The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-08-10

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A like allowance was made 10
Jack Osborne as a pauper.
Board then adjourned till nexI
day.
Tuesday 2nd.
Board met 8 a. IN. Present same
as yesterday.
Ordered, that the clerk advertise
for sealed proposals for building
bridge over Owens creek, near j,
| @. Ross's, to be opened at Septem.
ber term, plans and specifications
on file.
Ordered, that the clerk advertise
for plans and specifications for q
new bridge over Barland creek pear
Jefferiesvile.
Regarding the petition of ID. o,
Perkins and others for public road;
Board being satisfied that public
convenience requires such road, ii
is ordered that supervisors Regan
and Jefferies be made a committee
to examine the contemplated route,
and if same be found practicable
they shall lay out and mark a road
and report in writing at the Sep
tember term.
The assessor having filed his roll
OF educable children in the county,
and the board after carefully exam
lining same being satisfied that it is q
true and correct enumeration: They
therefore affirm the declaration oi
the county school board, to-wit :
at is the sense and declaration of
the county school board that any
calculation relative TO the educable
children of Claiborne county based
on the u. s. census of 1890 will be
extremely erroneous and therefore
unjust to the school interests OF
the county; for we declare that
said census is grossly wrong, incom-
plete and fraudulent in that il falls
far below the true population OF
Claiborne county. We ask the at
tention of the state superintendent
of education to this fact in his re-
view of the enumeration OF the
county assessor"
After spending rest of the day in
examining assessment rolls, board
adjourned till next day.
Wednesday, Srd.
Board met 8 a. m. Same attend
ance as yesterday.
Regarding the petition OF r. G..
Foster ct al for a public road The
board after hearing oral testimony
for and against said road, being sat
isfied that prayer of said petition
should be granted in part, orders
that supervisors Regan and Jeffer-
les be appointed a committee to ex-
anime the contemplated route,
and if samo be found practicable
they shall lay out and mark the
road and report in writing at the
September meeting.
Board spent rest of day in exam
lining assessment rolls and adjourn
ed till next day.
Thursday, 4lh.
Board met at 8 a. m. Present
same as yesterday.
Concerning petitions for an elec-
tion under the local option law, the
board being satisfied that said petit
ton is signed by one-third of the
qualified electors Of the county, or
ders that an election be held Thurs
day, Sept. /, 1892, and further or
ders that j. III. Gordon, Hy Marx
and S. 4. Dudley, Jr., be and they
are hereby appointed commission
ers TO hold said election, and make
returns thereof to this board on the
first Monday, and 9Th day of Sep
tember, 1892; and further orders
that j. III. Gordon be and he is
hereby appointed the commissioner
to have the ballots ior said election
printed and distributed.
The board spent rest of the day
in examining the assessment rolls,
and adjourned to meet next day.
Friday, 4th.
Board met 8 a. m. Present same
as yesterday.
Ordered, that the clerk advertise
for bids to build a bridge across
Gums bayou, near Bagnell's place
according to plans and specifications
on file, bids TO be opened at the
September term
The board received and filed 90
road reports and ordered the clerk !
to buy $50 copies of road law in
pamphlet form.
The county superintendent OF ed
ucation presented his report for the |
month of July, which was read, ap-
proved and filed, and the clerk was
instructed to ask the Reveille to
publish il.
Ordered, that the board does
hereby ratify the appointment of the
following persons by the county su-
perintendent of education to consti-
tute the county school board for a
term Of FIVE years: LIST district, /.
ID. Magruder; 2nd district. G.. w.
Humphreys; 3rd, G.. K. Lum 4th,
j. r. McCaleb; 9Th, j. |. Marler.
Ordered, that the clerk notify all
for pension under the
state law to appear in person before !
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