Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-04

the use Of the Court house Of this
county.
On January Z, 1888, Book A, page 226,
II was ordered that warrant for S2C0
issue to Alexander Smith as an ad>
vance payment on building fence
around Court house square.
On April 3, 1888, Book 4, page 275,
it was ordcreduthat warrant issue TO
Alexander Smith for s66s, 93, for balls
ance due him for building fence round
Court house square.
On January 9th, 1898, the Court al
lowed F. Cooley $3.50 for material fur
nlshed and work done on the Cupalo
Of the Court house. Book X, old book
No index-pages not numbered.
AT term OF the County Court Oct.
Isl, 1914, Hook 1, page 8, Present Jas.
Carraway, Chief Justice, Chas. Stew
art and VIM. Reagan, Justices of the
Quorum, it was ordered that the Court
will allow Capt. Atram NJ. Scott five
dollars for cleaning the public square
of large bushes, Sc. and to trim the
trees as high as mans head on horse
back.
Ordered that the Court will allow
Hugh Council, Sheriff, thirty dollars
a year for taking care Of the Court
House, commencing at this time, With
power to prevent any person from in
habiting it, but is ordered to open it
on all public occasions, such as Courts,
preaching, Sc.
Ordered that the Court Will allow
Johu Dunkley tfty dollars for furnish
ing glass, making sash Sc, aud the
Clerk is ordered to issue warrant for
S25 to Jno. Dunkley, for the purpose
Of buying glass aud putty for five
windows.
Ordered that the prison bounds he
be so altered as to take in the house
of Mr.. 'Dammett, and the present.
Jailor, Chas. Stewart, lay off the same.
Ordered that Abram M. Scott, John
Dunkley, Jno Brown, VIM. Hammett,
Dave Penson, Mlcajah Frazier and
jeremiah Dawson view and lay off a
road from The old school house the
nearest way to the Court house, the
south end of it.
On April 9th, 1872 Book /. page 80,
it was ordered that the Sheriff sell,
at public auction, on ten days previous
notice, for cash, the window shut
tiers Of the Court house, the hinges.
&C., and also all old CRATES and other
irons Of the old Jail, and make report
TO the next term Of this court.
[The lot on which the Jail stands
now was purchased June 6, 1919, from
Asa Sapp, for $500. (Book y, p $50.
April 6, 1922. Thomas II. Prosser
Chief Justice Of County Court.
Ordered by the Court that George
Poindexter, A. M. Scott, c. @. West
and VIM. johnson be appointed Com
missioners to superintend the build
ing of a Clerks office of brick.
The Court authorizes the assess.
ment Of tax equal to one half of the
State tax for County purposes, one
half for use Of the poor, and subject
to the disposition Of the Trustees OF
the poor, and one fourth for the pur-
pose Of erecting Clerks office, OF
brick, in pursuance of an Act of the
Legislature, passed 18th Of February
1921, the other one-fourth for current
expenses of the county.
The next order Of Court fonnd on
record concerning the building of a
Clerks Office, is found 10 Book 3, page
406 date July 8, 1929, to-wit
Ordered that the sheriff be request.
ed to wait upon George Poindexter
VIM. johnson, A. NJ, Scott, Jos. Ser.
version aud Q. G. West, Commission
ers appointed by the County Court Il
build Clerks Office, to file the Bone
given by the Contractor for the same
also make report of their proceeding,
to the next term of the County auC
Probate Court, to be holden on tn,
first Monday in October next.
, ono record OF report can be found)
On October 5Lh, 1929, Book ,, 4l9
it was Ordered that JOS. Stevenson b,
allowed $3.50, under act of the Legisla
ture, entitled an Act for the relief O
Joseph Seryerson, passed Feb. 4, 1929
for removing the Tin and substitutin,
d slate and tile roof on the Clerk
Office in the Town Of Wuodvile, AM
that warrant issue when the salt
building is received by the Commits
si0nerS.
1.-THE Clerks Office referred to is nov
occupied by the Woodville Republican
and uperintendent Of Education.l
On January Sd, 1882, it was Ordere,
by he Court that A. M. Feltus be an
+ pointed to contract with some one 70
a case for the Town Clock in the Gu
palo Of the Court house.
April Sd, 1888, it was Ordered b
, the Court that A. NJ. Feltus be PAL,
r S4l3 60, balance due for money ad
G vanced and expense incurred by bin
r in putting up the Town Clock.
y 1t was further ordered that 800 b
4 appropriated by the Court for keet
0 ing the Clock wound up and repaire
5 for one year. Thos. f. Graves bein
/. present, contracted to do the work.
e [From the best Information we ca
e obtain, Mr.. A. Lefingwell took charg
of the Clock about 1913. and kent