The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
omciaI Proceedings of the Regular March
Term. 1897.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
COUNTY OF LINCOLN.
BE it remembered that at a regular
meeting of the Board of Supervisors
in and Tor said county, begun and held
in the Chancery clerks Office at the
Court House, in the city Of Brook
haven, on the LIST day of March, 1897.
the following members and Off
GERS we're present, to-wit: w. F. Par
sons, ]. G. Bryant, Sam A. Brister,. c.
T. Montgomery and Zetus Linton,
members; Chas. McNair, sheriff, and
Felix May, clerk.
BRIDaE-It is ordered that bids be
received at the next term of this Board
for building bridge across Big Creek
on Road No. 43 on which John NJ.
Gwin is overseer.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
hands on the L. H. Harris place be
transferred and assigned to consolidat-
ed roads 13 and IA which said roads
No. 13 and IA are this day consolidat-
ed with j. l. Coon as overseer.
1t is ordered by the Board that A. j.
Townsend be transferred and assigned
from road 10 to road 15,
1t is ordered by the Board that Will
lie Williams and Marshal johnson be
transferred to road No. 101.
1t is ordered by the Board that Sam
Sandifer be transferred from road 9415
to road 103.
1t is ordered by the Board that Alb
ney Wooley be transferred from road
No. 10 to No. "a.
W. r. Cade having appeared before
this Board and rendered his resigna-
ton as constable of Dist. No. 5, the
same was read by the clerk and con-
sidered by the Board and the said res
ignation of W. r. Cade as constable of
Dist. No. is hereby accepted.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
hands on VIM. Reeds place, to-wit :
David Green and Ace Anding be
transferred to road No. 49,
1t is ordered by the Board that the
hands on Jasper N. Lotions place be
transferred to road No, IS,
1t is ordered by the Board that road
123 be so changed that new road, to-
wit No. l231a be accepted and es-
tablished commencing on said road
No. 1913 on the second hill north of the
6 mile post to Bahala Creek, near
Furr's mill and that G. w. Mize be ap-
pointed as overseer of road 1891.
1t is ordered by the Board that a
new road be formed out of road No.
| 10 to be known and designated as 1917
commencing on the said road 10 at the
Brent House to the Lawrence county
line and that Willis Maxwell be over
seer of said road No. 1O1s. All hands
heretofore on road No. 10 are hereby
assigned to road No. 10l5.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
hands on J. w. Brister's place, Ben
Prices place and w. J. Dunaway's
place, be and hereby are transferred to
road No. %.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
hands on L. A. w. Brister's place be
transferred to road No. "a.
The account of Chrisman g. Brennan
fer extra service is this day allowed
and the sum so allowed is for the sum
of 1875.
1t is ordered by the Board that Chas.
Greer, Amos Greer, Martin and Luth-
er Nations be assigned to road No. 26.
SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF POOR
HOUSE FARM.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
monthly salary of $500 be and the
same is hereby allowed to Thos. Craw-
ford and the clerk is ordered to issue
his warrant on the county treasurer
therefor for 5000.
FENCE FOR POOR HOUSE FARM.
1t is ordered that account of Thos.
Crawford following to-wit, be allowed:
800 posts at 81 cents, slO5O; 2SS pan
els of fence at cents per panel, S14.4O;
l keg of nails for fence, $500; GO lbs.
nails at $40. S31. co.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
following be and are this day appoint
ed road overseers of the respective
roads of Lincoln County, Miss, for the
year ending March Sd, 1898:
Road No.1-Frank Tullis.
Lawrence Powers. ''7
81. NJ. Butler.
| 4-JameS III. Fur.
Frank Norris.
515-Wm. S. Kimble.
6-George Smith.
| Thomas Besonett.
S-Gabriel Lowell.
9-P. G. Mullen,
10-J. d. Dickerson.
l2-Gray Jordan.
13-I. S. Coon.
l5-Wm. Netherland.
10
1T. J. McGuffey.
1S-John w. Wooley.
| lJ-OCOCG DdNlS.
20-M. L. Ryals.
201s-Ben Greer.
| PA. G. Reeves.
| 21R-Curtis Boyd.
| 22-J. N. Reeves.
23-Bill Dunaway.
24-Wash Rutland.
25-T. E. Greer.
OR. j. Albritton.
&C. M. Brister.
| 28-N. l.. Reeves.
29-J. M. Greer.
30 Seaboon Moak.
| BID. A. Parnell.
311a-Thos. Skeahan.
| 32-H. F. Moak
| 33-S. b. Moak.
81. III. Smith.
35-E. M. Boggs.
35-Willie Williams.
81. w. Bowman.
3S-P. A. PeeYy,
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