Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-13
PROCEEDINGS


The board of supervisors of Greene
county, met in regular session at the
court house in the town of Leakes-
vile, on the LIST Monday in October,
it being the I'd day of said month,
with the following members present !:
Alex. VALLEY, president; Dan. Nc
Leod, clerk, S, E. Miller, sheriff, and
j. d. Turner and Frank McLendon.
members.
The following business was trans
acted
Ordered that the list of allowances
filed by the clerk of the circuit court
be allowed, amounting to $SIS.S so,
and that the clerk of the board he,
and is hereby ordered to issue war
rants to each of the parties named in
said list for the amuont due each.
Ordered than the plan and specifi-
cations filed by Frank McLendon and
G. P. Eubanks, commissioners APP
pointed to draft same for bridge on
Big creek, on the Leakesville and Au-
gusta road, be adopte l.
The clerk of the court is hereby or
dered to advertise for bids for build
ing said bridge in accordance with
this plan, to be let to the lowest bid
der on the first Monday in December,
1899.
This board reserves the right to re-
iect all bids. The party contracting
for building said bridge will be re-
quired to enter into bond in a penalty
of double the amount of bid for keep
ing said bridge in good repair for five
(5) years from the date of completion
of same.
Ordered that the account of E. B.
Box, on inqr est, be rejected.
Ordered that Dan. Mcleod be al
lowed 49,. for one ream legal cap
furnished clerks office and courts.
Ordered that James Faux, pub
Usher of the Herald, be allowed the
sum of five (5) and forty-nine (49)
cents, for publishing registration no.
sices aud posters for 1899.
Ordered that the following amounts
out of the treasury be allowed to the
following persons for services in the
case of the inquest of Abe Mods:
w. W. Thompson, J. P, holding
inquest, $500; H. M. Weldy, H. G.
Daughdrille, s. Mcleod, Asa Breland,
A.. l.. Merritt, W. L. Axener, Jurors,
one day each, $1OO each. Gilbert
Dumas, Charles Ware, Will Ward,
Frank White and John Hogan, wit
nesse, one day each, 81 90 each.
Ordered that Lots G and ID in block
3, in the town Of Leakesville, belong
ing to Greene county, be, and the
same are this day sold to j. E. Alder
man at the sum and price of ten dol
lars each, amounting to twenty dol
lars, for the two lots.
State of Mississippi,
Greene County.
Know all men by these presents,
that the county of Greene, State of
Mississippi, in consideration of the sum
of twenty dollars this day paid by j.
E. Alderman, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, does hereby
sell, convey, quit-claim and release
to the said J. E. Alderman the follow
ing described land not used for coun-
ty purposes, to-wit: Lots G and ID in
block 3, in the place or town of
Leakesville, and in section eleven
and twelve, TN R6 w, in. Greene
county, Mississippi. Said land is ia
ken and given as. described on the
town plat of Leakesville, made by
county surveyor of said county in
October, 1897, and now on file in
chancery clerks office of said Greene
county.
Witness my signature and official
ceal, this I'd day Of October, 1899.
(Signed) ALEX. VALLEY,
Pres. Board Supervisors,
of Greene county.
State Of Mississippi,
Greene County.
Personally appeared before me Dan
Mcleod clerk of circuit court OF
Greene county and the State aforesaid,
the within named Alex. Valley, pres
ident of the board of supervisors of
said Greene county, who acknowl-
edged that he signed and delivered
the foregoing instrument on the day
and year within mentioned.
Given under my hand this End day
Of October, A. D., 1885,
DAN MCLEOD, Clerk.
Ordered that the following amounts
be allowed J. w. Byrd out of the diff
Ferent funds as follows: 1t being
amounts allowed him on back taxes
paid on Blodgett lands to wit:
County tax so cents, school tax 70
cents, Jail tax 60 cents, door tax 7
,ents, total 1926.
Ordered that this court adjourn
until morning at s o'clock.
ALEX. VALLEY, president.
Court opened Tuesday morning pur-
,uant to adjournment with same mem
oers and officers present as on Monday.
State of Mississippi,
Greene County