American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-17
Proceedings Of the Board of Supervisors,
MONDAY, Aug. 9Th, 1872.

meeting of the Board of Supervis-
ors for the county of Madison be-
gun and held at the court house in
the city of Canton, Oh the LIST Mon
day and 9th da! of August, A. ID.
1872, the following members were
present:
j. Nj. Richards, President pro
tenn; Elijah Ware and Richard
Taylor, Members; E. S. Jeffrey,
Clerk, by +. Ii. Luitwieler, ID. g.;
K. j. Ross, Sheriff.
The following were absent:
VIM. Breck, President John
Divine, member.
Ordered, That Robert ii. Ben
nett, praying for license to sell
by retail vinOus and spirituous Ii
quors in less quantity than one gal
Ion, be received and placed on file
for thirty days.
Ordered, That the petition of
John 3. Moore, ct. al, praying for
a change of road on the KIrkwOOd
and Artesian Springs road, tO-wit ::
From the point at which it DIVORCES
from sectional lines and passes
diagonally through section 81, town.
ship II, range ) east, so as to con-
tiuue to follow section lines west,
until it intersects the Camden and
and KosciuskO road also, that VIM.
Melville be appointed to open the
road and be allowed the road hands
to do so with.
Ordered, That VIM. w. Wilson
be required to work the road from
the Wagner Shop, in Sulphur
Springs, to the Wise road West of
r. L. Stokes gin house, and that
he also have the hands of II. Il.
Stokes.
Whereas, The Board of School
Dire ctors for the city Of Canton
have duly organized and assumed
jurisdiction of the common schools
within the corporate limits of the
city of Canton, according to the
statute in such case made and pro-
vided. 1t is therefore ordered by
the Board If Supervisors of the
county of Madison, That no tax
shall be levied Oh the inhabitants of
the city of Canton for school pur-
poses.
Ordered, That T. l.. Love be al
lowed twenty-five dollars to buy
,O24 feet of lumber, also permits
sion to buy $40 of spikes to repair a
bride on his road.
Ordered, That the petition of Sa-
rah Moore, praying for the priv
lege of keeping public ferry across
Pearl river known as " Smiths Fer
ry" be granted upon her entering
into bond of $500 with two sureties.
Ordered, That the Treasury OF
the county be authorized to sell all
the State Warrants IN the Treasury
of this county belonging to the
General, Poor and Jail Finds OF
county now remaining in his hands,
said warrants to be sold at a figure
not less than IS cents on the dollar.
Ordered, That Jacob Robinson be
appointed Overseer vice Henry Av.
cry resigned, on the Wire road, from
IA mile post to Dry Creek Bridge
Also Frank O'Cain vice Squire Cot
Inns resigned, on the Camden and
Thomastown road from 9 mile post
to 4 mile post. Also William Chip
Murphy vice Elijah Bailey, resign.
ed, on the Jackson stage road from
mile post to Calhoun Station, and
Wash. Cheatham vice j. j. Briscoe
resigned, on the Canton and Haley
road to mile post.
Ordered, That all petitions for
bridges be laid over until some flu
ture meeting, when they will be
taken up for examination. etc.
Ordered, That the following &C
counts be allowed and paid out OF
any money remaining in the county
treasury, not otherwise appropriate
ed. belonging to the General, Poor
and Jail Funds. respectively:
General Find.
| II. GwiBner & Bro, for suudrics $50 OF
American Citizen, for advt. posters. &c. Ill 90
R. J. Ross. money expended for county, 81 2e
| W. X. Mckay, for sign boards "
W. b. Aisworth, lumber for bridges. so *
| Canton Mail, advt. subscription &c. II Z;
| +. s. Jeffey, money expended for ex. &c. Is Is
Heron q Anderson, for stove pipes, idesks,
| Sc, &c 70 n
W. f. Pharer, building bridge, So "
Cassell * Baughn, bill per f. A. Ford, Pro
| bate Clerk, Aug 90, 10 Y
g d" drugs. &c 5 II
Poor Fund.
G. G.. Luckett bill rs Supervisor of Poor 81
}, N. Holiday, II
J. A Magruder, {" 4 OF
e. w. Galloway, 81
Malcolm Cameron, feeding, clothing, med
ical treatment and burial of panper, IS OF
Ordered, That the Board adjourn
until the 10Th day of August, "A. ID.
1872.
j. NJ. RICHARDS,
| Pres, pro tenn,