The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
Proceedings of the Board of
supervisors.

" SSSC 6OdIO o.
supervisors.
JULY TERM'-At a regular, meeting o.
the Board OF Supervisors of Madison
county began and held at the Cour,
house thereof in the city of Canton
there were present j. F. Battley, Pres
ldent, ii. H. Mciowan, f. D. Coleman
). T. Luckett, and l. c. Stein, James
Prlestley clerk, g R. Kemp sheriff.
| The following orders were passed
and accounts paid. Ross & Almou
paid for publication of bridge notice
$685.. Ross & Almon paid for sub
scription Picket 81 5O-Ross & Almon
PAID for publication June minutes So. 90
SD. j. Hart paid as keeper of the
Poor house $53.76. :. H. FL. McGowan
paid for days inspection $40. 90.
w. 5: Kent paid for services as Poor
house physician $14 10. C. H. Hays
PAID for lum Der on roads No. IA & rs
Sl3: AZ. Contract for building bridges
and earth work on upper Stump bridge
was awarded to 5. W Magruder at Sc.
per cubic yard and sl.2O per lineal
foot w. ID. Owen paid for lum Der
on road No. 81 20. w. D. Owen pd
Tor lumber on road No. SIS 90. j.
L.. Stewart paid for road contractor
special beat No. / 500. 90. Frank
Williams paid work road ia, SS.75...
Ordered that the petition of w w
Nichols ct al, for new road to be laid
out, be granted. Said new road shall
be mum bered -. and shall commence
at certain point in Dist No 5 on the
Canton Stump bridge & Camden road.
where the township line between town
ship 10 and II. range 4 Z crosses said
road; thence on said township line I'M
" II passes the resd-pce of w W
Nichols and thence along the old road
that runs by the Joe Barnes residence
and thence To Camden and Stump
Bridge road at or near the residence of
+ Milton. and that Il Luckett, L
ID Coleman be appointed II committee
to lay out said road. =. w Il Jones nd
office rent for June '95 SO i. :. The fol-
lowing order spread on the minutes.
to-wit: To the Hon. Board of Super
visors of Madison county: We the |
road Com. report the following roads
worked during the month of June, viz:
From Hanging Moss Bridge to Persim- !
mon Creek 2 - miles, Livingston road |
4 miles. Calhoun Sta. road miles, |
Canton & Moores Bluff road miles.
West of X Il miles. Carthage road 2 |
miles, Sharon road miles. WAYS Bluff |
miles, Moures Bluff & jackson road 4
miles, making 30 ~ miles of road
worked. We find the roads well work
ed and recommend that the contract.
Or be paid his monthly salary Geo
Harvey, + d Coleman, G Olsen, Com.
Low | Smith paid tor building and
bridge on road M l52, $40. =.
Speaks paid as ferrymanat Meeks
Ferry $1,000 -. Ordered that the AS
SCISSORS books be read and filed with
1bancery elk for correction rreasurers
'epnrt received, checked and found cor
'ect and ordered Fl led for future refer
nee. Cash on hand counted and found
correct Board adjourned to meet to-
morrow morning at o'clock.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Board convened III regular session
m Tuesday morning pursuant to ad- |
ournDent with same officers and mem :
ers present as VI sterddy The follow |
ng orders Were pass, and accounts
aic. Ordered that Pat Haffey's |
lace be changed from road l59 to road 1
S.
CANTON, Miss. July 2-95. i
BOARD SUPERVISORS MADISON Co.
We the Trustees of township 3. range
w. recommend that So 80 of the fund a
elonging to the above named town
nip be expended for the repair of the
ernon white school and the remainder 9
30. 90 for the purpose of extending the :
:hUul Que month. II
NJ. r. THURMAN, =
h. =. THOMPSON, =
Township Trustees
Ordered that VIM. Permiuter he com
iSSIoned as overSeer on road No. l6J Il
Ordered that James Mooney he ap. q
,inted overseer on road No. 81
Lewis paid for buildi g bridge on =
,ad 1873 81, -. Frank Williams paid q
r. repairing bridge road 6s $27,75 sub
ct IL order of j Il Luckett. IN CT
rick bill for stove laid over. &C OIL 5.
n paid for lumber for road 20 S3l3, v
ad "a seven dollars: road 81 two dol L
RS thirty five cents. total Sl2 a.. c.
sen paid TOR lumber for road 81 SO o. p,
VI Pace paid for repairing bridge nj
ad 81 SOD. w Il Rhodes paid for +
hiding bridge on ROAD 80 $1,000. :. Pc =,
ion of Sam Tucker for land changes
id over until August meeting. C
sens hill tor lime for Jail laid over.
Marshall 81 Rruce paid for station
Y for Chanrrry Clerks office Sll SO. In
Petition of Mrs. Sarah A Powers ot
r land change laid over until August te
Application for change of land from X
k Anders, n t. W j Gary laid over W
I August. p. Bond of Geo z Reid re- D.
wed and approved for j z in Dist No "a
a. |