Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
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s "A special meeting OF the board o.
supervisors was held at the Cour
House at u o'clock yesterday.
Present-W. o. WorreI, president
". B. Lewis, H. M. Goff, and H. X
Jones, Sheriff Beck, by deputy ant
Clerk Hardy, by deputy. +
The president of the board teC
that the object Of the Vas tC
change the tax levy, AZ lib grand ju.
Sjass dGas' sttaDttG s1s %tGsE needing imme'
! The following resolution was adopt
ed:
Resolved, That the tax levy for
Warren county, made at the last
meeting Of the board of supervisors, be
and is hereby amended, so as to reduce
the rate levied for general warrants
from seven mills to six mills; and the
rate levied on special warrants from
three mills to two mills; and the rate
levied for school bonds and interest
from one and a half mills to one mill,
so that the levy Of county taxes on
poperty in the city of Vicksburg shall
stand at nine and half mills on the
dollar, and on property in the county
outside Of said city shall stand at
fourteen mills on the dollar.
Resolved, further, That the clerk Of
this board certify this resolution to the
sheriff Of Warren county, and the
auditor of public accounts Of the State
of Mississippi.
On motion the following accounts
were allowed: Y ~
W. B. Overly, for placing bridge in
its proper place across Summerset
Creek, $40.
W. h. Bryant, filing cave 80 feet
wide, 30 feet deep and Is long. in the
Beechland road. between the II and 18
mile board, $79.
Harrison Winfield, filling cave, near
Tittlntown, on Messengers Ferry road,
$3.50.
W. B. Overly, placing bridges in pro-
per place across Clear Creek, on the
Vicksburg and Beechland road, 800,
The petition Of number of colored
citizens, asking that the office Of justice
of the peace filed by Geo. W. Daven-
port, be declared vacant, on the plea
that he lived outside of his district,
was laid over until next meeting, and
the clerk was instructed to notify Mr..
Davenport of the same.
Judge F. Speed offered the follow
ing order, which was laid over:
Ordered, That after the first Mon
day in January, 1886, all that portion
of the city of Vicksburg known as the
first and second wards, together with
so much Of the second supervisors
district as lies north of a line projected
easterly through the centre of Clay
street to the eastern limit Of said
second district, shall constitute the first
supervisors district, and that the re-
naming portion of said city of Vicks-
burg, being the third and fourth wards
and so much of the second supervisors
district as lies south Of the afore de-
scribed line, shall constitute the second
supervisors district.
The following are the grand Jurors
selected for the ensuing term Of the
circuit criminal court:
First District-.J. T. Baum, F. S.
Lawrence, Fl. II. Biedenharn, and NJ.
Wolf.
Second District-W. T. Emmerson,
D. G. Vandenburg, F. f. Belk, and A.
H. Watkins.
Third District-W. B. Lewis, ISAIAH
1. Thomas, Byron Swami, and i, N
FoTtner. 7~
Fourth Districts. Maxwell, D. NJ. !
Parker, Henry. Meeks and Samuel
Chase.
Fifth District--J. G. Harris, James
Fossett, ST., N. B. Webster and S. S.
Watts
The commissioners of election filed |
their report of changes made by them
in the several voting precincts Of the
county as below, which was, on
received.
{. On motion of Houston Jones It was
ordered that the said report be referred
back to them, and that they be re-
quested to let the voting precincts
stand as they are at present establish
ed.
70 the Honorable Board OF Supervisors Of War
ren county. n
Gentlemen-In pursuance of our duties, and
he power conferred on us by law, we have the
lonor to inform yOn that we have altered the
election Districts Of the Supervisors Districts of
his county as designated In the enclosed state
nent Of our action.
We do this that you may cause our action to
70 spread upon your minutes as required by law,
GLEN DAVIS,
JOHN W. KLINE.
At a meeting of the Commissioners Of Elec-
ion for Warren county, held this 23d day of sep
we're present Glenn Davis and John VI. Klein.
The other Commissioner, Matt Peace, wasAab-
ent.
The Following proceedings we're had:
1t was ordered and resolved that the Second
supervisors District for the election of mem
er OF tie Board Of Supervisors be divided into
wO election Districts as follows, viz: One cleo
lon District to comprise all Of the Second Su-
ervisors District lying north and westOt YaZoo
lVer, with Brunswick as the voting place, and
nat all the balance off said Supervisors Dis
ricts tO-wlt: all lying south Of the YazO0 river
hall constitute the other election District, with
laszinger's store as the voting place.
1t was further ordered and resolved that the !
bird Supervisors District for the election of
lember OF the Board of Supervisors be divided I
ito three election Districts, as follows Wig:
ne election District shall comprise what is now
n0Wh as paYls bend precinct, which shall re-
lain unchanged. Another election District ,
lall comprise all OF the Third Supervisors Dis
'ct living south and west of tho Warrent0n and
anklnson's Ferry road and east Of the Missis-