Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-11

Kerry Dlluslr 4lui Au4 lol Reagan
lake bridge, s59.
n. s.. Hendricks for repairing
bridge adjoining Rsagan's lake bridge,
$13. instead Of SIS, as per contract, he
having omitted a portion Of the work,
Alex. Wilson, for hauling lumber
for road 48. So.
w. D.. Shingles, for carrying two
prisoners to jail from Adams landing
81.
Vicksburg Gas Light Company, gas
at Courthouse for May aVd April,
$3.50.
A. L. Kleinman. repairing bridge,
building c%ulvert, furnishing and haul
ing lumber on road l2l, SIG IS.
A. Bullock, Esq, attorney for Mrs.
Charlotte Spears, presented a petition
claiming damage for right of way
through her land for road No. SO, near
Bovina. The board heard the argu-
ment and laid the matter oYer for fur
Their consideration.
On motion the contract awarded to
Wilson Bell for building willow mat
tresses on Clear Creek was annUlled,
he refusing to comply with the re-
quirements of the board in building
said mattresses exclusively of willows.
Messrs. Mattingly & Cunning pre-
sented their bill of $1,000 for repairing
the National cemetery road. On
motion they were allowed $1,000.
JIG. Bell, joverseer of road No. SO,
made application for lumber to repair
bridges On said road, which was
granted.
On motion it was ordered that eight
pieces of lumber on road No. SO be APP
piled for use on road No. AZ.
Dorsey Foreman presented a claim
amounting to $3.50 for loss of two
mules, wagon ana harness, ETC., on
account of bad condition of road near
Newtown, which on motion was re-
iected.
The following resolution was adopt.
ed:
Resolved, That the clerk of the
board be required to have in complete
readiness for examination of this
board, at its next regular meeting, to
be in July, all of the county tr%easurer's
reports from LIST of January, 1880, to
the 1st of March, 1886, and all tt Q
warrants, bonds and coupons, that
have been cancelled between the afore,
said dates, commencing with the first
report of the treasurer in 1880, and
that said clerk be required to have the
said cancelled warrants, bonds and
coupons so arranged that they may
be checked up in the order in which
they appear on the lists that were
filed with them at the time that they
were cancelled, and said clerk is re-
quired to present at said meeting the
"treasurer's docket" with all of the
treasurer's reports, duly recorded
therein az required by law.
Messes. Kennedy & Morris were al
lowed $82.50 for filling hole on Red
Bone and Fishers Ferry road as per
contract $25 for repairing Red Bone
bridge ; $25 for repairing bridge west
of Red Bone 1925 for building bridge
over MchGee's slough on Baldwin's
Ferry road, and $500 for filling wash
out on road No. "a, near Miss Lille
Cooks place.
On motion it was ordered that the
president of the board be and is au-
thorized to borrow $500.
On motion Mr.. Horace Marshall
vas granted use of room used by Mr..
Moore until after the grand jury ad-
journs.
On motion, it was ordered that the
president of the board be authorized to
borrow $703.75, now in the hands of
John NJ. Cameron, county treasurer,
belonging to the school fund of section
l6, township Is. range five east, and
that a loan warrant issue therefor, to
be used 10 payment of current tx.
penses of the county.
The gas bills for the Jail for Novem
Der, December, January and May,
which had been referred to a commit
tee, were rejected.
The bond of L. G. Bell, for building
Coles Creek bridge on road SO, was
filed and approved.
L. G. Bell vas allowed $3.50 for
putting up the Coles creek bridge.
H. M. Golf was allowed $3.50.
On affidavit by overseer of road No.
SO that certain work on said road was
ne cessary to be done. which the road
hands cannot do, Supervisor 7. w.
BTabston was authorized to receive
bids for same.
The bridge on Muddy creek, road
No. 81, having been reported in bad
condition, Supervisor Brabston was
authorized to receive bids to repair
same ii necessary.
Vim. Curphy was allowed 500 for
two hundred feet Of lumber.
A communication from the State
board of health in regard to the ap-
pointment of a health officer for the
county was laid over until next meet
ing.
A number of inquest cases were
read and allowed.
w. ]. Fletcher's bill for inquest on
he body of Ed Woodson. was rejected,
and another without name or mention
If deceased on May 18th, was returned
Tor information.