The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-29
CHAPTER ".
THE CITY

The Justice Of the peace or town
magistrate of Grenada was the presi-
dent of the board of ~selectmen, when
the incorporation vas first establish
ed. 1t was not until years after that
the chief official of the town bore the
title of Mayor.
The first recorded meeting OF the
president and board of Selectmen, of
! Grenada, was held August 8, 1886.
At this meeting the first ordinance of
the town was put on record, part OF
which is as follows:
Resolved End, That it shall be the
duty of the town constable to take no
tice Of all offenders against the laws
of the corporation and report to the
president, who %thereupon shall issue
his warrant to bring such offender be-
fore him, who shall cause the fine in
such cases to be collected according to
law"
At a meeting on October 25th OF
the same year, ION motion Of r. Coff-
man, resolved, that a patrol or town
guard be, appointed by the president
consisting of ten men to serve for thir-
ty days, five of whom shall serve ev-
cry other night until 10 O'Clock at
night, longer if they deem 1T neceSsa-
ry, the said number of five men shall
elect their own captain"
John W. Phillips the first town
magistrate was succeeded by f. p.
Stratton, who first presided at the
Board meeting of January, 10th 1888.
The selectmen at this meeting were
Coffman, Talbert, Howard and Bull
lock, and A. &. Balm was appointed
clerk. At this meeting it was made
q fine of one dollar for any person to
g., drive a wagon" on a side walk or
hitch a horse to a shade tree. Rob-
ert Littleton was appointed town as
SCISSOR.
On January 16, 1888, several acts
were passed by the president and
board of Selectmen. One of these was
to divide Grenada into two wardS--th
west ward and the east w~ard--each to
be represented by two Selectmen.
Another was creating the office of re-
corder to be filled by the board. An
other, was an act making all citizens
liable for military duty, liable to
serve as a patrol for the town. These
acts are signed by f. p. Stratton,
president: j. G. Abbot, w. G. Ken.
dali, b. ID. Smith, w. 2. Bryan, Sc
lectman. Ii. c. Cannaday was chosen
recorder.
At a meeting of the town council,
composed of the president, Z. Z. STRAIT
, ton, A. G. Baine, j.. 7. Choate and
NJ. Fl. Melton, three Of the aldermen, "
May % 1910, the salary of the recorder
was fixed at one dollar and fifty cents
for each regular meeting, and e.. ID.
Mitchell was elected recorder. 1t
was ordered that the recorder make
no contract for printing without the
concurrence of the board and that if
publication could not be made at such
prices as the board should deem reaS-
enable publicity to the laws and ordi-
~nanceS was to be made by posting
them at three places in the corpora
ton. The town constable was made
treasurer and required to give a $500
bond. A tax of fifteen dollars was
levied on circuSeS and shows.
The first meeting at which the chief
official of the town is put down as
mayor was the meeting OF the
board of mayor and aldermen" July
q, 1910, e. Z. Stratton vas mayor,
a tax levy was made at this meeting
; of two-tifths of one per cent on all
property in the town of Grenada.
At the meeting of the board of
mayor and aldermen held Feb, "a,
1S42,R. d. Mclean presided as may
or for the first time. The new alder
men, were j. j. Choate, NJ. H. Mel
ton, A. C. Balm and j. Bullock. 1t
was ordered that a settlement be
made with E. p. Stratton, late may
or, and G. w. Mcnamara, late town
constable. G.. ID. Mitchell was elect
ed recorder, but was succeeded by
James Sims who first acted as record
er, March 5, 1912. In 1843 Thomas
III. McCracken was town recorder.
The tax on merchandise was one
fourth of one per cent-also on bowie
knives, watches, clocks, CARRIAGES, etc.,
poll tax was twenty-five cents.
October 1st, 1916, John ID. Melton,
was elected recorder to ill out the
unexpired term of Thomas McCrack-
en-, who had resigned.
At a board meeting Feb. 20, 1916,
a tax levy OF ten cents on each 800
of merchandise was made.
Meeting, jan, Z, 1887, r. ID. Nc
Lean, mayor, l.. w. Graves, l.. ID.
Butler, +. Il. Moody, Geo. A. Sopa-
mon, alderman, John ID. Melton. re-
corder,-SorShion.
Election first Monday in May 1S4s,
mayor r. ID. Mclean: aldermen. N.
Howard, E. +. Moody. JAS. L. Nc
Cracker, David Cnyler; town consta-
BILE, j. ID. Melton.
The latter two resigned and Robt.
Nay was elected constable, and 5. N.
Pearson, aldermen. At the board
meeting Dec, 5, 1848, S. n. Pearson
was elected recorder.
Election first Monday in May 1848,
r. ID. Mclean, mayor; aldermen, N.
Howard, AhSolum Bew, e. p. STRAIT