The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Official Proceedings Of Regular NOyem-
Der Term, 1906.
State Of Mississippi
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ular meeting of the Board OIL
q Supervisors of Lincoln county,
Miss, begun and held in the
{. Chancery Clerks Office in the city
lof Brookhayen, Miss, on the first
Monday of November, 1906, the
time and place fixed by law for
the holding Of said court, there
were present Hon. 2. P. Jones,
president, from district No. /; w.
/ II. Furr, from district No. 2; c..
I'M. Brister, from district No. 8;
John Walker, from district No.
I5; r. w. McNair, clerk, and r.
IC. Applewhite, sheriff.
The following proceedings were
had and done, to-wit:
The petition of Loring II.
Smith ct al for partial stock law
in township 5 north, range s east,
was this day filed as required by
Ilaw.
To the Honorable Board of Super
Visors of Lincoln county, Miss.
Gentlemen:-I submit my re-
| port as superintendent of the
county convict and poor farm for
the month of October, 1906. /
have on hand s paupers and 10
prisoners. Of the first class pris-
oners worked on their fines and
costs are:
George Butler, Buck Moses,
Will McLain, Simon Rayner,
Henry Conerly and Henry Gage,
81 days, $500 each; Lonzo Will
liams, 27 days, $40; Other
Knight, IS days, So; Bake Owens,
Is days, So; Joe James, 13 days,
50. 60; total days, '256; total fines,
$51.20.
Second class hands worked:
Mary Jane Smith, 81 days,
So. 10; Matte Lyons, Is days,
S1.50; Lloyd Thames, Is days,
$1.50; Henry Lea, 15 days, $1.50;
Henry Haynes, 20 days, $3.50;
Josephine johnson, 81 days,
50. 10; total days, 1876; total fines,
$12.60.
Prisoners serving days: LAM
Brown, 81 days; Charley Rober-
son, 81 days; Felix Comic, 20
days; total, 50 days.
Discharged: Henry Gage, by
cash, $38. 80; Sam Tarbutton, $40;
Lloyd Thames, ,$2O.60; Henry
Lea, 5000; Other Knight, ST.
Is; Lonzo Williams, Sis. 70; Hen
| ry Haynes, SIS; Joe James, So. 80;
Josephine johnson, $8.55; Bake
Owens, sos; Matte Lyons,
$6. 90; total, .$19s.60.
| pig, $3.50; rent on 4 acres Of
land, $12; work done by prison
ers, $27. Is; total, $47.25; plus
I$198.60, fines collected, total,
$245. 85; plus work done on bridge
for W. G. Magee, S.; total,
$250.S5.
Since last report have gather
ed 2 bales of cotton, 2 tons of hay,
1900 barrels of corn. [ have
completed the iron bridge at Fair
River by doing all the wood
work, rebuilt one bridge near
Bogue Chitto 1o2 feet long, re-
paired 4 bridges and 2 cuIverts.
J. G. MILLER,
Supt. of Farm.
In the matter of the application of
Ernest Sutton for discharge
from the county farm.
This cause coming on to be
heard on the application of Ernest
Sutton for discharge from the
county farm, and it appearing to
the satisfaction of the board that
said applicant has made a model
prisoner during his inceration
and served out the full time SEN
tence of the court and worked dill
igently and faithfully in the
interest of the county whereby it
was saved an outlay Of a great
many dollars. 1t is therefore or
dered by the board that the pray
er of the said applicant be granted
and that he be discharged from
custody upon his paying to the
superintendent of the county con-
vict farm the sum of fifty dollars;
on the condition, however, that he
shall be Of good behavior from
this day forward and shall not be
guilty either directly or Indirectly
of selling intoxicating liquor or
of acting as the agent of the seller
or buyer thereof to effect such
sale for the term of one year from
this date and for a breach of this
condition the sheriff Of this coun-
ty is authorized and directed
forthwith to re-arrest the said
Ernest Sutton as an escape and to
place him on the farm for such
time ss the law directs in such
cases.
And the said Ernest Sutton APP
pearing before the board in per-
son and having paid the said sum
OF fifty dollars and agreeing to
the foregoing conditions and stip-
ulations, wherefore he is herenow
discharged until the further or
#ders of this court.
! have heard the foregoing read
and hereby agree to carry ont its
provisions to the letter.
ERNEST SUTTON.
In tho matter of the petition Of j.. i
j. Warren ct al for a public
road.
This cause coming on to be
heard on the petition of j. J.
Warren and ia others for q public