Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-03-09
PROCEEDINS OF THE BOARD
OF Supervisors.
Greene County, March Term, 1900.

Greene County, March Term, 1900.
The board of supervisors of Greene
county met in regular session the first
Monday in March, it being the 9TH
day of said month, and in the year
1900, at the court house in the town
of Leakesville, with the following Off
GERS and members present:
G. P. Smith, president; J. P. Tur-
ner, W. G. Roberts, John Mcintosh,
and G. o. Bankston, members; and
S. r. Mckay, clerk; and W. W. Wal
ley, sheriff.
The following business was trans
acted:
Ordered that the name of Emmett
Black, overseer of road No. &c, ap-
pointed in January 1900, be changed
to read L. L. Black.
Ordered that Reuben Brewer be
appointed everseer of road No. 81,
from Perry county line to Ike Smiths
in the place of A. G. Hinton, and COM
mission issue for the same.
Ordered that the petition for pub
lie road to be established, beginning
at Merrill, and to intersect the public
road at the one-mile post from J.
Nj. Miller's, at the point where the
Miller's ferry and Dog river road
cross the public road, be granted, and
j. M. Miller and John Mcintosh be
appointed as commissioners to lay out
said road and file plans and specifca-
tions in the chancery clerks Office for
building bridges across slough near
Diacs;n nnd hridoa across NeTn-
Ordered that a public road be es-
tablished, beginning at Miller's resi-
dence and intersecting public road
south of Jack Daughdrill's, and end
ing on Big Oakibbee creek, common
~ called Rock Bottom, be granted,
James Miller, overseer.
Ordered that the petition of G. P.
Wallace asking to change the public
road so as not to run through hi,
premises be granted, provided it will
not be any expense to the county.
Ordered by the board that the fol-
lowing hands be assigned to Road
Link No. 2, Fletcher Williams, over.
seer, as follows to wit: Barney Pierce,
Lewis Pierce, John Washington, Joe
Thomas, Ben Bradley, Bish Taylor,
Sam Brannan, lobe Graham, Albert
Rockwell, Josh Roman, Neal McInnis.
Coat McInnis and Luke Thomas.
Ordered that the account of W. B.
Robertson assessor be allowed to wit:
ll39 Separate Personal Asses
ments at 10c each. BIB 90
Stationary for 1899. ...... 2 so
Iotal. ..S116 40
Ordered that the following named
persons be placed on the pauper list
for the year 1900 and the clerk be
authorized to issue warrants to each
of them monthly for the following
amounts, commencing Jan. LIST, 1900.
W. T. Taylor, per month. -. SO 90
Bishop Myzel, per month. =. 8 90
MRS. J. j. Mailman, per month. 90
AL Roberts, per month. 6 90
}. M. Churchwell, per month. 3 90
Doiph Platt, per month ....... 90
Star HOLMAN, per month. 8 90
IL. L.. Cochran, per month 6 90
James Freeman, per month. e. 3 90
Hanna Hinton, (col) per month. 3 90
Ordered that Osborn Hillman be
allowed 30 days to replace Boykin
Creek bridge on West Road or the
board will claim forfeiture on his bond
and the clerk is ordered to notify him
Of same.
Ordered that G. D. West be allowed
81 days to repair Mclean bridge or
the board will claim forfeiture on his
bond and the clerk is ordered to notify
him of the same.
Ordered that Marshal Bruce & Co..
be allowed the sum of two hundred
md ten dollars and sixty cents pay
lble out of county treasury for sta
5ionary furnished Greene county up
late.
Ordered by the board that the fol-
owing named persons be appointed
school commissioners for the wear
800, to wit:
j. FL. Turner, beat l..
J. e. Clark, beat 2.
j. Cittrell, beat 8.
d. A. Mcleod, beat 4.
J. w. Daughdrille, beat 5.
Ordered that Dan Mcleod be allow
till LIST Monday in April to com
lete the Leakesville and Augusta
ridge on Big Creek.
Ordered that James Faux, Editor