The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-10-13

A vacancy occurring 7. B. Peaster
and E. M. Pickett are appointed trus.
tees in 7 Is, R 2 W, making the
Board complete with VIM. Warmack.
The petition of B. B. Wilkes ct al,
to widen the public road between
Edgar Spell and T. R. King is laid
over to next meeting.
The petition of s. S. Hudson to
levee the public road between Silent
Shade and Oak Grove plantation was
disallowed..
The account Of R. J. Moody ct al,
holding inquest over the body Of a
negro on I. G. railroad, is laid over to
next meeting for satisfactory proof
that such inquest was necessary.
The work done on Harlands creek
bridge by Eakin Brothers is done sat-
isfactory and we recommend payment
for same. T.G.Stephenson, is. Rogers.
The Clerk will take up the warrant
held by S. J. Brown of $269 and issue
in lieu thereof one for $l93.45, and
one for $75.55, which enables him to
collect the last amount.
W. L. Smith and 7. G. Stephenson
will examine a cave on the Christmas
hill and report at next regular meet
ing.
G. l.. Robertson, being the lowest
responsible bidder to build a bridge
across Milestone bayou near the Hol-
man place, was awarded the contract
and the Clerk will issue q warrant at
$l.34 per foot when received by W.
L.Smith and T. G. Stephenson.
Board adjourned until tomorrow.
H, E. BUCK, President.
SECOND DAY.
Present as on yesterday.
W. H. Smith, Superintendent of
Education, is allowed $l,654.71 for
the various county public schools for
their repairs, etc, and paid to the
various Trustees of said schools, az
per his list on file with the Clerk, the
same being payable out of any part
of school funds not rejected. The
School Superintendent is allowed a
further sum of $500 for desks, fxt-
ures, ETC., for the public schools as
per his list on file with the Clerk.
Your Superintendent of the new
Jail building construction reports that
there has been expended by the con-
tractors for labor and material, which
went into the building, $4,000
after deducting Is per cent from
total expenditure.
W. A. HARTHCoCK. ;.
Accounts are allowed as follows:
Pauly Jail Building Co., material for
work done as reported by Supt. Harth-
cock, So 909.93.
W. A. Harthcock, Jail building
superintendent, $25.
Lexington Compress & Oil Mill Co.,
electric lights, $3.15.
Lexington Compress & Oil Mill Co.,
fixtures, $2.04.
W. W. Wilburn, Sheriff, coal for
court house, SASS.
W. W. Wilburn, Sheriff, conveying
Dillie Porter to asylum, $l4.65.
W. W. Wilburn, Sheriff, putting
mating in court house, SITS.
W. W. Wilburn, Sheriff, postage
stamps for sheriff's Office, $3.50.
W. W. Wilburn, Sheriff, feeding
prisoners for September, $3.50.
W. A. Harthcock, wood for Jail,
$3.50.
]. H. Barr, six iron anchors for Jail,
$l50.
Parham Williams, Chancery Clerk,
two personal rolls, $l80.l0.
Parham Williams, Chancery Clerk,
making two rolls assessing railroad,
$40.
Parham Williams, Chancery Clerk,
one day service on pension board,
So.
Parham Williams, Chancery Clerk,
one day service on case Of lunacy,
81
W. W. Wilburn, Sheriff, one day
service on case Of lunacy, SIS.
R. H. Douthat, J. M. Clover, G. 7.
Bailey, T. A. Lunsford, s. ]. Brown
and G. W. Darnell, jurors on case Of
Ilunacy, 81 each.
W. J. Posey, Constable, placing
lunatic in Jail, $3.50.
B. G. Farr, Commissioner. laying
out a road, So.
W. B. Strowd, Commissioner, laying
! out road, So.