The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07
Proceedings Of Board
Supervisors.
F6ruary Term.

!, The Board Of Supervisors met ii Can-
y ton in Court Honse Monday, Feb. srd
1885, We're present: VIM. Reid. Pres
!. + Dendy, y X Collier. p B Bridges
I a Bolc, q. r Kemp, Clerk; Walter
Stokes, sheriff. The following or
ders were passed and accenDts made:
Steve Grant paid erroneous poll tax
y $500 Jshn Hall paid erroneous poll
Tax $500. TG Luckett paid burial
pauper, Smith $500 Account OF Cad
: dis 4 Jiggits for IS. 10 for nails in Dist.
) not allowed Canton Cotton Ware
house for 5tnns of coal for Jail $o3 80
! ...E III Hutson for $15.0 feet of lum-I
Der for road No g4. S22.50... E II Hut
son for building bridge road "a, 1880
~. Turner erroneous road tax in
dist. l, $3l8.. &c. Olsen lumber for
roads s. "a ~. Account Of VIM Harris
continued. Geo D Bernard & Co. pd
pens Chancery clerk $I.5O.. Marshall
u Bruce paid itemized account $l69 90
Board adjourned until tomorrow
! morning at nine o'clock N. Board met
pursuant to adjounrm emit with same
officers and members present. .Shrock
u Son ordered to be refunded errone-
GUS tax on realty described in tax re-
4 ceipt No. 1901 for the year of 1895 S12. OIL |
Clerk required to request State au-
ditor to give Sheriff Madison county |
credit for the States part of the same |
to wit: Is 30 in his final settlement |
with the State. r M johnson is drop
ped as an ex-Confederate pensioner
from list of county pensioners and elk
required to notify State Auditor not to
issue him, the said johnson State
pension warrant for the year '95 and to
drop said johnson from the roll of
! STATE pensioners, he the said johnson
having removed from the state. The
bond OF w j Barnett for ~, 900 90 as
| keeper OF the poor house is approved &
ordered recorded No appropriations
shall be made for the support of any
they are actual inmates of the poor
house. w Barnett paid support
panpers for weeks ending Feb. LIST,
$3S. 49,. !. w b Barnett paid mdse for
paapers So IS. "A b Williams resund-
ed erroneous poll tax $500. Sheriff
is ordered to be credited with erron'us
poll tax of Dock Cross from West ward
Dist. $780,. Josie Grafton paid
for timber for road 1906, SlO. 90. q S
Oglesby paid erroneous poll tax $500
I. 5. Warren account laid over till the
next meeting. \. Thomas Grafton paid
for furnishing timber on road 1O4, $40
90. IN Allen paid .expsnses On desk
from Marshall e. Bruce S255. Geo.
r Owen paid repairs on bridge road 81
$500. Henry Robinson paid for lum-
her road l6l, IS. SO. ..P Ridges and
w Il Bole, committee appointed at last
meeting in matter Of petition of w e
Harris ct al for new road near Flora
after careful examination report that
said new road is not necessary :. Said :
report of com mittee Is sustained BY the I
Board and petition OF w E Harris ct al
dismissed Ordered that the treasur- !
er be instructed To negotiate with w Gil !,
Walker for renewal of mis- note and So
curity due to 7 II r 8 = and report his
action to this board at its next session
Hon. B Crisman is hereby elected
attorney of this board at q salary OF
5 so 90 per annum, the same to be paid ,
quarterly; said term Of appointmen to
continuce for IL months. /. Ordered by
the Board that the attorney of this
board, j b Crjsman be instructed tot
have execution issued on the Judged
ment in favor of Medison Co. against
the mem bers of the Board OF Supervis-
,rs for illegal allowances made by (
hem, which judgement was rendered =
asst year Ordered by the Board that
he treasurer of this county call on all
persons delinquent to the township
unds and unless the interest is paid in
% days the treasurer is instruced to
ring suit on said notes. ;. Henry Me- Z
Veil paid erroneous poll tax $500 :. "A
Iarpe refunded erroneous tax on real
Y 81. 25 and clerk required to notify
tate Auditor to give sheriff credit tor
tates part of the same to wit: S.. 90,
vhen he the said sheriff makes his fin O.
settlement with the State Auditor
!. Board adjourned till Tomorrow
forming D 8 o'clock. !. +. Board convened
, regular session on Wednesday more
lg with all officers and mem ers
resent. j E Grafton having tender
/ q deed of trust upon her house and
It in tie city Of Canton for loan of a
iU3. AZ out of the principal of the
,snships rs follows to wit: TIL R4
$2S.74, THAR ST. .26. F7R liz So.
!, t s RAJ $500. 90 scid above sunni =
cling now in the hands of the county :
'easurer and the security rendered by w
lid Grafton being hereby approved
). 1t is ordered that said treasurer
nd said Grafton said above amounts
nd the clerk of the Board is authoriz-
to issue said Grafton warrants on
,e treasurer for said above sums FROM
,e aforesaid mentioned funds; interest -
be paid shall be . per cent per az
nm. F w Hammack paid repairing
ridge Bogue Cliitta dist 8 SO. SO "a
Kemp paid freight ON stationery
so. Caston Times paid stationary
r. Sheriff $500. Cation Times ,pd
for Circuit Clerk $500.