Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-04-10
SUPERVISORS SESSION
Board Recommends that Revenue Agent
Examine Superintedents Books.


Examine Superintedenfs Books.
Petition of T. F. Davidson to have
road worked that had been abandon
ed, was filed.
Supervisor Jones reported as fol-
lows: 81 rode over all my roads.
Found the hill part in good condition
and the bottoms in muddy, bad fix.
My bridges, all but 3, in pretty good
aondition. My road contractor is
working his roads every day and will
have them all up in few days"
Supervisor Longs report: ~ have
inspected all the roads in the first
district for the first quarter, and l
found the first-class roads in good
condition, except the creek bottoms,
which are in bad condition, and made
so by the excessive rains during the
winter season. The second class
roads are not in as good condition as
they should be, being in need of wild
ening in a great many places, also
some of the culverts have been neg
lected. The bridges are all in good
shape, except Camp creek bridge on
Byhalia road and slough bridge in
Coldwater bottom on Holly Springs
road. I have hired some places
worked and charged same to con-
tractor on whose roads the work was
DONE" Il '# n t q
Supervisor Wilson submitted report
as follows: cam sorry to have to say
that the roads of the fifth district are
not in good condition, and far worse
than they should be, considering the
expense system under which they
have been worked for several years
past. 1t appears to me the contractor
has little regard for the specifications
under which the contract for work.
ing roads was made. Especially is
this true as to width. MBny of the
first class roads are not over the width
which is specified for second class
roads, and the second class roads in
many places are barely wide enough
for driving over. / have attempted
to have repaired the bad places as
they were reported, or became known
to me, but am sure the public has not
been any better satisfied than have I.
/ will promise to report conditions
improve by end of next quarter"
Bond of contractor R. R. Scott with
German Baker and p. M. Miller as
sureties in the penalty of $3.50 was
approved. q
j. w. Ferguson was awarded con-
tract to repair poorhouse for sum
OF $45. '@9 - sta
IN THE MATTER OF SUPERINTENDENT
OF EDUCATION. u
Whereas, at the March term of the
Board, 1908, the clerk of the Board
exhibited his report of apparent dis
crepenies in the annual reports of said
superintendent for the scholastic years
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907; and
whereas the superintendent of educa-
tion filed at said March meeting pc
tition praying that he be permitted to
file report for the school years afore-
said, and that the clerk be directed to
correct his, the clerks, certificate to
correspond with said reports; and
whereas said petition was continued
to the April meeting of the Board,
and the same coming on to be heard,
the Board finds that OH the face of the
report filed by the clerk there have
been duplicate pay certificates issued
by the superintendent, in many in
stancies, followed by the issuance of
pay warrants in duplicate (more than
one pay warrant to the same teachers
for the same school month) and the
superintendent admitting that sdupli-
Gates had been issued, but stating that
the same, or the warrants issued on
them, had been used in paying other
teachers entitled to same, and the
4 Board being unable to do justice to
either the people of the county or to
i the superintent, by reason of not be-
i ing expert accountants; and being de-
sirous that exact justice be done, or
der as follows: That in SO far as. the
petition asks that the clerk make any
changes in the records, or any certifi-
cate connected Herewith, or that any
new reports be fled in place Of any
now on file, the same is hereby dis
missed.
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