The Bolivar County Democrat., 1907-02-09
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Regular February Meet
ing at Cleveland.

Be it known that regular meeting
of the board of supervisors of Bolivar
county. Mississippi, was begun and
held in the court house at Cleveland.
second district, on Monday, February
4, 1907, the same being the first Mon
day in said month. AT SAID meeting
there were present the following of.
fcers and members of said board, to-
wit; S. c. Taylor, president; ]. C.
Lauderdale, J. e. Rainer, E, H. Wray
members; l.. E. Edwards, clerk, and
Claud Seals, sheriff, The board hav-
ing been duly opened by procl lamation
of the sheriff the following proceed
ings we're had and the same ordered
spread upon the minutes of the said
board:
ELECTION DISTRICT ESTABLISHED.
Ordered by the board that the order
of this board establishing the Arnold
voting precinct be amended SO as to
correctly describe the boundries as
follows:
Ordered that an election district is
established to-wts
Beginning at the corners to sections
IA, Is, D & o in townships23, range
: west and running south between
sections %, ., %, 27, 81 & IS to the
township line, thence east along the
township line to corner of sections l, 2,
IS and SO; thence south between and 2,
II, 10, II, % and ~, 25and 26, IS and SO
to the township line between 81 and %,
thence east along the township line to
the corner of section 80 and 80 in town.
ship % range E and sections and S,
township u, range g. thence north be-
tween sections % and 80, % and %, 20
and 21, 16 and II, and 9, and S, to
the township line between townships
q and q, range 6, thence north be-
tween sections 80, 80, %, and %, 20
and 21, to the corner of sections 20 and
81, 16 and II, thence west along the
line between sections II and 20, 18 and
20, to the line between range and 7
thence west between sections 13 and
"a, IA and @, to the corner of sections
IA and IS, q and % to the place of be-
ginning,
And the voting place for said election
district is hereby fixed at Arnold
Station.
ASSESSMENT CHANGED.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of
the board that lots 3, 4, 5, 9, 10. IL, in
West Merigold assessment to Goff and
Mathis i 5 unreasonable and it is there
lore hereby ordered that the same be
reduced from $1OOO.OO to $4,000.
SCHOOL LANDS LEASED.
Ordered by the board that Thos. 5.
Owen, Supt. Education, lease to ]. B.
Walton, for 1907, the lands in section
l6, township D, ranger, known as ].
b. Walton lease, for $4,000 for said
year 1907.
OvERSEER APPOINTED.
Ordered that Rube Davis be ap-
pointed overseer ON road leading from
Welbourn Gate to Park Gin and
hands on, and adjacent to said road,
be assigned to work same.
Ordered that Shelton Pike be ap-
pointed overseer on road from Shaw 10
Bogue Hasty with hands on, and ad-
iacent to said road, assigned to
work same.
Ordered that r. c. Tibbs b, ap-
nointed oyerseer on road leading from
eHushpuckena to township line, with
hands on, and adjacent to said road,
assigned to work same.
Ordered that L. A. Mcpherson be APP
pointed overseer on road leading from
Cleveland to Sunfower county line.
Hands on, and adjacent to, assigned
to work same.
Ordered that Will Smith be appoint
ed overseer on road leading from Boyle
t, Jno. C,ary's place. Hands on and
adjacent 10 said road assigned 10 work
same.
ROAD SURVEY ORDERED.
Ordered by the board that ]. M.
McBroom, county surveyor, lay off and
establish one-half mile of public road
between the Dan Williams and Geo.
Jackson places on the road leading
from Bobo to Cloverdale plantation.
INDECENT PERSONS.
Ordered that the name OF Anna
Doyle. resident INDECENT pauper, he
bv the clerk of this board entered on
the county paupcr list and that SAID
clerk issue to said pauper on the hrs'
Monday in each month, his warrant
for the sum of four dollars, payaole
from the general funds.
Ordered this 4th day of February
1907.
ASSESSMENTS CHANGED.
The bo ard being satisfied from PROOF
submitted that the present assessment
of the lands and lots hereinafter NAM
ed are unjust, excessive and overvaiu'
ations known to be such. 1t is orcer-
ed that all of said assessments be, and
are stricken from the land roll and the