The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-01-28
CITY COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings of Adjourned
Meeting January III, 1909.

/ Pursuant to adjournment, tn,
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the city of Brookhaven, Miss,
met at the Mayors office on Jan
81, 1908, at 1880 o'clock p. m.
present, R. D. Lanier, Mayor
and Aldermen Jones, Cassidy
Larsen, Seavey and McGrath.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted.
Election of Cemetery Sexton.
| On motion, be it ordered tina
a sexton for city cemeteries b.
elected at the next regular meet
ing of this board in February
1908, and that the Ladies' Gene
terry Association be requested tt
recommend a suitable person fol
this position.
The following accounts were
examined, allowed and warrants
ordered issued on the city treas
urer for same, towit:
The Leader, publishing fisca
statement, $50.
The Leader, publishing munic
ipal election notice, ST.. ~.
The Leader, printing and bind
ing 500 receipt warrants, $3.50.
G. B. Perkins, 275 feet piping,
labor, etc., $28.95.
Rensselaer, Mfg. Co., hydrant
and nozzles, $2O.05.
On motion, be it ordered that g
special committee be appointed
by the mayor to investigate the
legality and ACCESSIBILITY of sub.
scribing to 500 copies of The
Leader magazine edition, pro.
posed by B. T. Hobbs, for mail
ing purposes in advertising the
city's resources and advantages.
and appropriating money from
the city treasury to pay for such
subscription. The mayor APP.
pointed Aldermen H. Cassidy, P.
Z. Jones and M. D. McGrath or
said committee.
An ordinance to regulate the
making of contracts and the
payment of accounts.
Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the
city of Brookhayen, Miss, That
no contract shall be made or &C,
count allowed where the amount
exceeds $25, unless the same has
previously been authorized and
agreed upon by this board in
open session, except in cases OF
emergency, in which event it must
be authorized by the proper com
mittee on that particular subject.
End. That this ordinance take
effect and be in force from and
after sixty days from this date.
The foregoing ordinance was
first reduced to writing, read in
open board by the clerk and a
vote taken thereon which resulted
as follows: Ayes, Cassidy.
Jones, Larsen, McGrath and Sea
vey; nays, none.
Water Works and Electric Light
Plant Superintendent.
J. D. Gull was elected superin.
tendent of the city water and
electric light plant for a term
ending May LIST, 1903, at a salary
of $125 per month.
A resolution to protect the
water works and electric light
machinery and to direct the SUI
perintendent and engineer OF
the water works and electric
plant not to run the same above
its capacity.
Sec. 1. Whereas, the armature
of the dynamo, on account of be-
ing overloaded, burned out; and
whereas this machinery is the
property of the people and should
be protected from damage and IN
jury; and whereas, the running OF
said machinery above its capacity
is dangerous and likely to en-
tail loss of many thousands OF
dollars to the taxpayers of the
city;
Therefore be it resolved, That
all light takers be and they are
hereby requested to cooperate
with the Mayor and Board Of
Aldermen and reduce the load now
being carried by turning out al
lights not in actual use and others
that may be conveniently dis
pensed with,
Be it further resolved, That the
superintendent and engineer q
the water works and electric light
plant be and he is hereby directed
and required by this board to not
run the machinery of said plant
above its capacity, and whenever
the indicator shows that the same
is overloaded, he is required to cut
off all lights.
Resolved further, That in order
that the people may have notice O
this resolution the city publisher
is requested to print the same ii
circular form and distribute il
over the city.
That this resolution, because p1
emergency and its Importance
take effect and be in force from
and after its passage, Ayes
Jones, Seavey, Larsen, McGrath
Cassidy; nays, none,
The matter of the selection of ;
city clerk to serve for the ensuing
two years having been brought
before the board, on motion
| Alderman I'll. Cassedy was elected