The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-07

| Ing are the prOCooQ1ngS:
A warrant was issued to Walker
Evans and Cogswell for $14 08 for re
cord book for chancery clerks office
A warrant was also issued to J. D
Burgess for ST.. 10 for timber for ROAD
in beat 5
Contract for building bridge across
Thomas creek was awarded to Edgar
Misterfeldt for 500. i
Ordered that A. E. Gray be substi
tuted in place of Henry Huff as over
seer of road 25, beat A M. @. Smith
in place OF W. E. Murray in road No
Z, beat and Lawrence Myers in place
of Henry Crosby on road No. 13 1-2
beat 4, also the following hands as
signed to road %, beat Q, were trans
ferred to road 3, beat g viz: Martir
Corley, Olin and Ed Coleman, Will
Wallace, Jean Patton, Tom Preston.
Dan Kelley, Lance Michael, Peter
Holmes, Ben Jones, Robert Green,
John, Bob and Frank Grumpy, JEFF
and Arthur Coken.
Green Myers was appointed over
seer of road No. Sc, beat 5, in place
of j. S. Alexander.
The lease of section 16, township 6,
range 4, made by @. R. Cook, ex -su
perintendent of education, to W. T.
Carver, is hereby cancelled, W. T.
Carver consenting thereto, and being
present entered into new contract OF
lease for term of five years, paying
for the same the sum of $25 pei
annum from January 1, 1904 and max
ing such improvements as are embrac.
ed in said contract filed with the treas
urer of Rankin county.
The appointment of W. D. Webb
and G. W. benson as deputy assessors
by J. G. Atkins was approved by the
board.
Ordered that the allowances be
made to officers at the special election
held in beat 2, March 26th, amount
ing to $40.
Ordered that the following accounts
be allowed.
W. ". Kersh, J. P, statutory cost
1908, $6 10.
B. W. Kersh, constable, statutory
cost 1908, $11.65
George D. Barnard and Co., record
books and stationery for chancery
clerks Office, $40 90.
A. M. Shields, coal scuttle for
court house soc.
j. f. McAndrew Lumber Co., lum-
Der for road beat 2, $7.17.
Sol Dobson, drayage on stationery
25c.
Sol Dobson, three days at chancery
court, March, $12.
j. l.. Buchanan, sheriff, three days
self and bailiff, chancery court, $12.
j. L. Buchanan, labor in court
room on chairs $l5 10.
Jim Currie, for labor for March at
county farm, sig so.
L. A. Comfort wages for March,
county farm, $22 so.
j. L. Buchanan, sheriff freight
paid on chairs for court room, $50 49,
L. B. Mckay, lumber and nails for
bridge beat 8, $6 80.
John Gill, repairs to Campbell's s
creek bridge beat 5, $40.
r e Knight, three days contract
ing and receiving bridges, So.
J. M. Ross, timber for road beat
4, 55c.
S. G.: Ammons, timber for road
beat 4, So Is.
W. E. Craig, timber for road beat
4, 81 80.
Carl Stingily, timber for road beat
4, So 25.
W. A. Kelley, timber for road,
beat 4, So O5.
J. F Harrell, making and putting
up five mile boards, beat 4, So so.
O. E. Harrell, building bridge
ACROSS Holmes creek beat 4, $23.
S. r. Myers, postage for March.
81 so.
@. II: Bethune, lumber for poor
house, ST. 58.
TUESDAY MORNING.:
The Runadjusted back tax assess
ments were continued until next
meeting.
D. w. benson treasurer of Rankin
county, filed his report for the quarter
ending March 3lst, 1904, showing the
following balances on hand:
County fund balance. -. $8476 73
School fund, balance, -. 4278 II
Township fund, balance,
pfiA' lS4o ~
Township fund balance,
interest 1867 tG
r., ctifuto funI Xxx 90