The leader., 1905-04-08
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Official Proceedings Of the Regular
April Term.
FIRST DAY.
State Of Mississippi
Lincoln County.

in the city of Brookhaven of the
county and State aforesaid, on the
first Monday in April, the same
being the 3rd day OF April, A. d.
1905, there were present the Hon.
u. P. Jones, president; j. G.
Bryant, district No. 3; G. M.
Brister, district No. 8; Edward
Smith, district No. 4, and John
Walker, district No. 5, members;
R. G. Applewhite, sheriff, and r.
W.. McNair, clerk. The following
proceedings we're had and done,
to-wit:
10 the Honorable Board Of Super
yisors of Lincoln County:
We, your commissioners APP
pointed to lay out road to begin
at or near B. q. Reeves, to inter-
sect the Wellman road at A. M.
Summers, have laid out said road
on or near where the road bed
now is.
April the 1st, 1906.
w. j. WILLIAMS,
j. III. RAWLS,
Commissioners.
1t is ordered by the Board that
j. G. Bryant, Curtis Bowman and
j. II. S. Miller be and they are
hereby appointed as a committee
Ia investigate the amount and
worth of the oak timber on the
18th section lands near j. H. S.
Miller's place, and sell the same
or any other timber they may see
fit, or to the best interests of the
county to sell, and to report their
action in this matter to the next
regular meeting of the Board.
It is ordered by the Board that
the petition of j. M. Wood ana
45 others, taxpayers and land
owners of Lincoln county, for a
bridge across the Holbert branch
on the lower Union Church road,
be filed for 30 days as required by
law.
It is ordered by the Board that
the petition of j w. Daughdrill
and 81 others for a public road
running and leaving the Daugh-
drill and Brookhaven road at Will
DaughdrilIs store and interesect-
ing the Topisaw and WeIlman
road at w. G. Summers place, be
fled for 80 days as required by
law.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
W. J. ElIzey, building bridge
across Ford's creek, $40. so; Ed
gar Green, report for February,
salary and postage, $57.79; K.
w. McNair, express on books,
$1.20; f. A. and M. w. May, ex-
cess on tax lands March 2, 1908,
$43. so; I. III. Perkins Furniture
Co., book case for court house,
$26.O5; Steiger, Holmes & Co.,
merchandise for chancery clerks
office, $f3; Smith & Hickman
Lumber Co., lumber for bridge as
per bill, $6.9S; S. P. Oliver, G.
c., cost of Ellis Sarden worked
out, $685.; r. G. Applewhite,
sherirt, conveying Tom Cupit to
asylum, $3.50: r. g. Applewhite,
sheriff, conveying Cora Newell to
asylum, $3.50; r. G. Applewhite,
sheriff, turnkey and conveying
prisoners to farm, $92; Walker,
Evans Cogswell Co., to 2 person
al assessment rolls, $13; Steiger,
Holmes & Co., / minute book and
Jurors certificate book, $21; Geo.
D. Barnard & Co., / issue docket
for circuit clerk, $1,000; F. II.
Hoffman, cost worked out on
county farm as per copy, $29.55;
R. @. Applewhite, same, So; j.
D. Blue, same, 1885; F. II.
Hartman, supplies for county
farm, $50. 10; r. w. McNair, cost
in lunacy, Tom Cupit, $2.40;
Moreton, Wentworth Co., sup
plies for county farm, $12.58; r.
G. AppIewhitc, sheriff cost luna
cy Tom Cupit. IS; DR.. J. H.
johnson, same, $5; DR.. ]. I. But
Ter, same, So; ]. S. Morgan.
building | little bridge, nails,
ETC., $2.10; E. A. Boyd ct al,
stripping and hauling cane for
county farm, $2S. 80; Pearl River
Lumber Co., we'll curbing for
county farm, $4. 48; Tom Coving-
ton, erroneous poll tax, So; r. b.
Woodall, building bridge across
Dickerson's creek near johnson
Station, $88: r. g. Woodall, re-
pairing bridge to be charged to
Albert Evans, contractor, 81 ;
Fred Kees, lumber for Perch
creek bridge, $43; M. p. Pepper,
cost Of Will jackson, 1856; Ed.
Smith, same, $4.25; P. Lucich, 5
|days' rent Of well tools at $1.25
per day, S6.25; r. i. Thomas,
coIored, enormously paid on land, /,
$50. 81; r.. Z. Thomas and Noah
Brown. excess Of taxes for land
sold in 5000, SAC, ,S2; H. +. Nor
gan, to putting ID posi- under
bridge across Meyers creek,
ISI.50: r. g. Applewhite, support