The leader., 1902-03-26
Adjourned Meeting, March 2lst. 1902.

Adjourned Meeting, March 21st, 1902.
Pursuant to adjournment the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the city OF
Brookhaven, Miss, met at the Mayors |
office in said city on March 2lst, 1902, |
at 7:30p. m. Present, His Honor j. b. |
Daughtry, Mayor, and Aldermen
Schnorrenberg Moreton and Seavey. !
Scherck and Willoughby absent.
On motion, Be it ordered by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Brookhaven, Miss, that the
following plans and specifications be
adopted:
Plans and specifications for working
the streets in the City of Brookhaven,
Lincoln County, in the State of Mis-
sissippi, by contract, and the duties
and requirements of said contractor.
1st. All public streets in the City of
Brookhaven, fifty feet wide and over,
shall be raised in the center, the
crowns of which shall be not less than
thirty feet wide on the surface, slop
ing gradually OF each side to the
bitches, which shall at all times be
kept open to admit the free and unob
structed passage and flow of water.
2nd. All other streets in said City of
Brookhaven, shall be opened and
worked in the same manner, the crowns
of which shall be not less than twenty
feet wide on the surface, sloping grad
ually on each side to the bitches,
which shall also be kept open at all
times to admit the free and unob
structed passage of water.
3rd. The grade of all streets in the
City of Brookhayen from the basin of
the drain or ditch on each side to the
crown shall be not less than ~ to
foot in height wherever practicable,
and the Street Committee shall be the
sole Judges of such practicability.
4th. All streets in the Municipality,
from and after the first day of May, A.
d. 1902, heretofore or hereafter de-
fined until the termination of the con-
tract, which may be entered into at
the first regular meeting of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven on the first Tuesday in
April, A. d. 1902, shall be kept in first
class passable and cleanly condition
at all times. They shall be kept free
from holes and water rendering the
same comfortable for the passage of
moved therefrom.
BRIDGES.
9th. All bridges in the corporate
limits of the City of Brookhaven shall
be not less than thirty feet wide on
streets of fifty feet wide and over and
on all other streets they shall be not
less than twenty feet wide.
9th. The sills and sleepers for all
bridges on the public streets of the
City of Brookhaven shall be not less
than 6x8 of heart lumber and the floors
thereof shall be of heart lumber not
less than three inches thick.
FOOT BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS.
7th. All foot bridges in the said city
than 3x6 all heart lumber and the
floors shall be of heart lumber inches
thick except over and across ditcht S
| 10 feet wide, the sills of which shall be
6XS and the floors inches, all heart
lumber.
Sth. No communication money shall be
collected by the City Contractor to
whom the contract for working the
shall be awarded. He shall be re-
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Brookhaven on the first Tues
day of each and every month the
names of each and every male inhabi-
tant in the city between the ages of Is
and 50, who have worked and the num-
Der of days worked by them; and the
names of all persons to whom street
tax receipts have been issued by him.
| hn ato hi
be ex-officio policeman under the
clothed with full power and authority
to execute the duties thereof, after he
shall have taken the oath of office re-
quired by the Constitution of the State
of Mississippi, and shall execute bond
in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
$500 00O, conditioned for the faithful
discharge of his duties as Policeman
in addition to the bond which he is
required to give as City Street Con
tractor.
10th. He is required as City Street
Contractor not only to keep the streets
in first class passable condition, but
he is required and it shall be his duty
under the contract to keep all streets
in the City of Brookhaven in first
move all garbage tberefrom every
morning during the term of the con
| tract
1lth. No bids shall be received, ac
cepted or considered unless the samt
! shall be accompanied by bond ay
, able to the City of Brookhaven in the
penal sum of Two Thousand Dollar.
I (s2, 700 0O). conditioned for the faithful
, discharge of the duties as City Street
Contractor according to plans anc
I specifications and the directions of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of sale
city, or the Street Committee, and tC
I further indemnify and save Harmless,
the City of Brookhaven from any anC
all liability for damage which he OF
1 any person may feel entitled to by
reason of injury to persons or prop
erty resulting from defective streets
bridges or foot bridges during tn,
! term of said contract.
18th. The City Street Contractor
shall be paid quarterly by warran
on the City Treasurer out of the Stree
Fund. when his report is received anC
approved by the Street Committee. H,
shall be required and it shall be hi.
, duty to pay for all lumber, tools. ma
terials aud labor necessary to keep al
streets, bridges and crossings in q
: first-class cond tion at all times, ac
, cording to plans and specifications anc
the orders of the Mayor and Board o
Aldermen of the City of Brookhaven
; without expense to the city, voucher
: therefor to be submitted to the Board
if the same be required, before an!
allowance is made.
On motion the Board adjourned.
J. II. DAUGHTRY. Mayor