The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-08-08
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.
Official Proceedings Of the Regular
August Term.
State of Mississippi,

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Chancery Clerks Office in the City
of Brookhaven, State and County
aforesaid, on the first Monday of
August, the same being the Bird
day of August, 1903, the fol
lowing members and officers were
present, to-wit: Hon. w. +. Par
sons, president, district No. /; j.
G. Bryant, district No. 2; w. j.
Williams, district No. 3; G.
Montgomery, district No. 4; and
John Walker, district No. 5; R.
r. Applewhite, sheriff; R. w.
McNair, clerk. The following
proceedings were had and done,
to-wit:
The report of Edgar Green,
county superintendent of educa-
ton, was received and filed and
his salary and postage allowed.
$51.50.@
The contract for the steel bridge
to be built over the Bogue Chitto
river, near Bogue Chitto Station,
was let to E. P. AIsbury and Son
at and for the sum of 50, $3.50 90.
This includes the earth work
and end approaches also.
The sealed bids filed with the
clerk, pursuant to a published
notice therefore in the Leader"
a public newspaper, published and
printed and having a general cir
cuIation in Lincoln county, for
the time and in the manner re-
quired by law for the erection and
completion of a new steel bridge
across the Bogue Chitto river, at
or near the village of Bogue
Chitto, were on motion duly sec
onded, opened and tabulated by
the clerk, as follows: Con-
verse Bridge Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn, 50, $4,000: Virginia Bridge
and Iron Co., 50, 10000; 6. H.
Crafts, $2,995.00; W. S. Hassie,
50, 10000; &. E. King Bridge Co.,
$2,811.00; Southern Bridge Co.,
$2,645.00; E. P. Alsbury & Son,
50, 585. 90; each and all agreeing to
furnish all labor and material nee
essary to construct, build and COM
plete a new steel bridge across
the Bogue Chitto river at or near
the village of Bogue Chitto, &C
cording to plans and specifications
filed in the Office of the clerk of
the Board of Supervisors hereto
fore adopted by the board and the
same being considered. 1t is or
dered by the board that E. P.
Alsbury & Son are the lowest and
best bidders at and for the sum of
So, 5S5. 90 and the contract is thus
awarded to them to build and COM
plete a new steel bridge across
Bogue Chitto river at or near
Bogue Chitto Station, for said
sum and price of $2,5S5.O0, to be
paid when said bridge is COM
pleted and accepted by the Board
of Supervisors, on the conditions
that the said E. p. Alsbury &
Sons shall execute and deliver
good and sufficient bond in the.
penalty of double the amount of
said bid, conditioned for the faith
full performance of the contract
according to plans and specifca-
tions now on file. To that end the
said E. P. Alsbury & Sons APP
peared in open court and entered
into a contract with Lincoln coun-
ty which is herein executed by the
said E. P. Asbury & Sons, and
the County of Lincoln, by W. F.
Parsons, president of the board,
and R. W. McNail, secretary, in
duplicate. The clerk is ordered
when the bond is approved by the
president and the clerk of the
Chancery court to record said
bond in the record of bonds of
county officers. Let the certified
checks accompanying each bid of
the unsuccessful bidders be forth
with returned to said unsuccess-
full bidder. tits further ordered
by the board that the said bridge
shall be built, erected and con-
structed and completed ready for
t ravel with all approaches on each
side in thorough condition on or
before the 1st dav of December
A. D., 1908. In accordance with
the contract, no money shall be
paid until said bridge is COM
pleted in accordance with this
order.
j. C. Cosnahan this day filed
his assessment roll for 1903, as per
order of the board at August meet
ing.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
G. E. Grafton, merchandise for
county farm and court house,
$6.70; Pearl River Lumber Co.,
lumber as per bill on file, $33. AS;
A. G. Seavey, merchandise for
county farm, $3.50; X. w. Nc
Nair, merchandise for Billy Lar
kin, &c. 5; w. +. Parsons, tenn
porary relief for Mr.. Horton,
$1O.85; D. D. Posey, supplies for
farm for July, $13S.54; F. H.
Hoffman, cost of Harvey. Nc
Quilla worked out, 1920; T. A.
Willoughby, same, 1925; D. D.
Posey, salary as superintendent of
farm, support of paupers and
cook, $500; j. r. Van, horse.
shoeing for county farm, $500;
Sam Posey, salary as guard at
farm, $1,000; D. D. Posey, cash
paid for cotton scraping, $18.25;
Jos. Connolly & Son, fitting nuts
and washers on ~ bolts, $500;
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