The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-10
THE CITY COUNCIL. :
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE REG
ULAR NOVEMBER SESSION.
Election Managers Appointed for the
4 December Election. ..I
A SPECIAL TAX LEVIED TO COVER COST
OF HOUSE NUMBERING.

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Bids Invited for Boiler House. Engineer
NusOm's Salary Raised.
/ At this regular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aludermen
of the City of Brookhaven, Mis-
sissippi, held at the mayors Office
in said city, this Tuesday, Novem-
wer, 9th, 1906, at 1880 O'Clock p.
m. There were present r. D.
Lanier, mayor, and Aldermen
Hartman, Abrams and Jones, Al
dermen Parsons and Larsen ab-
sent. 5
The minutes of the October,
1906, meetings were read and ap-
proved.
Salaries and Accounts. The
salaries of officers and employees
for the month of October, 1906,
with other accounts were allowed
and the mayor and city clerk were
directed to issue warrants drawn
on the funds of the city to pay
same as follows:
Revenue Fund-R. D. Lanier,
mayor, $35; Sam Abrams, clerk,
$25; Doc Sartln, tax collector, SIS;
A. Hurst, marshal, $50; j. H.
Magee, police, $50; W. ~ Meter,
police, $50; r. F. Mccormick,
police, $50; Chris Albertz, ceme-
terry sexton, 500; Masonic Lodge,
rent rooms, 500; r. D. Lanier,
paid express on docket, so cents !;
Geo. d. Barnard & Co., one dock
ct, Sc; Brookhaven Ice Mfg. Co. j,
ice for mayors Office, $3.05; l..
D. Boadwee, repairing stove, ell
bows, etc., $7.05; A. Hurst, 4
special police carnival show, $12;
The Leader, tax receipts, etc., 3,
$18.25; Lincoln County Times, -
police badges, 81; Lincoln County
Times, publishing ordinance,
$21.54; Frank Martin Drug Co.,
2 blank books, So; Cumberland
Telephone Co.. phone for mayors
office, October 1906, 50. Is.
Power House Expense Fund. :
w. W. Nusom, engineer, $65; r.
S. Purser,. superintendent, $125;
Luther Magee, lineman and over
time, $40. 40; Ben McTagart, fire
man 151z days, 1885; Theodore
Edmonds, fireman, less sub cash,
$3.50, 5000; T. M. Clendon,
Hardware. Co., one box packing,
$4.69; Martin Drug Co., 61z
pounds rosin, 35 cents; Marine
Oil Co., one barrel oil, invoice
No. 1918, $40. 76; Moreton-
Wentworth Co., oil, etc., $1.S5;
G. B. Perkins, articles for power
house, $31.73; Spranley & Reed,
one gallon varnlsh, 81. so; Spran-
ley & Reed, 5 pounds tape, 81. Is;
Standard Water Meter, Co., one
water meter, $26; Wesco Supply
} Co., screws, wire, ETC., invoice
, No. 1852, $93.S4; Westing House
Electric Mfg. Co., one water
meter invoice No. DS9353, $3.50;
M. D. Staffier, repairing water
mains, $9.05; Cumberland Tele-
} phone Co., phone for power
, house, October, 1906, $2.75; Ma
rine Oil Co., 3 storage tanks,
$13.56; Doc Sartin, paid for labor,
etc., power house, $1000.91
Brown Coal Co., balance due on
} coal, -
Street Fund. "A Hurst, street
commissioner, October, 1906, SIS;
A. Hurst, boarding mules, 500:
Geo. Washington, removing gar
; bage, $35; z. Daniel, collar pads
and back bands, $1.35; Martin
Case, 27 pieces lumber, 900 feet.
at $13, $11.7O; Doc Sartin, cash
paid labor on street, $79.35; A.
Garvey, shoeing mules, $3.50.
School Expense FUND.-. S. B.
Society, rent hall, Sept. and Octo-
Der, 1906, $40; America Bryd.
janitor colored public school, $25
| Mccormick & Thompson, sash.
etc., public school, $23.75; Fred
erick . Disinfectant Co., one hall
barrel floor dressing, $21.45; Lin.
} coin County Times, stationery fol
! schools, $12.75; Ed. Greer, 1917
/ days work for public school.
l$12.25; Brookhaven Ice Mfg. Co..
ice books for public school, $4.15;
, G. E. Grafton Drug Co., articles
for school, 81; The Leader, sta
! tionery for school, $3.50; P. W.
Cameron, paid ianitor coloreo
school, SIS.
Water to Garner Property. Il
; appearing to the board that Johr
Garner who was granted permis
sion at October 2, 1906. meeting
Iof this board to tap city water
| main on West Monticello street
I and who was granted water fol
? twelve months free of charge, had
; not tapped main as agreed, bul
had connected with private pipe
and had put in line through pri
I vate property to his property
I near E. H. Bowen's residence and
that the pipe so put in would bt
: Iof no service to the city in sup
plying water to other property OF
such street, on motion the order
lof this board adopted at Oct, End