The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-05-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR
MAY TERM, 1904.
FIRST DAY.
The State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.

FIRST DAY.
The State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.
Be it remembered that al a reg
ular meeting of the Board Of
Supervisors, begun and held in
the Chancery Clerks Office in the
court house in the city of Brook
haven, on the first Monday in
May, being the second; day of
May, 1904; there were present,
Hon. Z. p. Jones, president,
Dist. No 1; j. G. Bryant, Dist.
No. 2; c. M. Brister, Dist. No. g.;
j. B. Wills, Dist. No. 4, and John
Walker, Dist. No. 5, members; R.
C. Applewhite, sheriff, and R. w.
McNair, clerk. The following
proceedings were had and done,
to-wit:
Bridge Order. 1t is ordered
that the cle1k of the Board of Su-
pervisors be and he is hereby di-
rected to advertise. for bids for
building a bridge across Boone's
Mill Creek, at Jno. w. Boone's
place. Said bridge to be let out
at public outcry on the 1st Mon
day in June, 1904.
1t is ordered by the Board that
a right of way for telephone poles
and wires along the Brookhaven
and Monticello road from Brook
haven to Estus Smiths cotton
gin be granted to the said Estus
Smith, with the express under
standing that said poles shall not
be placed in the side bitches of
said road or in any way obstruct
or interfere with the working of
said road or the travel of the pub
lie.
To the Honorable Board of
Supervisors:
Gentlemen:-I hereby submit
my fifth monthly report for 1904
for your consideration and ap-
provaI. l have inspected seven
miles of the Rockport road and
find it in good condition. | have
inspected the road from the Rock
port road to the Lawrence county
line anu find it in fairly good con-
dition, except in two places-one
bad mud hole at Shipman Miller's
place; one mud hole in branch
near the Little old mill place. /
have inspected the Red Star road
from Brookhaven to Copiah coun-
ty line and find it in good condi-
ton. | have been over a good
many other roads, and find some
of them in bad condition and
ne eding work. l would suggest
that you require the contractors
to begin at once and put the roads
up to plans and specifications.
Most all the travelling is of light
chala acter and if the roads were
put up in good condition now,
they would become settled by
Fall and it would take very little
work to keep them in good con-
dition through the winter months;
in fact, the Spring months is the
time to put the roads up to plans
and specifications. | have receiv-
ed from hands who were reported
on East side of railroad $4,000,
on West side of l. c. R. R., $41. 90.
| find the mile and, sign boards on
all the roads are down and defac-
ed so as to render them worthless;
also dead trees ale still on the
roadside, thereby making travel
dangerous in many places, which
the contractors claim is not in
their contract. | have also, with
your Honorable President, in
spected the steel bridge across
the Homochitto River. Same
needs some work and should be
painted at once. l think the main
roads, namely: Brookhaven and
Montgomery, Brookhaven and
MeadviIle, Brookhaven and Casey
vile, Brookhaven and Summit,
Brookhaven and Bogue ChItto,
Brookhaven and Wesson, China
Grove, Brookhaven and Natchez
should be worked first and be put
in first class condition strictly in
accordance with plans and specifi-
cation in the next so days.
c. I. MONTGOMERY.
/ Sworn to and subscribed before
me, May the 2nd., 1904.
i r. W. MCNAIR, Clerk.
To the Honorable Board of
4 Supervisors,
i Sirs: This is a true and cor
rect report of list of hands on
farm and fines collected. Squire
Miller, Jonas Thomas, Henry
Panes, Eman Watson, all com
menced work on the 9Th day of
April. Bud White commenced
work on the 18th day of April;
Lee Edwards and George Moses
commenced work 9th day of
Apil; Lucius Dixon; all still on
I farm.
Jessie Polk paid balance of fine
to R, G. Applewhite, 500. 40; Wal
ter Galloway $31.80. Bake Owens
commenced work April is, paid
out April 16, $10.55. Kid Rich
ardson paid out 18th day of April,