The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-06-13

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tho poafd dealt with and We sfe glad
10 be able 10 state that the Board
adopted tie report Of the oblc com
mittee which was appointed to take
the matter iDlo consideration and
steps were taken 10 o, nice build
onc. The plan submitted by Mr.
William WEIGH vas approved and
the contract will be let out and bids
arc to be received until the first
Monday in August 1t is TO he o
frame building Of q suitable size the
Clerks and SherifTs offices to be
separate-a brick, Grc-prooi building
l6x32-tbe whole not TO cost exceed
iug three thousand dollars. Mr.. NJ.
n. CndabaC WIS appointed Inspector,
charged with inspecting the work as
it progressed and that the reception
of the buildings upon comp elton, be
subject to his approval. This was a
wise provision on the part OF the
Board, and they could not have made
a better selection, and one which
will furnish o guarantee that the
work will be properly executed.
The Board purchased the lot adjo!n-
ing the Ccu't House lot, on which the
Thiel Hotel stood, and this secures
with the old lot a handsome lot OF
two Hundred feet front which will
give sufficient room OIL each side to
prevent its being endangered by fire
from other buildings, and if the
grounds be improved, trees set ont
etc., a Court House square may be
established which woud be an
ornament to Scranton and q pride
10 the county. The lot cost $3.50, to
be paid out of the Court House fund,
and $25 were allowed Mr.. Alley, the
Clerk, for services rendered in secur-
ing the lot, travelling expenses to New
leans &c.
The Eoard appointed Charles ii.
Wood, Esq. attorney and legal adj
visor 10 the Board, with a salary Of
three hundred dollars per annum, q
selection which was judicious, and
which will prevent the Board from
/, going astray whenever any legal
proposition enters into their dclibera
| tions.
Fifty-four dollars and sixty cents
were allowed AFR. G. w. Brewer for
transportation and Sictualling pris.
oners. For board Of prisoners Sher-
if Ramsay was allowed $l30 so and
500 were allowed W. A. Champlin,
ESQ.,, for professional services
'fhe subject oil licensing bar-rooms
excited some interest and much dc.
liberation. The law requires that a
majority Of females over eighteen
years of age, as well as males over
twenty-one dresuming we suppose
that a female Of eighteen is as fully,
mentally developed, as a male Of
t~veuty-onc) in any police district or
Incorporated Town, shall sign the pc
tition for license but the question
arises, how is a Board to know what
namber constitutes a majority OF the
females, aforesaid, unless a censns be
taken, and no provision is made fol
the Boards to- ascertain the number.
The Board 10 this instance, did whaI
it only could do: carefully scan the
signatures and judge il they properly
represented o fair expression of the
public opinion, and then to order thai
they lie oxer thirty days 10 await any
coynisr petitions and provided tina
no such petitions arc received &c
grast licenses 10 respectable petitions
ANA acting thus. the petitions Of John
Esgsn aRA q. Monti Of OceaI
Spaings. and Charles Cruzatoi Serau'
ton. were ordered 70 he received and
to bio over thirty days.
Seven hundred dollars Of State
paper now in hands Of equity Treas.
urer were loaned TO Jpha u. Clark
secured 10y mortgage On real estate
and the bslaacc Of State paper 10 tb'
county Treasury was ordered 10 u