The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-17
Board Of Supervisors.
Continued from last weekly

LrSS*iA VI OQNCTvISOFS
(Continued from last week.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9TH.
Inc board met pursuant to ad.
tournament at 8 o'clock. All MEM
bers and officers present.
Petition Dismissed-In the matter
Of the application Of Hamilton John
son, trustee, for relief from personal
assessment, the board on motion
dismissed the matter and refused
relief.
Road Petition Continued-The
petition filed by D. j. Puckett ct al
for anew public road was continued.
Ordered that the following allow
anoes be made, to-wit: :.
R. u, McRae, days contracting and re-
essvIng brldges------------- + 90
I. Il. barksdale. day contracting
I'D receiving bridges---------- 90
BlA Andon Mercantile Co., mdse. for
Yectl0n commissioners nerS- III 40
Jrn Barnett, repairs to bridge near
alto 2s
J.@f. c. Donnell, days contract
ing and receiving bridges 6 90
Wesley Patrick, repairs to Camp
bells creek bridge u 60
N. II. Myers, repairs to bridge
D.
F.. Martin, repairs to bridge
5epH. Purvis, building bridge on = -
41bb branch ~ 40
VIII. Purvis, building bridge over
nerry slough 80 90
<. e. Brown, postage last quarter,
iyOO-- 10
A. g. Thornton, mdse for sheriff,
jdils q ~
J. 4. B. Berry, allowance for land
taken Tor road so 90
Dr. 3. K. White, attention to Mrs.
Iockrell, pauper- per------- IS 90
Overseer Appointed-Ordered
by the board that Jesse Dickson be
appointed overseer of road 81, beat
4, as layed out by j. NJ. Buchanan
and S. R. Williams, from Raleigh
road, near 6 mile board to the
Homeward road, with the following
hands: Sam White, Ed Smith,
Henry Myers, John Fitzhugh, and
alt others not otherwise appropri-
ated.
Account Dismissed-Ordered by
the board that the account of DR..
Fl. K. White for medical attention to
Mrs. Wilburn, be and is hereby
dismissed.
Applications for Loans Continued
The applications of Henry Sims,
t. @. Lawrence and w. H. Bates
and wife for township loans were
continued for want of funds.
Road Overseers Appointed-Or-
dered that R. M. Rhodes be ap-
pointed overseer of road No. 6, beat
4, in place of D. E. Robbins, and E.
c. Harp overseer on road No. 13,
beat 4, in place of Jeff Lee, for the
term ending March II, 1907.
Clerk to Issue Warrant-Or-
dered that the clerk issue warrant
to c. P. Matthews for building the
steel cable bridge across Rocky
creek per contract for 81, ,o3o, when
said bridge is inspected and received
by the committee appointed at this
meeting for said purpose, also a
warrant to Matilda Finch as tenn
porary help as pauper as provided
by statute in such cases.
Committee Appointed-Ordered
that j. P. Barksdale and R. D. Nc
Rae be and are hereby appointed a
committee from this board to CO.
operate with committee from the
Confederate camp, No. se5, and the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, in Brandon, in selecting a
design and location, and to superin-
tend the erection of Confederate
in the town of Brandon
to perpetuate the memory Of the
Confederate soldiers of the late war.
After allowing usual fees to Of
flcers and members, the board ad-
journed till first Monday in Febru-
ary.
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