz the proposed change is 10
leave the present road near Dunns gn and TO cross
} the River at ointopposte Dunn's plantation. and
continuing up theWesu bank of the Yazoo River,
SO as to connect with the present Road leading by
, Joseph Andrews. lis thereupon ordered by the
Board that G. W. Dunn, g. W. Woodberry Josepl,
Andrews, Geo. T. Crump, Jas. p O. Reilley, James
johnson and John Simmons, be, and they here
by appointed Commissioners, they being disinter-
ested tree holders of said county, for the purpose OF
0 viewing, marking and laying out a route for the
proposed change first giving legal notice Of said
proposed change to the parties through whose land
a SAID Road will pass, and that they make repor,
q theron, to the next Term of said Court. '9h
On motion, Sterling Cole and d. A. Stubbiefeld
are appointed commissioners to take charge of the
: old Court House and Jail at Benton, for the pur
/ pose OF protecting the same againt damage or dis
v truction. ISL
s Ordered by the Board that the Commissioners o
the foor OF fazoo County be, and they are hereb,
}, authorized and empowered to sell such part of tn
tract of land purchased for the Poor house of sait
i County, as they may deem advisable
= On motion, Mrs. Harriet N Prewett, the Editres
&c of the american Banner, elected printer 70
II Yazoo County, 1t salary of Fifty Dollars p
annum, for publishing the proceedings Of this Board
y. payable semi-annualIy. o .-'ss sas&sz IL
81 Ordered that the following allowances be mad
rs and that warrants therefore sue to the Treasure,
viz: aa ha IS Fsas ssass 3
/. To n. 9. Nye, for day as member of.his
= Board, q 90
& : To ]. r. Voolfolk, for l day, Is member
of this Board, b Il q 90
To John W. Jones, for day a. member Of
s8l this Board, q 90
% sssss. sis' 'e' ''s '' "s"'s' '''''' .sbo
Thos B. Alsop for one day as member Of n. s,a
81 this Board, g 90
% To M. A. jenkins, Sheriff, for one day 50 90
: Ordered that Court now adjourn until Court
w course.
Test ~ G. NYE, President