The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1906-01-06

day, Tan. l, 1906, the same being the
! fl rst Monday in said month. At said
meeting there were present the follow
ing members and officers, to-wit: S. c.
Taylor, PRESIDENT; J. c. Lauderdale,
Z. H. Wray and J. c. Rainer, men,
bers; L. E. Edwards, clerk, and Claud
Seals, sheriff. The session having
been duly opened by proc amation OF
the sheriff, the following proceedings
were had and ordered spread upon the
minutes of the board:
LAND ROLL CORREcTRD.
1t appearing to the board from the
petition of Claud F. Smith. that the
southeast quarter of section SO, town.
ship 26. range west, is situated on
the outside. or riverside, Of the public
levee, and that there is an excessive
assessment against the said lands, it
is therefore ordered that the assess
ment roll be amended so AS to assess
the said lands at fifty cents per acre,
the same being the maximum assess
mcnt of lands on the riverside of the
public levee. Ordered further that the
clerk of this board furnish the tax col
lector of Bolivar county and the Audit
or of the State of Mississippi a copy of
this order.
Ordered this Jan. /, 1906.
Whereas, heretofore, to-wit: At the
last meeting of this board, Frank
Spears filed his petition asking that
his assessment to his lands, to-wit:
The east halt of the northwest quarter
and the east half of the northeast quar-
ter Of section II, township D, range
west, in Bolivar county, Miss, be
changed from 100 lacres of cleared land
at $40 per acre, t9 100 acres of wood
land at 50 per acre and 90 acres of
cleared land at $40 per acre; and,
whereas said petition was granted and
an order nj sde t9 change assessment in
accordance with prayer of petition, but
through error either i'll drawing order
or entering same, it was made to read,
go acres OF cleAred land at $40 per
acre. and 40 ACRES of woodland at s2
per acre;" it Isl }now therefore ordered
that the assessment be made to read,
100 acres of Woodland at So per acre
and 90 acress IL cleared land at $40
per acre.
Ordered this Jan. l, 1906.
The petition of the Blanton- Thurman
Company, praying correction and re-
duction of assessment against them,
coming on now to be heard, and the
board being satisfied that said assess
ment, as shown by the personal assess
ment rolls OF Deeson precinct, is error
and unjust, it is therefore ordered that
the said assessment be and is reduced
form $40, to $4,000; ordered further
that the clerk of this board forward
certi ied copies of this order to the tax
collector of this county and to the aud
itor of public accounts at Jackson,
Mississippi.
Ordered this Jan. 1, 1906.
The board having duly Investigated
certain assessments, below named, and
being satisfied that they are unjust
and erroneous, it is ordered that the
following changes and corrections be
made, to-wit:
Smith johnson. Shaw precinct: Pres
ert personal assessment be stricken off
and the following substituted therefor:
/ mule, value 500; wagon, value $40.
E. r. Britain. Duncan precinct:
Assessment of ZOO on lots a, S, and
7. block 4, Duncan, changed and re-
duced to 5000.
E. r. Britain, Duncan precinct:
Amount of capital employed in mer-
chandise business changed and reduc-
ed from $40, ,O0O to s., 500; amount of SOL
vent credits changed from $4,000 to
So, 500.
Wash Smith, Cleveland precinct:
changed to mules, value $40; 1 wag-
on, value $50
John Dixon, Merigold prec,nct: AS
sessment changed from 50 head OF cat
tie, value $500, to % head of cattle, val
ue 5000.
Ordered this Jan /, 1906.
Upon petitions fl I'd this board has
now inve ,tigated tt tax assessments
on the lands below named. and being
now duly advised ami satisfied that
large portion of said lands has been
thrown on the river side of the levee,
and is now wholly without levee pro-
tectior, and that tho value thereof has
been very greatly impaired by the
building OF the new Australia levee;
and the board being further satisfied
that the present assessments against
said lands are unjust, unreasonable
and inequitable, it is therefore order
ed, and the board doth now order, that
the said assessments be and are COR
rected and changed as follows:
Estate of J. L. Hurley, north half,
less II acres, section 10, township IS,
range 6, 300 acres, s., 79o, reduced to:
Northwest portion section II,
tp IS, range 6, so acres.... S 500 90
mt in sec 10, tip IS, g.. outside
levee, $50 ceres.
Mrs. E. H. Dake, south 70
half section 18, township2
at G1 400 reAucPf