The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1906-06-09
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD.
Regular June Session Held at Rossdalc
On the 4th Inst
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. !
BOLIVAR COUNTY. {

BOLIVAR COUNTY.
A regular meeting of the Board of Sit
pervisors of said county for the first ju-
dicial district thereof, was begun and
held at the court house of said county i'll
the town of Rosedale, OH this the 4tli
day of June, 1906. Present. sc. Tay-
lor, president of said board; E. H.Wrav,
JIG. Lauderdale and w. A. Speaks,
members of said board; L: E. Edwards.
clerk and Claud Seals, sheriff. Member
J. G.. Rainer, absent Alter proclama-
ton duly made by the sheriff, the board
proceeded to business and the following
proceedings were had to-wit:
SPECIFICATIONS FOR POST TREsTLE ON
BENT BRIDGE.
Post to be Of heart cypress 10 10 of
required length. Sawed or hewed on
MUD sill 10 IL 16 feet long. and three
posts to the bent, not less than eleven
| feet apart from outside to outside, ,braced
with two collar braces 2xS 10 feet
long, to be of all heart cypress, to be
spiked on with ss * 6 inch boat spikes
and to be braced with two cross braces
| to be 2 X 8 Of required length to reach
collar brace to end 0f cap sill, to be OF
heart cypress and sawed off even with
end of sill and spiked OH piles and to
end of cap sill with as X 6 inch boat
spikes. Bents to be not over fifteen feet
to center, cap-sill to be 10 X 10 X II
feet long, of heart cypress and to be tas-
tened to the posts with "a 1sinch DRIFT
bolts to each post. Ends of each cap
sill to be squared ut IL feet. Length OF.
stringers to be 3 x12x16 feet from center
to center, of heart cypress, to the bent,
and to be fastened to each cap sill with
Ax 1S inch drift bolt, or two inch
strapp iron with two bolts i'll each end.
driven into cap sill and stringer, outside
of stringer to be joined on cap slls and
all strngers sised to give sn Doth sur
face for floor. Flooring to be all heart
red gum 2 " inches thick twelve teet
long and not less than six inches wide or
over 10 inches wide, to be squared at
each end ~ feet in length and securely
nailed down to stringers with forty pcll-
ny nails, fifteen to each plank. One floor
ing plank shall be 16 feet for every eight
running feet of the bridge as brace plank
for banister. Banister post to be 4
feet long all heart cypress, to he fit
ted into peice 2 all heart cypress
securely fastened to bridge floor and
shall run full length of bridge OF both
sides. Banisters to be braced with x4
all heart cypress from top of banister to
extreme end OF long floor plank, banister
to extend full length of bridge on both
sides of railing to banister to be 4
16 leet long and of all heart cypress.
sized down to two inches at each end
and in center and spiked on banister
post with 40 penny nails (wire) four to
the splice aud two otherwise. Hub
plank to be Ia 12x 16 feet long, of
all heart cypress, ends to be sawed
square and joined or banister post secu-
rely with 20 penny nails, and shall be
put on so as to break joints with banis-
ter railing, banister ratings to be plated
on inside with X 6x 16 feet long, all
heart cypress. running full length of
bridge, and break joints and banister
railing and shall nail with 2Openny wire
nails, Job to be neat and mechanical,
all rough ends to be sawed off.
1t is ordered by the board that the
above draft of plans and specifications
be adopted by the board as a model for
bent bridges hereafter to be built by this
board, and that the same be entered on
the minutes OF this board.
ORDER TO SELL LANDS FOR TAXES OF
1905.
1t appearing to the board that the
sheriff of this county, by an oversight
failed to advertise and sell the folio wing
lands in Bolivar county, Mississippi,
tor the taxes of 1905. which were duly
assessed against said lands, and delin-
uuent; 1t is ordered by the board that
Claud Seals sheriff and Tax collector of
said county proceed to advertise and sell
said lands as provided in such cases, viz.
A. B. Singleton, Part S " SW "a,
Sec. 81, Twp. 20, Range 8. Acres. l
Clarence G. Winter, W " lie ", See. IL,
Twp. %, Range z, Acres, 80.
Unknown, Sc "a, Sec. IL. Twp, ~
Range 8, Acres, 60.
TOWN OF ROsEDALE.
Lu'a Boyne, lot 46, block l3.
TOWN OF GUNNIsoN.
A. w. Gunnison, int. lot 1O5. blk. Il.
w. T. Gunnison, lots LOG & 107, blk. Ia
Andrew Clark. part lot 13G. blk. %
Lizzie Smith. part lot 1876, blk. %
I'LL Duncan, lot 1876, blk. AZ.
ADVERTISE TO BUILD BRIDGE.
| Ordered that the clerk make advertise
ment in county newspapers for building
n bridge across Little Mound Bayou op-
posite land on Shell place, on public
road.
SUPERVISOR LAUDERDALE TO INSPECT
- LANDS FOR LOAN.
Ordered that j. G. Lauderdale he AMI
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