The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-13


State of Mississippi, to be holden
in the court house thereof, in the
office Of the clerk of Chancery
Court of said county, on the first
Monday in September, A. D.
1904, at 10 O'Clock a. M, then and
there to show cause, if any they
can, why the contract made by
them and each of them with the
board of supervisors at Septem-
Der term, 1901, as shown on min
ute book, No. 2, pages 1S and 19,
may not be rescinded, forfeited
and broken and the bonds put in
suit for breaches of the said sew
eral contracts. It is further or
dered by the board that each mem
Der of this board is hereby re-
quired to assist the superintendent
of the public roads in and for Lin
coin county in the inspection of
said roads, so as to be able to
reach an intelligent conclusion, as
to whether said roads are fully up
to plans and specifications or not.
70 that end and for this purpose,
each member is required, and it
shall be his duty to personally in
spect all public roads of the first
and second class. in his district be-
tween now and the first Monday
in September, 1904, and report
in writing on oath to the board,
the condition of said road, said
reports to be fled with the clerk
and to be spread upon the minutes
of the board.
1t is further ordered by the
board that if said roads are work
ed according to plans an specifica-
tions, filed with the clerk of. this
board, that said public road con-
tractors be paid in full according
to contract, at the said September
term, 1904. 1t is. further ordered
by the board, in justice to Hon.
G. I. Montgomery, the superin-
tendent of public roads il and for
Lincoln county, whose duties re-
quire him to report each month,
which is impossible because of the
vast territory to be inspected, that
hereafter he shall report quarter
ly on oath as heretofore and that
the public road contractors be
paid quarterly from Sept. /, 1904,
upon the sworn report of Hon. G.
T. Montgomery, showing that all
public roads of the county are
worked, and put and kept accord
ing to the plans and specifications,
filed with the clerk of this court,
such sums or sum Of money as
they may be entitled to receive,
based upon the amount of money
in the county treasury, to the
credit of the public road funds;
that is to say, one fourth of the
contract price shall be paid to the
public road contractors on the
first Monday in December, 1904;
one fourth on the first Monday in
March, 1905; one fourth on the
first Monday in June, and the bal
ance on the first of September
1905, on the condition that the
public loads are reported worked
according to plans and specifi-
cation as afore said.
1t is ordered by the board that
Hon. c. T. Montgomery be and
be hereby is required to make and
file with the clerk Of this board on
the first Monday in September,
1904, his annual report of all COM
mutation money collected by him
for the fiscal year ending Aug. 81,
1904, together with the name of
all delinquent road hands.
Report of Insolvencies.
This cause coming on to be
heard on the report of R. G. Ap-
pIewhite, tax collector, of all in
svoIvent and delinquent tax payers
in the county, showing the amount
due from each, duly verified by
affidavit of the collector in accord
ance with section 1892 of the code
of 1892, and the board having
carefully examined the same, doth
order and adiudge that the said
lists are correct and that said col
lector be allowed for the follow
ing: State tax; county tax
-; school tax; road tax
interest on Jail bonds
sinking fund on Jail bonds 8
polls; and the clerk of this
court shall certify and transmit to
the auditor Of public accounts a
list of said allowances on or be-
fore the first day of September
next, in accordance with section
1888.
1t is further ordered by the
board, that the tax collector, not
withstanding the allowance Of
insolvencies, shall forthwith pro-
coed as provided in section 1886
of the code to collect the taxes Of.
all insoIvent and delinquent tax
payers.
It is ordered by the board that
j. G. Bryant and G. M. Brister
be and they are hereby appointed
committee to investigate the
quantity and value of poplar and
hardwood timber standing and
growing on section is, t Z, r9, and
to confer..with w. \. Guess with
reference to a sale Of the same and
report TO this board at
its next meeting The price which
they can receive for the same and
whether or not they would recon-
mend a sale thereof.
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