The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-02-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Official Proceedings Of The Regular
February Term, 1906.
FIRST DAY.
State of Mississippi,
LINCOLN Cnnntv

Lincoln County.
BE it remembered, that at a
regular meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of Lincoln county,
held at the office of the Chancery
Clerk Of said county, at the time
and place for holding said court,
there were present, the Hons. q.
z. Jones, of District No. i; j. G.
Bryant, of District No. &c. M.
Brister, of District No. 8; Edward
Smith, District No. A; John Wal
'ker, District No. 5; r. G. Apple
white, sheriff, and r. W. McNair,
chancery clerk.
The following proceedings we're
had and done to-wit:
John 5. Miller, superintendent
of the county farm, submitted his
monthly report, as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Lincoln county, Miss.
Gentlemen:-I submit my re-
port as superintendent Of the
county convict and poor farm for
the month of January, 1906. /
have 4 paupers and Is prisoners
of the first class. Prisoners work
ed on their fines and cost are:
Sam Thompson, 81 days, $500;
Bill Jacobs, 81 days, $40; Bud
Scott, 81 days, $500; Joe Griffin,
81 days, 30; Ed. Williams, 81
days, $500; Geo. Butler, 81 days,
$500; Joe johnson, 20 days,
$3.50; Glenn Sanders, ~ days,
$40, Hamp Swanigan, 81 days,
$40; Cairo johnson, IS days,
$50; Brusten Flowers, II days,
$40; Bake Owens, IA days,
$3.50; total days, 515; total cash,
$63. so.
Second class hands worked:
Squire Miller, 81 days, 1910; Mat
Diggs, 81 days, $3.10; Mary Jane
Smith, 81 days, $3.1o; Amanda
Lyons, IA days, $1.40; total,
5000.
Prisoners serving days: Ernis
Sutton and John Sartin, 81 days
each; Sherman Sanders, 25 days;
Other Knight, % days; Milt
Moses, Is days; Addie Dear, 10
days; Buck Moses, 9 days; Son
Sartin, days; total days, 148.
One escaped since last report,
Henry Scott, who escaped on the
9th.
Discharged: Whit and Perlia
Crump, BY cash, $137, Leona
Scott $65.65, fiatnp Swanigan
John Lea, Jr. $44.9O,
John Lea, Sr. $26. So, Addie Dear
$3.50, Son Sartin SLIGO, Sher-
man Sanders S11.95, Albert Nc
David $11.05, Joe johnson $10.35,
Lum Baker $8.55, Bruster Flow.
ers $500, Nellie Slater $4.55. To-
tai $500. 35; wood sold, $45; grand
total, $435.35.
Since last report | have burned
off so acres of new ground and
have it ready for the plow.. /
have built IA miles of new fence
and repaired 6 bridges.
j. G. MILLER,
Supt. of Farm.
The following communication
was received and read:
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors, Lincoln County, State
of Mississippi.
/ hereby recommend to your
consideration the release of Squire
Miller because of physical disabil-
tiles. His condition has been
such that be has been no service
to the farm for so days.
Miller further agrees to leave
this county Immediately on re-
lease never to return, and should
he violate this agreement, shall be
arrestable at once.
Very truly,
S. g. WILSON,
Health Officer.
Stanley 7. Byrd,
Deputy sheriff.
B. B. Boyte, Citizen.
Jan. 5, 1906.
In the matter of the discharge of
Squire Miller, a county convict.
This cause coming on to be
heard on the application Of Squire
Miller, a county convict, to be re
leased from the county convict
farm and it appearing to the satis-
faction of the court on the certifi-
cate Of DR.. S. q. Wilson, Stanley
7. Byrd, deputy sheriff, and b.
B. Boyte, a reputable citizen Of
the county, that the said applicant
is physically disabled from per-
forming manual labor and that
such IS apparently permanent;
wherefore it is ordered by the
Board Ghat The said Squire Miller
be and be hereby is ordered to be
discharged from custody on the
|condition that be shall forever
leave the county. IL is further
ordered that should the said
Squire Miller at any time return
to Lincoln county the sheriff is
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