The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-09-12
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR
SEPTEMBER MEETING.
The Board Adjourned Yesterday After
an Eight Days Session.

The following proceedings are a
continuation Of the boards pro-
ceedings from Section Two of
today's Leader and with the ex-
ceptlon of the land changes and
increase in assessments, which
will be published later, the entire
proceedings are published:
Saturday besides the work done
on the increase and change of as
sessments the board allowed the
following accounts:
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
Ivey, Pennington & Co., bal
ance on working Ill miles of
road, $2o7.93; Anderson Case,
same, IA miles, $248; Boyte
Bros, same, 81 miles, 5000; A.
A. Burns. same, 80 miles, $267.60;
wv. B. Burns, same, 4 miles,
$12.26; A. Pitts. for capture of
Bill King, $25; r. G. Applewhite,
for acre of court house for July
and August, $40; Boyle Bros,
for 224 feet lumber for culyerts at
$14 per thousand, So.
The following contract was also
awarded:
It is ordered by the board that
the contract for building two
cement water tanks with all neceg-
sary piping, be and the same is
awarded to M. D. Staffler at and
for the sum of 5000; one of said
tanks to be built on the east side
of the I. C. r. r. and the other
on the west side In the city of
Brookhaven.
Tuesday morning the board al
lowed the following accounts: r.
| G. Applewhite, cash paid for
stamps, August, 50; R. G. Apple
white, cash paid for wood for
court house, $1.50; Same, turnkey
and conveyance to county farm,
$40; z. P. Jones, statutory allow
ance for year ending Sept. 1,
1906, $50; j. G. Bryant, same,
$50; Edward Smith, same, $50;
John Walker, same, $50; R. W.
McNair, stamps, $5; d. b.
Magee, 1s days as guard on farm,
$18; City of Brookhaven, II of |
mill levy for years 1908 and 1904,
and damages, $139S.60; Village of
Bogue Chitto, same, $142. .88;
Edw. Smith, 4 days inspecting
roads and bridges, So; G. NJ.
Brister, statutory allowance, $50.
It was also ordered by the
board that the members of this
board be and they are hereby al
lowed the sum of $50 for super
vision of the public roads and
bridges in Lincoln county for the
fiscal year ending Aug. 81. 1906,
in accordance with Section 3,
Chapter 119 of the laws of Mis-
sissippi for 1900, approved March
10, 1907
TAX LEVY.
1t is ordered by the Board Of
supervisors of Lincoln county in
the State Of Mississippi that the
following tax levy be and the
same is herenoW made for the fs-
cal year 1906 and 1907 on all the
taxable property, real and person
|al and mixed in said Lincoln
county, the same to be collected
at the same time and in the same
manner as the State taxes are col
lected, to-wit:
i State tax, 6 mills on the dollar.
County tax, General fund, 2zs
mills on the dollar.
i Road tax, / mill on the dollar.
| School tax, 2 mills on the dollar.
Interest on Jail bonds, "a mill
lon the dollar.
/ Sinking fund, Jail bonds, 1s of
la mill on the dollar.
i A poll tax Of 50 on each male
tinhabitant in the county subject
to such taxation as defined by
i Section 243 of the Constitution Of
the State of Mississippi.
| It is ordered BY the board that
| Hons. J. G. Bryant and John
Walker be and they are hereby
lappointed a committee to inspect
the road leading from Jesse E.
| Prices to the intersection Of the
Summit and Monticello public
roads at or near Richard Greer's
lplace, and to report the true con-
ldition thereof in writing at the
next regular meeting of this
board.
Lincoln County to e. f. Brennan,
Attorney, DR..
To defending the suit of the
city of Brookhaven against Lin
coin county for one-half Of the
Imill levy assessed BY the board on
the taxable property in the city
Iof Brookhaven for road purposes
for the year 10000 and 1905-06,
amounting to $1332. 90 in the
chancery court Of Lincoln county
land in the Supreme Court of the
State of Mississippi.
!, $125.00.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
S. II. Pepper, for qualifying j.
w. Reed and Chas. Nettles, SO
! cents; ]. r. Anderson, team to
Fair River bridge, 50; j. S. Nor
lgan, hauling lumber for bridge,
So; City Of Brookhayan, poll tax
due said city, $904. .O4; Village Of
Pearlhaven, same. $259.96: Vii
lage Of Bogne Chitto, $172. 66;
J Village Of Norfeld, $1l6.40; vii
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