The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-03-15
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Official Proceedings of the Regular
March Term, 1899.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI /

THIRD DAY.
Wednesday morning, March 8, 1899,
board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members and officers present.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
Hobbs, stationery for so. sheriff to s235;
tionery for Supt. OF Ed. $5.00-----.-.---Sl2 %
BRIDGE ACCOUNT.
T. Linton. inspecting bridge days.. 90
5. A. Brister, inspecting bridge day - 90
STATIONERY ACCOUNT.
Mississippi House. stationery for county
supt. $s62 same for circuit clerk $3.26.--.. II 81
REPAIRS ON SIDE WALK.
C. Williams, repairing side walk on court
Daniel & WiIloughby lumber for same IS So
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
Bennett & Parsons, settling fractured thigh
of pauper +. Williams, 10 w
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
1t is ordered that the coroner and
jurors be allowed their pay for one
day for holding inquest over the body
of c. r. Gage:
r. II. Philips. coroner. w
7; A II Byrne. Juror Juror ;nror ,-''-,---,--,----,,'-
s. NJ. Wnborne, .----..--------.-------- W. W.
NJ. I. Flood. ------------ % oo
J. o. Spence, % .--.-..-----.----------- oo oo
Il. c. Applewhite. Sheriff ..,--...-..-,. 800
cHANCERy COURT ALLOWANCES, FEBRU-
AIRY TERM, 1899.
r.. c. Applewhite sheriff and deputies. "A 90
Albert Blue janitor 00
Felix May ~ w
Felix May, stationery 10 oo
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
C. T. Montgomery temporary care Of
Mrs. Dodds, a pauper from Coplah
county. 10 days at SOC per day..-----.------ . w
JAIL ACCOUNT.
r. C. Applcwhite. feeding prisoners
month of February 43 ~
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
1t is ordered that the report of Ed
gar Green, County Superintendent, be
and is hereby received and approved,
and his salary and postage allowed.
Salary, $4,000; postage s1.60; pens, ink,
pencils, 3-S41.9O.
LUMBER FOR BRIDGE.
J. o. Williams, $500 feet lumber for
bridge built near Dick Dennars place
on old Liberty road 33 oo
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
T. C. Crawford. keeping paupers for
mODtu Oi ftDfudTy y ~ ~
1t is ordered by the board that all
road contractors of first class roads in
this county be and are here now re-
quired to commence at once and put
all OF said first class roads in the con
dition required by law and the plans
and specifications on file in the office
of the clerk of this board and especial
ly defined and set out in section l3 OF
the laws of the State of Mississippi ap-
proved - A. D. 1897, and on failure to
so do, Chrisman & Brennan, county
attorneys, are here now ordered to in
stitute suit or suits returnable before
the May term of the Circuit Court
against such defaulting road contract
ors and the sureties on their respective
bonds, and the sheriff is here now di-
rected to serve each OF said road con-
tractors with copy of this order.
PAUPER CONTRACT.
II is ordered by the board that L. c.
Crawford be and he is hereby appoint
ed and elected superintendent of the
poor house farm and keeper OF the
paupers thereof for the term OF twelve
months at and for the monthly salary
of S57 so, payable out of the county
treasury on the order of the Board OF
Supervisors. In consideration WHEREOF
he is to furnish all paupers committed
TO his care with plenty OF pure and
wholesome food and suitable wearing
apparel with medicine and medical at
tention, and when necessary in case OF
sicSness he must furnish and provioe