The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11
MONTHLY MEETING OF
COUNTY SUPERVISORS
October Accounts Are Allowed
Clerk 10 Advertise for Bids
to Paint Steel Bridges.

Be it remembered that the Honor
able Board of Supervisors of Grenada
County, Mississippi, met at the court
house in Grenada, Mississippi, on the
9Th day Of November, 1905, the same
being the first Monday in said month
and q regular term Of said court.
The following members were pres
ent: A Olson, District No. I; JE
Shaw, No. 2: " Roberts, No. 81 p
Hill, No. 4; e L Atkinson, No. 5.
Court was opened in due form when
the following proceedings were had:
W II Crowder, sheriff, board of pau
pers for Oct, 1905, $49.50 City Light
& Water Co, lights and water for
court house and Jail for Oct, 1905,
$l4 SO; for November, 1905, Sl2.46; .
S King, clerk, . days Oct term chan
cery court, day special term Nov !,
$500; II w Latimer, lumber for
bridge, soc; 5 e Atkinson, hauling
and two days work on Cane creek, ana
nails, Sl1.40; JnO Brewer, lumber for
Yalobusha river bridge, use d B Phil
lips, 1872; Grenada Mercantile Co, 5.
pairs blankets, $40: Il Brewer,
building bridge over Broad branch,
repairing bridge near Broad branch,
district 5, s58; w II CrOwder, sheriff,
cost in case state VS. Buck Ladd, cash
to janitor, transferring Levy Black
man from Holcomb, Sl1.l5; Doak &
Wolfe, merchandise for court house,
| S61.l5.
Report of Y r James, Supt of Ed,
received and ordered recorded.
| V r James, Supt, salary for Oct,
1905, and postage, $52; G r Ross, sal
ary for Oct, board of II paupers, paid
Calhoun Berry covering smoke house,
$10l; u o Semmes, merchandise for
court house, soc; r. Ii Kincaid, lum-
ber for county, 80; JAS Cuff & Son,
soap for Jail, SOC; ROane & Co, mer-
chandise for prisoners in Jail, soc,
| Grenada Sentinel Pub Co, blanks for
| sheriff, and books, etc, and chancery
clerk publishing proceedings Of board
third quarter and mailing papers,
S7l.95; w II CrOWder, sheriff, , days,
self and deputy. chancery court, Oct
term, day special term, Nov /, 1905.
s15; l. NJ Trussell, making y cOlfinS
and storage, $50.
Ordered that warrant No 1911 be
cancelled and in lieu thereof. one
warrant for SO and one for $40 be is
sued to c T Ross.
Ordered that the report of J w
Vance, treasurer Of Grenada county,
for Oct. 1905, be received and ordered
recOred showing balance of CSC due
Grenada c0uLty fund; balance OF
81, 1927 due school fund; a balance
$23S 80 due institute fund; balance Of
S383.24 due past Indebtedness fund;
a balnnce of sl054 Que permanent
school fund and 4 balance of 1908 due
pension fund.
Ordered that j w Clark be appoint
ed road overseer of road No p, dis
trict 5. It is further ordered that ali
hands on the plantation Of G w Lott,
e L Atkinson, s E Atkinson, Steve
Miller, Ed Miller, Jim Dickerson and
Sam Rosemond be assigned to road
duty on said road No e.
Ordered that Ren2ey Lewis be ap-
pointed road overSeer Of road No. 8,
district 3, in place OF George Mahan.
Ordered that the contract for NOV
ing and erecting old iron bridge. now
at w r Bakers, district 4. to River
dale in said district 4. be awarded to
w s Rayburn at and for the sum Of
two hundred and fifty dollars, said
work to be done according to plans
and specifications now On file in chan
Gerry clerks Office, said bridge to be-
completed and ready fox travel Janua-
~ /, 1905; bond to be executed 10 the
sum Of $500 for faithtsl performance
of contract.
Ordered that the Clerk advertise fow-
bids to scrape and paint the following :
iron bridges: Boge bridge, Yalobu-
sha river bridge, district. !; Riverdale =
bridge, district 4; wo-... to be done aC s
cOrding to specifications On file iNz :,
chancery clerk 5 Office. bids to ha- " =
ceived DecembeF meeting.
Planters Hardware Co. nerchandiss-~
for county dogs, $3.50. d y PhilfIsrs :
building bridge over Ransom creek
district No 2, $40 so; j E Shaw, y
days letting and receiving bridge oves. :
Ransom creek, district No 2, S4s.
Ordered that fine Of $50 be -enees-s
ed against George Mahan. road over
seer road No 8, district no >, for fall
ure to report as road oyesseer, as pre-
vided by law.
Ordered that warrants be issued to.
the board as foll0Ns; A Olson, / days
Is miles, $3.50; J E Shaw. l day 42 ..
miles, S6.10; N Roberts. / day "A !;
miles, 1920; Hlil. day 20 miles, !.
s5; E L Atkinson, / day SO miles,
$3.50; j S King, clerk, Day, So; w
Fl Crowder. sheriff, day. 80.
Ordered that the board adjourn un-
til first Monday in December. 1905.