American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-16
Proceedings Of the Blard Of Supervisors.
AUGUST ( \. ID. 1873,

lie lt reneiilpcfeti, ttlat d regular
me ting of the Board of Supervisors
in and for the County of Madison.
State of Mississippi, begun and held
at the Court House in the city OF
Canton, on Monday, the 4th day of
August, A. ID. 1873. were present.
VIM. Breck, President, j. NJ. Rich
ards, John Divine, Richard Tax Tor,
Elijah Ware, members, II. j. Ross,
Sheriff, K. S. Jeffrey, Clerk.
Ordered that Calvin Joy be ap-
pointed Over&eer Of Road No. 126,
rice j. y. Matlock, removed.
Orde, ed that the hands liable to
road work on j. J. Covington's place
now on Road No. 10, be placed on
Road No. 9S, Hal Scott Overseer.
Ordered that one thousand feet of
lumber be furnished Anderson Mas
sey on Road No. los, and it is fur
Their ordered that the boundaries of
said road extend from Artesian
Springs to A. Flemming's place
Ordered that upon t.e recOmmen
dation of John awthorne, County
Superintendent of Public Roads,
that the petition of John n. Barrett
and fifty-nine others praying for
the laying out and opening of Il
public road from the Leake County
line, beginning at a point near Cal
vim Stewart, thence Westerly to
Artesian Springs he granted, and
that said road be laid out and open
ed under the Superintendent of
Public Roads.
Ordered that on the recommends
ton of the Supt. of Public Roads
that the boundaries OF the road over
which s. J. Robinson is overseer be
extended so far as to take in part of
the road assigned to James Simpson,
viz: from corner where the ArteSian
Springs road to Pickens Ferry en-
tiers the Canton and Bowles Ferry
road to Jack Lake, and that said
S. J. Robinson's hands join with
j. Simpson from SAID corner and
work the road together from there
to the Ferry. 1t is further ordered
that plank Sc. sufficient to cover
five bridges and waterways on said
road be furnished, not to exceed
500 in value.
Ordered by the Board that Court
House Warrants to the amount of
$4,000 be issued to f. B. Pratt in
part payment of the contract for re-
pairs OH Court House.
Ordered that the following ac-
counts be allowed and paid out of
any money not otherwise appropri-
ated, now remaining in the County
to the credit Of the Gene
raj, Court House and Poor Funds,
respectively:
GENERAL FUND.
Robt. Tyler,
Amt allowed for putting up bridge
over Tildabogue, 500
Henry Bowers,
Bill ren'd for grading and ditchins,
$40.1O
w. B. AlSworth,
Bill ren'd fOc lumber furnished road,
S26.0S
W. b. AlSwOrth,
Bill ren'd for lumber furnished, S1J
n. G. Orrick,
Bill ren'd for shovels, spikes, dc.
S63.72
Richard Williams,
Bill ren'd for mile boards, &C., 1926
Il. j. Ross, Sheriff,
Bill ren'd for money expended, S44
w. r. Parker,
Bill ren'd for timber, SIG
COURT HOUSE and JAIL FUND.
N. G. Orrick.
Bill ren'd for sash, Sc, 1920
Il. j. Ross,
Bill ren'd for window shades, &c,
S193
POOR FUND.
GlasScock & Co.,
Bill ren'd for articles furnished pau
per, ST.
Mat Howard,
Bill ren'd for burying pauper, $3.50
Archie Jones,
Bill ren'd for burying pauper, $40
Ordered that Edward Williamson
De allowed to construct gate across
Of Madisonville.
IL appearing 10 tIt SailiSlaCtlOu Ol
he Board that p. Y. Uite was as.
;essed through mistake with forty
six sheep, it is therefore ordered |
hat the same be corrected on the
assessment roll of personality for
he fiscal year of 1873.
1t appearing to the satisfaction Of
be Board that the residence of
}. a. Luckett, Sr. was destroyed by
ire previous to the LIST of January,
S73, and that the value of his
has consequently been re-
lnced thereby, it is therefore order
ID that a reduction of $4,000 be
made in the assessment of the same.
Ordered that this Board adjourn
ntil tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock, August 9th, 1873.
VIM. BRECK, President.
Teste: +. S. JEFFREY, Clerk.
AUGUST 9TH, A. d. 1878.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
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