The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-01-12
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Regular January Meeting
Held at ROsedaIe.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Bolivar county.


Be it remembered that regular meet
ing OF the board of supervisors of said
county for the First Judicial District
thereof, was begun and held at the court
house in the town of Rosedale, on Mon
day January Z, A. :. 19o7,-there be-
ing present and presiding. S. c. Taylor,
president OF said board; w. A. Speakes,
and J. c. Lauderdale, members Of said
board; l.. K. Edwards, clerk, and Claud
Scales, sheriff; members, J. c. Laudertlale
and E. H. Wray being absent. After
proclamation duly made by the sheriff,
the board proceeded to business and the
following proceedings were had to-wit !:
IN RE JONES ADDITION TO TOWN OF
BENOIT.
Whereas, it appears to the board that
certain lands, to-wit: The Jones addi-
ton to the town OF Benoit, in Bolivar
county, Mississippi, was by the sheriff
and tax collector'of said county on
March 1st. 1897, struck off and sold to
the State tor taxes tor the year 1886;
And whereas on August End, 1897,
the said sheriff and r. c. of said county
struck off and add to the state and lot
in said Iones addition to the said town
of Benoit; nd whereas the said sheriff
and tax collector on the 18th of June
struck off and sold to the State lots 1
to 16 inclusive in said Jones addition to
said town of Benoit; And whereas it
appears to the board that all OF the said
lands embraced in that so-called Jones
addition to the said town of Benoit is
included and embraced in the west hall
of north east half section 20, township
2l, range eighth west, i'll said county
of Bolivar. state of Mississippi,-that
Jones addition was in fact, at the date
OF the said sales, part OF the cotton
field of Owen Jones, the owner, and en-
braced in the said west half of north cast
half section 20, township 21, range
south west in said county; And 1t ap-
pearing from the land assessment roll OF
said county that said lands embraced III
said Jones addition were assessed and
the taxes, for the years for which they
we're struck off and sold to the state,
were paid as part of the said west hall
of north east ope-forurth section 20.
township .21, range eight west, said
county, and said taxes has since said
sales been continuously paid on said
Jones addition, bv the said Own Jones
as a part of said west half of north east
half, section 20 township p, range
south west. And that the assessment
by the assessor OF the said Jones addi-
ton TO the said town of Benoit was
double assessment OF said land and the
taxes demanded thereon double taxa
ton, and that the said sales made OF
lid Tones addition and of said lots
therein and of said house and lot in Jones
addition to the town of Benoit, were
null and void because OF the payment oi
said taxes before said sales, as above
stated;
Now, therefore, in view of such erron-
Gus double asse sment and the fact that
all of the said taxes have been paid on
said land under said other assessment
It is therefore ordered that these facts
be made known to the Land Commiss
ioner of the State of Mississippi, so that
the states title and claim to said land:
may be cancelled and the same STRUCK
: fro m the list of lands claimed by thu
state and, that the clouds cast on th'
title of the said Owen Jones by reason
of snch erroneous sales, be removed. ano
the clerk OF this Board is hereby orde rec
to send a certihed copy of this order t.
the State Land Commissioner Of th'
State Of Mississippi.
Ordered this 7th day of January, 1907
REDUCTION OF LAND ASSESSMENT.
Ordered by the board that the assess
menf of lands against w. A. Stone, guar
dian, on page lines 10 and l3, OF th'
land assessment roll of 1906, the tota
amount charged on said assessment
being $3OOO.OO, be and the same is here
by reduced from that amount and ass
essed at total valuation of $216o,oo
and Il at the Tax collector be and Il
hereby allowed credit for said reduction
in the settlements, and that the cler
properlv certify this order to the Ta'
collector and the Auditor OF public ac-
counts.
REDUCTION OF ASSESSMENT BANK OF GUN
N.soN.
It being shown to the satisfaction
the board that the bank of Gunnison !
assessed enormously with its capiti
stock at S29, 100000. when in fact I'll
same does not exceed $2O.O0O,Oo, it
ordered that the assessment be and
changed and corrected accordingly. an
that the clerk of this board certify th'
order to the Tax collector OF this count
aud to the auditor of public accounts.
ASSESSMENT OF ALLEN GRAY.
1t appearing to the satisfaction OF tn
hoard that Allen Gray has been erron
eouslv oyer-assessed on capital used
. manufacturing. it is therefore ordere
. by the board that the assessment
$25 .OoO, 90 against him, be, and II
same is hereby reduced to $lO,ooo.o'
and the sheriff is hereby ordered to MAJ