Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05


ne board Of supervisors met az IL
ocieak ysstssday morning puf5nant &
a~dleaEament, Ell the members present
TIE minutes Of the meeting Of Tues
duy we're read and approved.
Bnls OF the gas company for No
vembsF. 1885, amounting 10 sl3255
and FER December, 1885, for tl0560,
were allowed, with the understanding
that 10 the future all bills must be
itsmlzed.
An application for liquor license
from John N. DaugheFty was received
and ordered published according to
law.
Frank Carter was appointed over
seer Of road 81, in the second district,
in the place Of James Martin.
ID. 3. Middleton. overseer OF road
100, made a requisition for six picks,
six shoveIs and n scraper, to work
said road, which was granted, under
section /. chapter 286, acts Of 1884.
The petition OF Jacob White, Gilbert
Irwin and David Redeemer. for repairs
10 public school, was laid over.
W. A. Watkins was allowed $45 for
building a culvert on the Valley road,
and another for $55.
Frank Cuneo, for repairing eulVert
and making ditch on the Valley road
$25.
w. ]. Fletcher was allowed $345 for
building bridge across Rushing Greek.
A bill for a bridge built by him across
Bear Creek, on a private road near DIR.
Hanlon's house, for $40, wat laid
over, because the board had no knowl-
edge of this being a public road.
The board continued the work of
checking up with ex-County Treasurer
Meyer, and will conclude tomorrow.
Pending the action of the board in
receiving x-Treasurer Henry Mayors
accounts, Mr.. James Gibson presented
the following petition in behalf of bis
clients, Messrs. Tom Morris and Dave
Kennedy, which, after due c%onsidera-
tion, was not agreed to, and the wal.
rants In question were accepted
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of War
rem county, Mississippi:
Gentlemen-The undersigned would
respectfully call your atteation to the
fact that in pursuance Of power given
them by section 2.150 of the code of
1880. your predecessors levied a tax of
Two mills to create a special fund as
provided for by said section of the
code.
Your attention is further called to
the fact that said fund could only be
distributed or disbursed for the pur-
poses stated in said section, to-wit: For
building or improving county build
ings or bridges.
You are further Informed that r.
+. Beck, as sheriff of said county, col.
lected over $4,000 of said tax and
special fund. and that as the under
signed is informed he paid said amount
10 various kinds of scrip or county
warrants to Henry Mayer, then treas
urer, who now holds this sum in lieu Of
said fund, and is now about to turn
the same over to the board and to his
successor in office.
The undersigned AYERS that a greater
or u large portion of the scrip or
county warrants he holds in lieu Of
said fund, are not payable out of said
fund, to-wit: All that kind of warrants
which show IN their face they were
not issued for payment for improving
or building county buildings OF bridges,
and the undersigned asks that your
honorable body shall refuse to receive
said warrants or scrip from said
Mayer in lieu of the said special
fund. As in duty bound, etc.
MORRIS s. KENNEDY.
J. n. GIBSON, Attorney.