The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1906-02-17
PROCEEDINGS OF the BOARD.
Regular February Meeting Of the Board Of
Supervisors, Held At Rosedale,
Continued From Last Week.

Ordered that the clerk advertise for
bids for building bridges across Six Mile
Lake on road leading from Mound Bayou
10 Gunnison, and bridge across same
lake at south line OF section 8. township
%, range g. The bids to be filed at
Cleveland, and contract to be awarded
Mt the next meeting of this board at
Cleveland.
ALLOWANCE TO W. A. LlTTLEJoIIN.
Ordered by tile board that w. A. Little
: john be paid $196.50, OH account OF
damages sustained by reason of road
laid off from Stokes bavor north TO
point in the town of Beufal, through
his lands in section II, township %,
range 8, aud that the clerk of this board
issue warrant PAYABLE to Sillers & Owen.
his attorneys, in payment of the SAID
amount.
CONTRACT FOR COUNTY coNvIcTs.
Us. Edwards having made the follow
ing bid for working county convicts for
two years. i'll words and figures as fol-
lows, to-wit:
"hoard of Supervisors, Bolivar County,
Miss:
II will give for the county convicts for
the term of two years the following: l
will give the same for the prisoners and
take them under the same contract that
have had with the board for 1905.
Us. EDWARDS.
February 5th, 1906.
1t is ordered that the contract for
working said county convicts be award
ed to said !. S. Edwards. and the con-
tract heretofore made with him by this
board on the 7th day of August, 1905,
shown at page III of Minute Book "G'
of this board is hereby adopted as the
contract for two years beginning Fchru-
ary 9th, 1906, and ending February 9th,
1906. and ending February 9th, 1908,
as fully as if the said contract was here
written in full.
The bond of !. S. Edwards, with ]. X.
Murnan, u. p. Shelby and X. l.. Bies as
sureties OIL the same, i'll the sum OF
$4,000, is hereby accepted and approved.
wrptcrIoN OF LAND ASSESSMENT OF
BELIZE II. srlNsoN.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the
board from the petition OF Mrs. Belle II.
Stinson that there is an excessive assess
memt against the north half and north
halt OF south half of section Is, town
ship 25. range 6, west. i'll that 24O acres
OF said laud is situate on the outside. or
river side, of the public levee, and was so
situated prior to February 1, 1905; it is
therefore ordered that the assessment
roll he changed SO as to assess the SAID
land above described as 240 acres at 81 0
per acre, and $24O acres at SOC per acre.
And further ordered that the clerk OF this
board furnish the taxcollector aud state
auditor each a copy of this order.
BRIDGE CONTRACT AWARDED TO SAM KEN
DRlcK.
Ordered by the board that the contract
for building a bent bridge across Little
Mound Bayou. at the Wynne place, be
awarded to Sam Kendrick at and tor the
sum of $2.75 per lineal foot, said bridge
not to exceed Go feet in length.
ALLOWANCE TO PAUPER.
Ordered that Ada Guiner, a pauper, be
allowed the sum Of 81 per month. and
that the clerk of this board issue his
warrant for said amount on the first day
of each month, until the further order o1
this board.
CHANGE OF ASSESSMENT OF j.
Ordered bv the board that the assess
ment oil. W. Eld,idgc OF all fractional
section "a, township 26, range z, 592
acres, at $500, be reduced to 263 acres
at $3.50, balance stricken from roll
All in section rs, township 26. range z
assessed at Gas acres, valued at 20, 10
be reduced to 222 acres at 1874. and
315 acres at soc per acre, $2O7. All ex
cept ia acres section 26, township 26
range z, 376 acres at 81 ,70S, reduced tc
1876 acres at SOC per acre, all outside o
levee; and lots to 5 inclusive, se"tioi
35. township &c, range Z, assessed at
265 acres at $133, reduced to 10 acre:
at SIS. All lands assessed to !. w. Elt
ridge in section sc, township 26, rang
I, except "A acres. be and is assessed al
SOC per acre; aud "a acres assessed al
So per acre, 14S.
IN THE MATTER OF RENT OF 10TH SEC
TON TO ]. A. BURT.
Ordered by the board that the rent
notes of ]. A. Burt, for the rent on thu
northeast quarter OF section 16. town
ship "a, range z, west, in Bolivar coun
ty, he aud the same are hereby reduced
from $3.50 for the year 1904 to one hun
drcd and ninety ($l9O) dollars, and thu
rent note for said land for $500 for thu
year 1905 be reduced to $500.
COUNTY PROPERTY IN ROSEDALE LEAsEI
TO cHANEy q BRYANT.
il is ordered by the board that tin