The Brandon news., 1903-06-04

less.
Ordered that the following accounts
be allowed:
Henrietta Wynn, lumber for road
80.
W. D. Myers lumber for jail yard
$62. AZ.
J. f. Boehle, lumber for road So. 81 !.
E. A. Comfort, wages as laborer
county farm $12. so.
L. A. Comfort, wages manager
county farm $22. so.
G. R. Cook, salary and postage
$5l.25.
W. S. Crook, sheriff, victualing
prisoners for May $27. 90.
W. S. Crook, conveying Ritchie,
lunatic to asylum $4 45.
H. A. Busick pauper support for
Ed Maxey So.
III. S. Cole, one-half salary county
attorney $25.
Waddell and May, supplies poor
house $22. 81.
W. G. Sowell, $50 feet .causeway
81. 90.
T. W. Howell, lumber and repairs
to bridge SIS so.
A. Jones, lumber land repairs to
bridge $12.
T. Howard lumber for bridge SIS.
G. W. White, first half statutory
allowance $50.
". S. Crook, sheriff, same, $25.
J. B. Lowther, two days contracting
and receiving bridges 81.
A. B. Stublefeld, two days getting
up specifications 81.
j. E. Baker, one day contracting,
So.
w. S. Crook, cost case convict,
$500.
W. G. Steen, making registration
1903 $65.
Ordered that Ell. K. Hardy be awar-
ded the contract for repaintlng and re.
pairing the court house of Rankin
county, for the sum of 81, 100 as pei
contract recorded herein, said Hardy
to execute bond in the sum of 81, SOC
to be approved by the chancery clerk
of said county.
CONTRACT FOR COURT HOUSE
REPAIRING.
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors, Rankin county, Miss. Gentle
men: | have made a thorough exami
nation of your court house and fine
the following work necessary Ito Eput
your court house in thorough repair.
The tower is in very bad condition,
columns all to be made fast, roof oi
tower to be repaired, all lower base
next to and adjoining slate roof to be
taken off and flashed we'll up from
slate and new boxing to be put on,
thereby insuring the tower against
leaks. All the slate blinds should
be repaired and interior of slate win.
dows where open should be screened
with sparrow netting in order to keeL
out birds and bats. The tops of chin
neys should be scabbled off where
loose and re-cemanted. The broken
states Oh roof should be renewed,
which are numerous, with Bango
states the valley cutters should be re-
paired, soldered and made in perfect
state. The cornice needs repairing
by removing all rotten or defective
materials and making anew; what is
needed to make a good job, the entire
walls of exterior of building should be
put in perfect repair and all walls,
windows and doors and their facings
together with tower and cornice, val
ley cutters, in fact all exterior-ex-
cepting slate roof-to have three
coats of the very best white lead and
strictly pure Linseed oil, best coloring
matter to make the desired colors.
Interior all cracks in walls through
the entire building to be cut out and
repainted with lime, putty and plaster
Of paris, then to be kalsomined with
Jonhson's Dry Sized Kalsomine to a
white fuIled state. The walls of hall
and wainscoting up the stairs to be
| painted two coats, such colo1s as are
desired; the entire wood frames,
shash, base, stairs, risers and stringers
to stairs to be painted two coats,
i best paint done in two tones of color
the floors through the building to
be painted and grained, then var
nished; the judges stand and clerk S
desk are also to be grained and var
nished; the entire floor Of the first
story hall to be torn out and replaced
with solid concrete floor inches
thick, inches concrete with / inch
to finish and to be put down in ac-
cordance with government rules and
specifications.
I propose to do all the aforesaid
work, furnish all material, for the
sum of Eleven hundred and ninety