The Brookhaven leader., 1891-07-23
noAHp.or SUPERVISORS.
Important Business Transacted at the
July Term.

Important business Transacted ut the
July Term.
At "a regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of Lincoln county,
held at the Court House ou Monday, the
9th day of July, 1891, the following
members aud officers were present, To-
Il. wit: w. II. Penn, I. G.. smith, W. {.
Price, S F. eagle, w. G. Beacham, mem
hers: X. W. McNair, Sheriff. and Felix
May, CLERK.
Ordered, That the order granting new
public road on petition uf Sidney Bullock
and other, passed at the June term of
this Board, ami which order granted only
n pant Of the road prayed for IN said pciI-
| ton, be, and the same hereby *, amcud-
| ed and that said road he granted as pray
ed for in said petition, and the said road
| sha II be Land off as follows, tn-wlt: Com.
mcncing at seven mile post on Beaufo-
! gard and Smith Ferry road and running
| thence in southwcstcrly direction hN
Little Bahaln church. crossing Balala
creek at Breeder Il Parncll's mill, thence
| by +. NJ. Ncwtons and by Crawford Bros.
mill. intcrsocting the Brookhaven aud
| Wcssou road about ~ miles from Brook
haven; provided that said road shall he
| made without expense to the county and
that Sidney Bullock, Alex Davis, /. {.
| Crawford, NJ Crawford, } Fur, j NJ
! Newto.. + Hoggart, jeff Anglin, w =
smith and Wa Smith be appointed com
missioners to lay on sail road.
| Ordered, That the petition ~ ". IL.
Butler and others filed at the June fem
of this Board praying fer new pnhI'c
road be granted as prayed for III sald pc
! Ill l,.,E FnDn
| without expense to the county. aud that
| DIR. A. Smith, Pink Adams, II. 1. Erei,
John Crosby, Tom Leggett, Drcl Rollins
and Bill Sasser be appointed commission
ers to lay off said road,
! Ordered. That the contract for building
bridge across McCalfs Creek at Pax
! tons place on road No. b, be awarded to
! G.. S. Lambright at and for the sum OF
! sos 90, said bridge TO be built seventy
| feet long. w. A. Doccll, NJ. w. Nevis,
and 4. 81. Calender are appointed as
commissioners to rsceige and report on
said bridge.
Ordered. That the contract for building
fence around the Jail be awarded TO
Breeder & Parnrll at and for the sum OF
| S12I IS, said fence to be built according
to specifications now on file with this eN-
ception, that the posts shall be twelve
feet long instead of ten feet
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
h A Smith. building bridge as per con
Is + Magcc. feeding prisoners. ...:....... Is ~
! r W McNair, carrying Tom Graham a
wounded prisoner from Natchcz 10
| BrOokhayeh a dlStdaCe Of l54 miles by
| Gnt mill and mrdiciuc for prisoner w :! 90
! b 7 Hobbs, publishing county Sup' : no "a
Marshall < Bruce, paper for chancery - 4,
Marshall 4 Bruce, stationery and court
R&T Ennis. envelopes blank deeds,
* T A Ennis, pay certificates, envelopes
FelX May. 6 months extra service. ........ - %
II W McNair q months extra services. go. - u"
The petition of w. 7. East and forty
| others for a new public road to begin di.
| rectly in front OF East's mill and running
| in westerly direction by the residence
of NJ. b. Britt, Moses GOOdin, Mrs. Saliie
Falvey and from thence by the premises
of J. O. FairmaD, passing on the line dl-
vidng his place and Jack Magce'S at It's
entrance and thence through MaSee S
place where the neIghborhood road now
! exists, and thence in Il direct line Oh 10y
! w. +. Smiths store, ending at Brookiil-
ven and Union Church road abont three
miles east of Cascyvillc, near the resi-
| ucnCe OF Ut. IL. ~, AppltN mus, " tlS ~
ccived and ordered flied.
The petition of Thomas Furlow and u
others for change of about one quarter
of mile on the north end of road No. %,
commencing opposite of VIM. Nelson's
and running about 40 yards to jackson
and Liberty road at the Gallatn II mile
post about mile east of where the pres
ent road strikes road No. so, i'll the Joel
East old field, was received and ordered
| filed.
The petition of A. L. Graves and others
praying the Board to reScnd and amend
an order entitled "An Order to Te-district
the county" passed at the May term
thereof, coming on to be heard, and the
board having considered the matter and
being of the opinion that the relief sought
for is needed, it is ordered that the follow
ing changes be made in District Nos. l, ,,
and 5. Districts Nos. 3 and remaining
as rcdistricted heretofore.
/ District No. | shall contain and cm
brace all that part of said county lying
and being in the east half of township Z,
range east, and the west half of town
ship I, range s, east, and the east half of
township 8 range east, and the west
half of township s, range . east.
District No. 2 Shall contain and en-
brace all that portion of said county ly-
ing and being in the east half of town
ship Z, range s. east, and east half of
township 8, range 8, east, and township
Z, range 9, east, and township 8, range 9,
east.
District No. shall contain and embrace
all the balance of the county not embrac
ed in any one of the other districts. IL
is further ordered and adjudged that this
order take effect on the LIST day of Feb
ruary, 1892, and all orders at variance or
conflicting with this order are hereby re-
pealed.
Ordered, That the officers and members
) be allowed their per diem and mileage.
W. H. Penn, day. ....................sf 90
l. c. Smith, day and miles. ............. so
w. c. Price, day and Sc miles. ............. . so
s. Z. eagle, day and "A miles. .............. 20
c. w. Beacham, day and 80 miles. ........ 5 60
| r. w McNair Sheriff, day ,............... 9 90
Felix May, Clerk, day. Observation-Disclosures. 90
, Ordered that the Board do now adjourn.
= FELIX MAY. Clerk.