The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Ordered that bids he received to build
a new fence around the courthouse
contractor allowed to use all old post,
three feet long all posts that are sound
four and a half feet long all base plank,
and rails to be of new cypress; foul
gates that swing each way.
Resignation of Z, Z. Kirst, oversee,
Of road 81 was accepted and +. A. Wills
ford appointed in his stead.
Assessment of east half of southwest
vnarter, section 3, township Il, range I
east. reduced from t,4s to fiOO.
Assessment of lot /, block 1, Henry
addition changed from Z S. Holcomb
to Allison q Swinly,
The following bridge contracts were
let; Repairing McNutt bridge. d, J,
Sanders for $3.50, repairing Shirley
bayou bridge. to G. w Holmes for
$Ss; Lake Henry bridge, to W. Bell for
81 per foot; Democrat bayou bridge, to
q. W, Holmes for r.. 30 per foot; Ash
brake bridge, to n Carter for 81. IS per
foot. .
A contract was awarded to Bruce
King for building closets in courthouse
yard for t437,15.
Ordered that bids be received on the
first Monday in September to build a
limo of levees three feet higher than 1882
water mark from shell banks, on the
Yazoo river at Pillows ferry, to Clayton
bayou bridge, on T~allahatchie river,
said levee to be 20 feet high on crown
1t was agreed by Parks, Haley and
Marye that the road commissioner shall
be authorized to examine all bridges
that may be built In the county, and
that the board will pay for such bridges
upon the recommendation of said com.
commissioner, ", X. Prophet objected,
claiming that the law did not authorize
it.
Assessment of north half of northwest
quarter, section j, township 20, range .
west, changed from r. c. Belcher TO
Green Saffold; from r. &. Belcher to Ed
Jones, southwest quarter of northwest
quarter and west half Of southwest quar-.
ter, section s. township 20, range Q west;
I. c. Belcher to jeff Griffin, west half
of northeast quarter, section 5, township
20, range west; T. {. Belcher to Rich
ard Roberts, southeast quarter of north.
west quarter and east half of southwest
quarter, section s, township 30, range .
west; T. B. Belcher to Spence Martin,
east half of northeast quarter, and south
east quarter, section 3 township 30,
range 2 west.
Assessment Of northwest quarter, sec,
ton 2, township 20, range I east, chang
ed from John Rock to II. N. Bryant.
The board reconsidered the vote
whereby the petition of J. A. Gleason
ct ais for road was granted, and then
the petition.
Assessment of lot |, block Al, Gibbs
and Cannon addition, changed from u.
and A. Peteet to NJ. Granigan.
Ordered that Gid Montjoy, jr,, assess
.ent be raised $500.
Ordered that Strong 4 Wilson per.
,onal assessment be raised TO $500.
Ordered that assessment Of George
Washington be raised from $3.50 to $500
Ordered that the assessment Of Jake
1idwitx on two mules be raised from
per to go each.
Ordered that assessment Of b. Port.
wood on merchandise be raised to $1,000
Sam Adams assessment on five mules
raised from $25 to $40 each.
Assessment of Delta Bank raised from
F4l, 4s0 to 1900.
Assessment of X Hermann raised
10000 to $1,000
T. s.. Marye was authorized TO loan
fl85 to Mrs. X. NJ. Miller on proper re
Ordered that the number of acres M
,essed to Mrs. Fannie Mclean DO chang.
ID from 1870 TO 200.
The number of acres assessed to II.
Aron were changed from 200 to 100.
Ordered that the sheriff summons l..
4. and G. X. Mahoney to appear before
he board on the first Monday in Sep
The personal assessment roll was ap-
The planning mill of Il. II. Barrett is
from taxation; was stricken
rom the assessment roll and the sheriff
,redited with the value of same.
z. X. McShane was assessed with lot
block ., johnson survey of Green.
wood.
Assessment Of Taylor Nero was re.
from tl206 to kS4O.
Tho clerk of thc hnar ri pf lunoryianra