The leader., 1903-04-15
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR
APRIL terra, 1908.
The State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.

be IL remembered That at reg
ular meeting of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Lincoln County, be-
gun and held on the first Monday
of April, the same being the 9th
day of April, 1908, in the chan
Gerry clerks office, at the court
house in Brookhaven, Lincoln
county, there were present,
Hon. W. F. Parsons, president, of
district No. l; J. c. Bryant, men,
ber from district No g.; W. j.
Williams, member from district
No. 3; G. Montgomery, from dis
trict No. 4; and John Walker,
from district No. 5; R. R. Apple
white, sheriff; and r. W. McNair,
clerk. The following proceedings
were had and done, towit:
An order to provide for the is
suance of Jail Bonds of the
County of Lincoln, State of
Mississippi, to the amount of
twenty thousand dollars.
Whereas, the county of Lincoln,
State of Mississippi, is duly or
ganized and existing under and
by virtue of the general laws of
the State of Mississippi, and the
Board of Supervisors of said
county hsTe heretofore determined
that it is necessary to erect a
new Jail in and for said county,
and issue bonds to defray the cost
thereof, and
Whereas, said Board of Super
visors has caused due notice of its
intention to erect a new Jail for
said county, and of its proposal to
issue bonds of the county to the
amount of twenty thousand dol
latrs to defray the cost thereof to
be published for three weeks next
preceding the date of this order
in The Leader, a newspaper pub
lished in said county, and within
that time has not received a petit
ton against the issuance of such
bonds, signed by ten per centum,
or more, of the adult tax payers
of said county exclusive of those
who pay poll tax only or any petit
tion whatever against the issue of
said bonds, and
Whereas, the assessed value of
the taxable property Of the coun-
ty appearing on the assessment
rolls for the preceding year, to-
wit: A. d. 1902, is four million,
three hundred and eighty five
thousand, eight hundred and
twenty-five ($4,3S5, ,S25.00) dol
lars, and the Indebtedness of said
county of every kind and charac-
ter, now outstanding, including
this issue of bonds, is twenty-five
thousand and seventy-five dollars
and is less than five per centum
of the assessed valuation of prop
erty within the county of Lincoln,
now, therefore,
BE 1T ordered by the Board OF
Supervisors of the county of Lin
coin, State of Mississippi:
Sectionl |. That there shall be
and there is hereby ordered and
directed to be issued the negotia-
BILE coupon bonds of the county of
Lincoln to the aggregate amount
of twenty thousand dollars for the
purpose of supplying means with
which to erect and construct a
jail in and for said county.
Section 2. That said bonds here
by authorized and directed to be
issued shall be Autographed with
suitable devices to prevent coun-
terfeiting, shall be in sums of five
hundred dollars each and shall be
numbered in a regular series from
one upward; be dated April 9th.
| A. d. 1908, and every such bond
shall be designated a County
Jail Bond" and specify on its
| face the purpose for which it is
issued and the total amount au,
thorized hereby to be issued, ano
each bond shall be made payable
to N. w. Harris & Co., the pur
chasers thereof, followed by the
words "or bearer.'' Said bonds
shall not be sold for less than par
shall beal interest from and after
, their date at the rate of four ane
one-half per centum per annum
payable annually on the sixth day
of April in each year, and shal
lmatllra reSnactiyeFv as fallaws.