The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-01-05
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE REG
uLAR JANUARY MEETING, JAN.
/. 1907.
Bonds Of Various Officers Fixed, Ac-
counts Allowed and Board Ad-
iOurned to Jan. Z.

At this, regular meeting OF
THE Mayor and Board Of Alder
men of the City of Brookhaven,
held at the mayors office, Tues
day, Jan. 1. there were present,
K. d. Lanier, mayor, and Alder
men Hartman, Larsen and Jones.
Aldermen Parsons and Abrams
absent. In the absence of City
Clerk Sam Abrams, Alderman
Jones was. appointed clerk pro
tenn.
The minutes of the regular and
special meetings for December,
1906, were read and approved.
ACCOUNTS AND SALARIES.
The salaries of officers and en-
ployes for the month of Decem-
Der, 1906, with other accounts,
were presented and allowed and
| the Mayor and City Clerk we're
directed to issue warrants against
the funds of the city to pay same,
as follows:
Revenue Fund--R. d. Lanier,
mayor, $35; Sam Abrams, City
Clerk, $25; A. Hurst, marshal
$50; Doc Sartin, tax collector,
$75; w. A. Meteer, police, $50;
r. F. Mccormick, same, $50; j.
H. Magee, same, one half month,
$25; &. Albertz, cemetery sexton,
500; Masonic Lodge rent rooms,
Dec, 1906, 500; Cumberland I.
and I. Co., phone for mayors
Office, Dec, $2.75; G. E. Grafton
Drug Co., articles for Office, 80
cents; Thos. Fl. Lewis, expense OF
general election $27; Doc Sartin,
paid express on lights to New
Orleans, S.; j. r. Anderson,
horse and buggy inspecting s4reet
signs, So.
Power House Expense Fund
R. S. Purser, superintendent,
S125; w. W. Nusom, engineer,
$50; Ben McTagart, fireman,
$50. 80; Theodore Edmonds, fire.
man, 16 days, S29.2S; E. Speary,
fireman 10 days, $3.50; Luther
Magee, llneman, $45; Doc Sartin,
paid labor, freight, ETC., 1886. 03;
Jas. E. Adams, w M shingles,
store r5om,$ SO; Atlantic Renfning
Co., one half barrel paint, $24. 10;
Brookhayen Ice Manufacturing
Co., 4 cars coal, less freight,
$117.S9: same, 81 loads shavings
at SO l 3 cents, $S0.S3; Jos. Con
nelly & Son, shop work, 1852;
Electric Appliance Co., one test
ing bell, $5.25; Electric Supply
Co., 483 pounds wire bill No.
13,77S, $124.86; Garlock Packing
Co., packing, etc., $46.52; same,
steam hose, etc., $4.76; A. M.
Lockett & Co. Ltd, valves for
compressor, $50; Interstate EIec-
trio Co., wire, $178.44; Manzel
Bros. Co., one oil pump, $25; Or
leans Engineering Co., 2 jack
screws, $6; G. 7. Patterson Co.
Ltd, packing, $4.56; Western
Electric Co., transformer. etc., !,
$45.45; Whitney Supply Co.,
items for power house, $29.59; A.
Baldwin & Co., one leather belt,
$229.16; Wiley Emery Mfg. Co. /,
one pole raiser, $75; Cumber-
land T. and T. Co., phone power
house, Dec, 1906, $2.75.
Street Fund-Geo. Washington,
removing garbage, Dec, 1906,
$35; A. Hurst, street commission
er, SIS; same, boarding mules,
500; Doc Sartin, cash paid for
labor on street, $26.90; M. A.
Case, 81 pieces lumber on street,
$17.44.
School Expense FUND.- S.
B. Society, rent hall, Dec. 1906,
/ 500; Pilgrims Rest, X. of P. rent
room colored school, Nov. and
December. $12.25; America Byrd,
ianitor public school, $25; k. ]:
Boone, articles for public school,
$3.50; East Union Lumber Co.,
lumber for public school, $11.7S;
IS. Kohlmap, articles for colored
school, $1.95; 2. w. Cameron,
paid ianitor, $5; Edgar Green,
superintendent education, Dec.
General Improvement Fund
Doc Sartln, paid labor on ditch,
On motion the order of this
board adopted at December meet
ing requiring all small hydrants
located on streets or sidewalks to
be removed was amended so as to
permit their retention, provided
Che water taker supplies same
with a water meter of type to be
approved by this board and main
|tains same in good repair and
pays for water as per meter read
|ings.
Bonds Of City Officials The
matter of fixing the amounts OF
bonds of officers and employees
|serving By election or by appoint
Iment of this board, coming before
the board, on motion the official
i bonds If the vari0ls officials and