The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-07

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for the year 1904, at and for the sum
of $1,000 on the condition that the
said ID. d. Posey shall, and will at once
conduct and erect good and substan-
tial fence, two wires and one plank; the
fence to be the property of Lincoln
County, as a part of the rental consid-
Grafton.
1t is ordered by the Board that Hon.
G. NJ. Brister, a member of the Board,
be and he is hereby appointed to have
the approaches to the steel bridge,
which spans the Bogue Chitto river, at
or near Bogue Chitto station, suitable
for travel as nearly as practicable, IN
til the same is up to plans and speci-
fications and in accordance with the
contract entered into by this Board
with E. P. Alsbury & Son, of Houston,
Texas.
1t is ordered by the Board that that
part of the county farm, lying on the
west side of Bogue Chitto river, be and
the same is herenow leased to J. r.
Punches for the year 1904, at and for
the sum of 800, and the said Punches
having executed and delivered to the
Board his note for said sum of $4,000,
is hereby accepted.
1t is ordered by the Board, that the
committe to lay out the road leading
from the 3.mile post on the Brook
haven and Union church road to in
tersect the Liberty road at or near
Patterson Cases. be granted further
time to report.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
Geo d Brainard & Co., amount
as per bill on file for station
cry, etc.,................ .............-s 5 O5
r G Applewhite, conveying pris-
ner, John G. McNulty, 800 miles
at 20 cent a mile ....................... 60 10
r G Applewhite, support of pris-
oners for January q 30
r c Applewhite, to comforts and
mattress for Jail ......................... 90
r K Applewhite, merchandise
for Jail as per bill .................. 3 %
K Douglass, Junior, repairing
bridge and loss of molasses, to
| be paid out of the road fund
and charge toIsham Williamson 8 30
Hartman Mercantile Company,
merchandise for county farm,
less reduction on meal and ba-
con ........... ....... ........ 81 So
Jesse May and child, temporary
relief for December and jan
udry ~ w
Mrs. Adcock, temporary relief for
January W
A OFT, temporary relief for
January. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. w
| Dorsey Printing Co., gross pens 60
Brookhavcn Manufacturing &
Implement Co., storage for
County's cotton ............................. 30
Walker Evans & Cogswell Co.,
stationery, as per bill on file. 30
George d Barnard e. Co., station
cry as per bill on file. ................. 90 Y
| SECOND DAY.
Tuesday morning, February 2, Board
met, pursuant to adjournment, pres
ent same as yesterday.
1t is ordered by the Board of Super
visors that Hon. R. r. Applewhite, re-
firing sheriff and tax collector of Lin
coin county, be and he hereby is
charged up with the following addi-
tional personal:
Sl9,209 at ia m. s230.50
Add. realty 10 at Z q IN. .9o
Total 1921. 80
And that he be credited with the fol-
lowing erroneous personally:
1925 at IL m. s27.44
Erroneous realty 26S2 at ~ m. 20.12
Reduction realty 90l.25 at IA IN. 6.76
Total due s177.O6
The foregoing was adopted at the
January term 1904, of the Board, but
was inadvertently omitted from the
minutes and is here passed and adopted
now for them.
In the matter of T. e. Saxon to
straighten road.
This cause coming oh to be heard on
the application of T. E. Saxon to
straighten the Wesson road across and
through his place, beginning at the 13
mile post on the Port Gibson road,
said application being signed by j. N.
Allved and seventeen other freehold
ers of the vicinity interested in the
change and owners of the land, through
which said proposed road as straighten-
edstravers eS the same being consider
ed. 1t is ordered by the Board that the
application of said I. K. Saxon be grant
ed and that he be allowed to straighten
said road, the condition that the same
shall be without expense to the county
and that it shall be put in a condition
equal to the public roads of the second
class in Lincoln county, and until said
portion of road as changed is accepted
by the Superintendent of the public
roads in Lincoln County, as up to plans
and specifications of said second class
roads, the same shall be kept up by
the applicant and petitioners without
any expense whatever to the county or
county road contractors.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
S eagle, Superintendent of
farm, for January ....................... S65 90
Aronld Smith, guard on farm for
January ................. ................. 20 90
B 7 Hobbs, stationery for off
GERS ............. % 80
Is L Hobbs, one ream of type
writer legal cap for S. =. Oil
YER 90
G NJ Wallace, teaching 10Th sec
tion school, per order of the
trustees. .... ................... IA 90
j b Daugherty, cost of bill of
johnson & Henry Haynes,
worked out .......,,...... 3 81
J d Blue, same .............................. o.
B L Hobbs, stationery for the
Sheriff 10
INQUEST OF HARRIET SANDERS.
r c Applewhite, fees in inquest
| SooO------ "
r w McNair, same .................... 4 80
1 M Land B. F. GAIA j. W.