The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-17
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
Business Transacted at the Regular
November Session.

| ANOVClllDCr SCSS1O11
The board of supervisors met in the
office OF chaneery clerk with all members
and officers present.
The lease of Sec. 16, T $, R. 2, for
five years to j. S. Hamilton was can
celed.
The board awarded the contract of
building the bridge across Squirrel Creek
to J. M. Hemphil for the sum of SS5.
An application was granted to the
trustees in township 7, r. 3, for $40 to be
paid Rosa Wilson for teaching Mckay
school.
The petition for new public road by
w. r. Taylor ct al was granted and j.
}. Daniels and G. 0. Rouse were appoint
ed commissioners to view said road and
report in writing.
Ordered that the following changes be
made in road overseers:
u w. Sparks on road number 8, beat
a, In place of I. R. Thompson.
j. W. Harper on road number I, beat
2, in place of J. j. Neal.
|. L. Hester on road number rs. beat
I, in place of Tom Hester.
). l.. Gardner on road number a. beat
5, IN place of D. S. Kennedy.
On suggestion of the trustees of Sec.
10, o, K. 4, for sale of the merchanta-
Bile timber on said section and it appearing
that the sale of said timber will be to the
school interest, ordered the poplar tim
Der on said land be sold to w. L. Barrow
at y per thousand feet.
ordered that when an approved bond
is filed by T. H. Howard for keeping
the. bridge in Jones' lane on Rehobeth
road IN good repairs for five years, recent.
ly built by him, be paid SI1o.
Ordered by the board that the petition
or |. b. Lawrence ct al for change of road
be granted. H. w. Bates and G. w.
Long were appointed commissioners to
view and mark said change and report to
the board.
Ordered that the account of C. w.
Moore for three mattresses burned on
account of small pox be continued.
Ordered that the application of trustees
-, a, K. I, for SI4.45 be paid to w. M.
Renno tor repairs to Francis White
school house, be paid out of funds be-
longing tc said township.
he petition, filed to change of Brandon
and Steen's Creek road by D. w. Dick
son ct al was continued
The board approved the agreement of
the trustees of I. 3. R. +. as to the dis
trlbutlon of funds belonging to said town.
ship; and board ordered that amount now
on hand (S88 oo) be allowed trustees for
| Clear Branch School
l. Ordered that the following allowances
be made:
| Sol Dobson clerk, adjusting back taxes
and drayage on stationery $500
| Walker, Evans and Cogswel contracts
and license books S.. 50
DR.. A. @. McLaurin salary as health
officer from May to Nov. 1904 $75
Sol Dobson postage 3rd. and End quar-
ter S4. 50
A. D: Mckay 183 # couseway'for road
beat a, $I83
w. 1: Barrow building bridge across
Clear Creek beat q, $50
w. L. Barrow building bridge across
Dry Creek beat d, $50
}. b. Williams, repairs to bridge beat a
| c. S. Shivers repairs to bridge on Co.
forth road beat a, Sd
}. L. Buchanan Sheriff victuaing pris-
oners oct. 1904 SI2.I5
J. L. Buchanan sheriff conveying pris-
oner Mathis from Jackson to Brandon 81
| K, E. Knight 2 days contracting and re-
ceiving bridges 81
| J. E. Noble, nails for bridges beat 3
20 cents
W. s. Crook taxes refunded county
| w. S Crook taxes refunded school
fund $2.4o
| Q. BiIlingslea repairs to Stump bridge
beat 3, SIS.
| Brandon News, stationery for Sheriffs
office $I8.5 50.
| Brandon News, stationery for chancery
clerks office So. So.
| Brandon News, stationery for Circuit
clerks office 49,
| Brandon News, stationery election COM
missioner $3I.72.
| L; B. Mckay painting fence and extra
work on court house $26 50.
| L: b. Mckay making and putting up
8 mile boards beat 3, 81.
| L. A. Comfort, wages as managers
of poor house, $22.5o.
jim Currie, wages as laborer poor house
$I2.5o.
| Gayden & Co., supplies for poor house
$23.o6
| Gayden & Co., clothing for Harris
county prisoners $4.25.
| w. S. May, 10 days as election COM
missioner'$3o.
| w. B. Easterling. 10 days as election
commissioner $3o.
J. }. Coulson, 10 days as election COM
missioners $50.
| Managers, clerks and bailiffs for election
j $I34.
At the suggestion of the trustees OF T. 8,
K. a, the board decided to sell the white
oak timber in said section to S. G.
Harris at price agreed upon.
The applications of the trustees of
Pelahatehie, Greenfield, Dry Creek and
| Clear Branch schools for surplus school
money having been filed too late were
dismissed
| S. R. Myeres, Supt., filed his report Of
teachers and salaries paid for the term
of 1904 and 1905.
! The commissioners appointed to view
and lay out public road from Brandon and
Jackson railroad crossing running on
north side of. railroad fence to Brandon
depot, on petition of w. R. Taylor ct al,
was approved. Commissioners were al
lowed 81 each.
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