The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-08


clerk with all members and officers
present. The following business was
transacted, to-wit:
Ordered that the application of trus-
tees township Z, range 5, to pay to
Jonnie Kersh for teaching two months
at Red Oak school house, be granted
and paid oct of funds belonging to
said township.
Ordered that an exrta Justice Of the
peace be elected by and for super
visor's district No. 1, at the general
election to be held in November, 1908.
Ordered that the clerk in vacation
is hereby instructed to receive any ad
justments of back tax assessments
made between the state revenue agent
and tax payer, and shall enter there
i'll vacation on his minutes as of the
next tenn of this board, all of said
adjustments to besssubject to the ap-
proval of this board.
Ordered that the contract for build
ing bridge ac1oss Steen's Greek on
Terry road be awarded to L. w. Muir
ray and for the sum of $279, said con-
tractor to give bond in the sum double
the amount of said bid to keep said
bridge in repair for five years, said
bridge to be completed 60 days from
this date.
Whereas, it appears to the satisfac-
tion of the board that certain war
rant book containing stubs and war
rants in blank to the number of 1000,
has been lost or mislaid and cannot
be. found, that sbetween the first of
June 1902, and the first Of January.
1908, most of the warrants contained
in said book were issued and
delivered to the parties entitled
thereto, that there were several re-
naming In blank at the time said
book was lost, it is therefore ordered
oy the board that all of said warrants
SO remaining in said book be and the
same are hereby declared to be can
celled and of no effect.
| S. A. Buchanan, treasurer of Ran
kin county, this day filed his report
. for the third quarter, 1908, showing
the following balances, towit:
County fund, balance. -. 81, ,927. 2s
School fund, balance. .13. sc
Township fund, balance :. /, 1886. Oe
. Institute fund, balance .143. 81
Total of all funds. :. .$3, ,419. 2S
and the board being satisfied that sale
report is in all things correct, it is
ordered that said report be approved
; and recorded as the law directs.
Ordered that G. W. White, clerk
be authorized to issue warrant to HI
o. Welch for $3l. 20 for building
bridge near Joe Murray's, in beat s.
. on order from G. D. Franklin.
Ordered that the stock law peti
, tions of j. P. Bullock ct al, and A.
G. Baker ct al, and j. Ell. South ct a.
be and the same are hereby continued
until the next meeting.
Ordered that the petition of I. S.
Dear ct al to discontinue the stock law
in the district embraced in the petit
tion of S. D. Byrd ct al granted at a
former meeting of this board be here.
by dismissed for lack of form.
Following accounts were allowed:
; MO. Stubblefield repairs to wagon
and mower at county farm, $35.
Jackson Hardware Co., plows, nails
etc., for road, So %.
State Board of Health, 1000 vac
cine points, Sc.
Odered that the application of trus
, tees township Z, range 5 to pay Berr,
Slade $50 for teaching Sardis schoo
one month be and the same is hereby
granted, and ordered paid out O.
funds belonging to said township.
. Following accounts were allowed:
Jim Curry, four and a half days
work at county farm SO 20.
John Smallwood, repairs to two
; bridges, 81 %.
J. W. Payne, lumber and work on
) bridge, $12 O5.
D. B. Wilson, building bridge, $50.
Brandon News, third quarter print.
ing $37 so.
Same, envelopes circuit clerk, ST.
) Same, stationery treasure1's office
So 30.
Same, stationery superintendent
Office, $7.
Waddell and May, supplies county
farm and poor house, $23 20.
w. w. Robson. cost case E. Lewis
So 80.
J. Thompson, repairs to bridge, $12
John Garter, lumber for three
bridges $23 80.
". J. Mashburn, 200 feet causeway
So.
L. A. Comfort wag es as manager