The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-07-21

hereby rejected:
Z Richardson, work on La
Grange levee --i
Cannon & nerney, clearing
OnCottonwood levee sT5 90 4
S Katzenberg, sundries to
men on Mound levee, 81 Sc |
G r Dunlap, whisky to men
on Beulah Lake levee ) 80
c W Clarke, attorney, for
timber used byrepair force 36 90
Sheriff Hunt, fees and jury
services, 43 20
B Duncan,provisions to men
on Choctaw Bend leyee,
Ordered by the Board, that
1852 S5 of the retained per cent
age of McLemore s. Cant on their
contract, be aud the same is here
by allowed paid on the chief engi'
neer's estimate.
Ordered by the Board. that up
on the delivery to Percy, Yerger
& Percy, Attorneys of this Board,
of a proper deed and conveyance
to be approved by them, convey
ing to this Board the strip of land
on the front of Leesland planta-
ton, Bolivar county, between the
public levee and the front fence
of said plantation, containing 10
15-10O acres, and upon the order
of said ,orneys the Treasurer
will pay 10 John V. Lobdell the
sum of &3OO.5O as purchase money
of said strip of land.
Whereas, when it became nee
essary, during the past winter, to
construct new levee through
Longwood and Glenora planta-
tions, by which about 40 acres Of
land upon the plantation of Merit
Williams would be thrown out
side of the levee, and about 20
acres would be consumed in the
right of way, Mr.. Williams declin-
cd to summon jury TO assess his
damages or make any demand for
the same, but proposed to Presi-
dent Worthington that if the
Board would agree to pay him the
cost of moving his buildings to
the inside of the levee and recon
structing the same, he would remit
all claims for damages and grant a
free right of way, and said propo'
sition was accepted and agreed to
by President Worthington;
1t is therefore ordered by tine
Board, that the account of Merit
Williams for sl,127 15, for moving
! to the inside of the new levee the
dwelling house and quarters OF
Glenora plantation and recon
structing the same, which has beer
examined and found to be correct
be allowed and ordered to be paid
On motion the Board adjourned
to meet tomorrow morning.
July II, 1888.
The Board met pursuant to ad
journment. Present same rs ol
. yesterday.
, Whereas, the Board of Missis
, sippi Levee Commissioners, b.
, section 3 of an act of the Missis
+. sippi Legislature entitled "An ac
to amend an act to incorporat
. the Board Of Levee Commission
ers for Bolivar, Washington an
Issaquena countless" and for othe
!, purposes, approved November 2,
1865, and the several amend
ments thereto approved Januar
q, 1877, approved February q
1878, is authorized to levy and al
: sess for any one year an ad yalt
. rem tax of not more than o mill
! upon the real and personal prof.
u erty situated in the Mississippi
d Levee District, and by said sectio
y. 8 said Board is required to est
. mate respectively the amount thu
u will be produced by the tax
u cotton now levied by law for col
u struction purposes for the ye'
commencing September LIST, an
10 what will be produced by such o
O. valorem tax as may be levied u
der said section 8, and as near
90 as practicable to reduce the ts
vi on cotton by the amount of so
o. ad valorem tax; and whereas, sa
Board has deemed 1t advisable
20 levy and assess for the year 13'
the 3 mills ad valorem tax autho
W lied by said section 8, and ha'
~ estimated that the same will pr
90 duce $4,000; and have likowi
estimated that the present tax
80 one.half of one cent per poul
upon lint cotton will produce f
~ ~ the ensuing year, commencing Sc
30 tember lst, s1S0,OOO, and have
rs certained, therefore, that by Il
terms of said section 5 a reducti'
to the extent of said ad valorem t