The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-06
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS

Doings Of the Regular April Term
Game Law Passed Prohibiting
Hunting Ten Months
Each Year.
Board met Monday morning, April 5th,
in the office of the chancery clerk, all the
officers and members being present.
The following business was had and
done, to-Wit:
In the matter of the account of b. A.
Clark, justice peace, for costs of holding
who was killed-Which was ordered dis
missed at the last term of this board: B.
A Clark, justice of the peace, being pres
ent made full statement of all the facts
of the case. The board after due consider
alton of the subject decided that said claim
was legal and the clerk was authorized to
issue warrant to said justice in payment
of said costs, $22.75.
| Ordered by the board that petition of
w. I. Stevens ct al, for change of road
No. 20, beat 2, be granted as prayed for
in said petition, and w. B. Collier and
w. R. Taylor were appointed commission
ers to view and make said change.
Be it ordered by the board Of supervisors
of Rankin county, as follows: By virtue
of Section 2I23 of the Revised Code of
Mississippi of 1892: 1t is hereby made un-
lawful in this county for any person to
shoot, wound, injure, kill, catch or pursue
with such intent, any game bird, between
the first day of February of any wear,
and the first day of December of the same
year, and it is also ordained that all the
penalties attaching to such offenses by
statutes of this state are hereby applicable
to persons violating this ordinance, pro-
vided that it shall not be lawful to offer at
any time for sale any game bird in said
county, or to take the same from this
county for sale to any other county.
| Ordered by the board that the clerk ad-
vertise for sealed bids up to IL o'clock m.
on the first Monday in May, 1905, for
building bridge across Saunders creek,
near Webster'S mill, according to specifi-
cations filed in the ohancery clerks office.
| Ordered that the petition of w. F.
Coats ct al, for the extension of road No.
s., beat q, be continued until the next
regular session of this board.
Ordered by the board that the clerk of
this board is hereby authorized to issue
warrants to M. X. Mckay for building
bridge across slough at $50 and one across
Holly Bush creek and one across Barrow
crack at $4S each, and one slough bridge
at $Io, when approved bonds are filed for
keeping each of said bridges in good repair
for five years.
The report of G. w. Alliston, Justice of
the peace, as ranger, showing a balance
due the county Of $I3 was examined and
approved.
The petition of H. O. Welch ct al, for
change of public road was continued.
| lhe account of /. R. Brinson, consta-
Bile. for costs, was dismissed.
The appointment of w. W.. Kersh as
deputy assessor of Rankin county for the
present year by J. c. Atkins, assessor,
was on motion approved.
| Ihe petition of l.. Q. Bullock ct al, to
annex the lands embraced therein to the
full stock law district, known as the Aills
stock law district, was granted, to take
effect SIX months from this date, including
the following lands, viz: nw4 and VIZ
SEA and SEA SEA of section 2, the eH
neA and nWA me- and sWH and se4
sW4 and sWA of SEA of section 10, and
nW4 ne4 and VIZ se4 ne4 and VIZ
nwA and nw4 swA and swA and eH
VIZ OF nWA of section II, ard nWI-4 neI-4
and eN neI-4 nWl-4 of section IS, all in
township q, range q.
Ordered that the following accounts be
allowed:
IC. w. H. Slaughter, 80 feet
causeWay ------------------$3.7o
}. L. Buchanan, chancery court al
l0Wance- 90
N0I nOhCOn CANA ~
J.L. Buchanan, victualing prison
Sam Beal, cleaning court house
Clarke & Courts, stationery circuit
clerks office-----------8 50
Chancery clerk, postage ge------------o.75
t. E. Therrell, constable, statutory 6.25
w. G. Barksdale, 6 mile boards 90
Barnes & Ragland, merchandise
| county farm and sheriff riff---------4.75
Harris Watts, repairs to bridge II. 90
OLIVER Billingslea, building bridge 81. 90
| c. c. Shots, 10 vaccinations ---3. 90
J. R. Mckay. lumber and nails-----I4.7o
R. E. Knight, a days contracting
and receiving 90
Brandon News, printing blanks, etc 81. 50
J. W. Loveless, lumber for bridges az. 90
M. G. Stubblefeld, S tables -------- 50. 50
}. P. Barksdale, days contracting
| and receiving ng-----------------L-6.oo
J. 7. Ellis, building wire fence and
| WhiteWashing 90
Will Wilmington, repairs bridges jig
E. <. Hendon, making 28 desks SO
Is. K. Myers, salary, postage $500. $50
J. l. Ellis, wages as manager coun-
W Iarm- 500
The application of trustees township 3,
range 3, for SIS "a be paid to Star school
house, granted.
| Ordered that the trusteest of township
3, range $, be allowed the sum of $40 for
repairs to Clear Creek school house.
D. w. Dinson, treasurer of Rankin
county, this day filed his report for the
quarter ending March 81, 1905, showing