The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-03-12

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ofacesl-.--..-....-.....--.....-........... 34.25
4 Y. 2. Martin, cost in Charley
Watts case-..,..........--..,....- $40
I'd Marshall, cost, Charley
Watts caSe...----.......... go
>. z. eagle, salary as superinten-
dent of farm $500
Arnold Smith, guard for farm. 1000
Il w. 81. Maxwell, lumber for bridge $3.50
Charley Hart, erroneous poll tax zoo
A. ID Calender, laying out road
two days.-..........-..--.-.....----.. 200
jesse Paxton, laying out. road
two days.-----....---..,-...-....,--- zoo
Edgar Green, superintendent,
| salary --.....................-.-....-..'. $500
Edgar Green, postage. l.3O
Albert Blue .janitor for months 1000
/ Ordered that the Board do now
Iadjourn until tomorrow morning
lat 8 o'clock.
q. p. JONES, Pres.
THIRD DAY.
Wednesday morning the Board
met pursuant to adjournment.
Present same as yesterday.
! The report of Road Commits
missioner MONTGOMERY will appear
next week.
In the matter of the proposal to
borrow money for county ex-
1 penses.
Thiscause coming on to be heard
on the proposal to borrow money
for the defraying of the expenses
of the county, other than the ju-
dietary expenses, and the same
being considered, the Board being
of the opinion that the sum Of
SIS, 900 shall be necessary to de-
fray the expenses of the county,
other than the judiciary expenses,
and that there are now over 80,
600 inhabitants in Lincoln county;
wherefore it is resolved and SO
ordered that the Board of Super
visors of Lincoln county may at
next regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors, to be held at the
chancery clerks Office in the court
house in Brookhaven, coming on
the first Monday in April, A. D.,
1904, borrow the sum of $5, 200
for the purpose of defraying the
lexpenses of the county, other than
the judiciary expenses, and may
execute loan, warrant, upon the
treasurer of the county. There
| fore said loan warrants shall bear
Interest at a rate not exceeding 6
Iper cent. per annum. For payment
for such loan warrant the Board
of Supervisors may levee a special
tax collected for taxes of the year
and such loan warrant shall be is
sued in accordance with Section
| 312 of the code of 1892.
is ordered by the Board that
4 bids be received at public outcry
at the court house door of Lincoln
county on the first Monday in
April, A. D., 1904, to repair the
bridge across Bayou Pierre at or
near Hon. Geo. T. Douglass. The
clerk shall give the usual notice
thereof.
BLANKS FOR JUSTICES OF THE FACE
i 1t is ordered by the Board that
hereafter all official blanks for the
use of the several justices of the
peace in the county shall be fur
nished by the Board of Supervis-
ors, upon the said justices filing
with the clerk of this Board,
acquisitions thereof in writing
showing the amount, number and
character of such blanks as they
deem necessary for the proper
conduct Of their RESPECTIVE duties
as such Justices of the peace,
whether civil or criminal.
1t is ordered by the Board that
Charlie Barr be discharged from
the poorhouse.
COMMITTEE TO GOOD ROADS CON-
vENTIoN.
! Whereas, it has come to the
knowledge of this Board that a
Good Roads Convention is to be
I held in New Orleans, La, on the
7th day of April, 1904, and,
, whereas, Lincoln county is desir-
ous to be represented at said CON
vention, it being the first county
in the state Of Mississippi to
adopt the contract system; and,
whereas, it is the sense of this
Board acting for and in the inter-
est Of the people in Lincoln coun-
ty, that in the interest of econo-
my, the public roads of the county
should be put and kept up to the
standard at the least cost with the
most improved methods. It is
therefore ordered by the Board
that Hon. q. 2. Jones, president
lof the Board, and Hon. John
Walker, member of said Board
and Hon. G. T. Montgomery,
commissioner Of public roads Of
Lincoln county, be and they here
! by appointed a committee to rep