The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-08-06
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
Proceeding of the DOings
County Board in
Full.

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Washington county, Mississippi
said board met at the court hous
of said county, as provided b.
law, for the transaction of sue
business as might properly com
before it. Presents f. Wliczinski
member and president; W. w
Worthington. Jr., j. r. Coleman
and T. S. Redd, mem bers; j. Ii
Crouch, sheriff and Z II. Hood
clerk.
In the mater of the construction
of road from Leota to Issaquen,
county line-This matter coming
on this lay to be heard and j
appearing to the board that thu
same should be let at once, it i,
therefore ordered that the same bt
and is hereby awarded to r
Sessions, at sixteen cents pei
cubic yard, the work to be done il
accordance with the plans, prof les,
ETC., to be found in the office of the
chancerY clerk,
In the matter of bridge acros;
Rawls Bayou on Road No. 5-Thil
matter coming on this day to be
heard and it appearing to the
board, that said bridge is necessary
for public travel, it is therefore
ordered that the clerk of this board
advertise for sealed bids to be filed
at the regular meeting of this
board for the construction of said
bridge in accordance with the old
plans and specifications now on
file in the Office of the chancery
cler6.
In the matter of bridges across
Deer Greek at Estell and Stoneville
in Washington oounty-This
matter coming on this day to be
heard and it appearing to the
board, that for public safety and
convenience it is necessary to have
built said bridges, it is therefore
ordered that the clerk OF this board
advertise for sealed bids to be filed
at the next regular meeting of this
board for the construction of said
bridges; the same to be built in
accordance with the new plans and
specifications now on file in the
office of the chancery clerk.
In the matter of petition of Percy
Bell to strike certain assessments
from the personal assessment roll
The petition of Percy Bell
coming on this day to be heard to
strike from the assessment roll
certain assessment of solvent
credits, and the board being
thereof sufficiently advised, doth
find from the facts that this
assessment was enormously placed
on the assessment roll, is excessive,
aud known to be such, and part
and parcel or the same assessment
of the same securities heretofore
assessed against Miss Mary Griffin,
which was stricken from the roll
by the direction of the state
Revenue Agent, who has caused
said assessment to be made. 1t is
therefore ordered that the
assessment against Percy Bell for
the year 1900 for the sum Of
Sl050; for the year 1901 for the
sum of 5000; for the year 1902 for
the sum of $3.50; for the year 1908
for the sum of 5000, aggregating
the sum of $4,000, be and the same
is hereby ordered and directed
stricken from the assessment roll.
and the clerk be and he is hereby
ordered and directed to give said
sheriff a copy of this order. and TO
credit him on said assessment roll
with the amount of the state taxes.
In the matter of petition of j
B. Williams to erect telegraph
poles-This matter coming on this
day to be heard and il appearing
to the board that said petition
should be granted it is therefore
ordered that the same be and is
hereby granted upon the express
that none of the poles
be placed so as to inconvenience
public travel and that the drainage |
Of said road will not be impaired. |
In the matter of bids for repairs
On jackson bridge and construction
Of new bridge across Log Bayou
This matter coming on this day to
be heard and it appearing to the
boerd that the bid of S. P. Sparks
Tor the repair of the bridge across
Jackson Bayou at $1.30 per lineal
loot and the construction of a new
bridge across Log Bayou at $2,70
oer lineal foot, are the lowest and
best bids submitted, it is therefore
ordered that the contract for said
work be and the same is hereby
lWarded to the said S. P. Sparks.
the matter of the petition of
J. A. Shackelford to be relieved
If assessment of solvent credits
This patition coming on this day
o be heard and the board being
efficiently advised and being
that said sum of $1,000
= yhloh appeared to have been loan.