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

ers, and that they make report from
time to time Of their proceedings to
this Court.
Ordered that said Court house be
erected as near as possible to the cen
tire Of the public square, the north end
to be seventy feet, or thereabogts from
the Main street, passing from West to
east on the south side of said street,
extending towards and ranging with
the Clerks Office. 1t is further ordered
that the Court house be not less than
A by 60 feet, from out to out made of
the best hard brick, covered with slate
and the woodwork Of heart pine.
1t is further ordered that the said
Commissioners contract to pay for the
building, as aforesaid, $4,000 on or be-
fore the lst day of January, 1880, and
a like sum of $4,000 so soon as the said
building is received and the keys de-
liyered for the completion Of SAID bull
ding according to contract.
1t is further ordered that in case the
said Commissioners should make a con-
tract to pay any part Of the $4,000 pay
able the lst of January 1880, not to ex-
coed the sum of $500. anterior to the
said term as above mentioned, that
the Clerk of the Court, upon the GER
tifcate Of the members Of this Court,
in vacation, issue warrant agreeable
to said certificate.
On the same date is the following
Whereas, under an Act passed June
%, 1922, Secs. 3d. 81, in the Revised
Code, giving power to the County
court to build a Court house, and upon
examination of the Court house of
Wilkinson county, and from the fire.
quent repeated injuries done by indi-
viduals unknown to this Court, the
same has become unfit for the purpose
of holding the court therein, and the
same, in the opinion Of the Court is
not worthy of repairs; 1t is therefore
ordered that the sum of So per cent,
in addition to the 40 per cent already
assessed upon the State tax, be levied
for the present year towards building
a good, sufficient Court house for the
use of the county. 1t is further order
ed that a copy of the above order lie
given to the Assessor Of Wilkinson
county, forthwith.
The next order of Court in reference
to the old Court house, was made by
the county Court, June Both, 1880, in
Book No. 3, page 1856, as follows, to.
wit: Ordered, by the court, that Levin
r. Marshall and John Connell, com.
missioners, be appointed to sell, fol
cash, at public auction, the old Court
house, as it now stands, the building
to be removed from the public square
on or before the 1St of October next
first giving notice in the Woodville
Republican of such sale at least 20 days
before.
Records in reference 10 Court house
square, Court house and Clerks office
and Town Clock.
On the 7th of January 1880, tht
County Court made the following or
der to~wit:
Ordered that warrant issue on the
County Treasurer in favor of Levin r
Marshal aud Jno Council, Commits
sioneTs for the building of the Court
house for $500, to lie paid over by
said Commissioners TO the undertaken
Alexander Smith, for the building Of
said Court House.
On Monday, July 5th, 1890, the Court
made the following order, Book 3, page
1856, to-wit:
Ordered that the Commissioners fol-
the building Of the Court house be
authorized to pay Alexander Smith
the undertaken, the sum of $1,000 il
advance, in part of the last payment
under the contract.
On October 9Th, 1880, Book 4, page
II, the following order was mad,
to-wit:
: Ordered that warrant issue 80 Jno
: Council and L. r. Marshall Commits
Sioners for the building of the Cour
House, for the sum Of $1,000, and war
, rant to be issued on the lst Noyem
| Der next, aud the amount to be palC
: over at the discretion of said Com
, missoners, to Alexander Smith tn
contractor, on account of the last in
stalment under the contract for salt
, building.
On July 6, 1881, Book 4, page 235
t orders were made tc-wit:
/ Ordered that a warrant issue to L
r. Marshall, as Commissioner for su
perintending the building Oft Cour
house of Wilkinson county, $500, pay
able on or before lst Of January next
1892.
Ordered that warrant issue in ia
r vor of Jno. Cunnell, Commissioner, 70
experimenting the building of th
Court house of Wilkinson county, fo
800, payable on or before lSt Januar
a next. The Court being of the opinio
that said Council being absent fror
the State of Mississippi during hi
necessary superintendent of said bui
ing, have thought it advisable to max
: the difference in the warrants to th
V Commissioners.
: A report made by Jos. Johnson, a
Associate Justice Of the Court, mad
October 6, 1880, Book 4, page 10, show
}; that 28 pages Of record book of th