The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
THE CITY COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE REG
ULAR DECEMBER MEETING.

At this, a regular meeting OF
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
held in the Mayors office, this the
first day of December, there were
present, Mayor Lanier, Clerk Ham
ilton, Aldermen Wentworth, Hart
man. Baggett, Abrams and Jones.
! Salaries of officers and employees.
i-On motion. the salaries of the
various officers and employees of the
city were allowed, and the Mayor
and clerk instructed to issue war
rants on the various funds in pay.
ment of same.
Revenue Fund. r. D. Lanier,
mayor, for November, $65; G. H.
Hamilton, clerk, $35; D. Sartin,
tax collector, $100; A. Hurst, mar
shall, $65; j. B. Davis, police, $50;
S. N. Blue, police, $50, VIM. Me-
teer, police, $50; C. Albertz, ceme-
terry sexton, $25; Cumberland T. &
7. Co., $2.75; Masonic Lodge, rent
of Offices, $40; Brookhaven Bank &
Trust Co., library rooms, $40; Sam
Abrams, P. z. Jones, F. H. Hart
man, L. H. Baggett, E. H. Went
worth, service as aldermen, each,
Sc; total, $50.
Street Fund. j. M. Magee, sal
ary as street commissioner, $50;
same, board of prisoners, S34; H.
E. Cushman, salary as guard. $50;
D. Sartin, cash for labor and lumber
for streets, 1.66; Geo. Washing
ton, garbage remover, $35.
School Expense. Claude Bennett,
salary superintendent of education,
$8.97; America Byrd, janitor Pub
lie School, $27; Dora Gordon, jani-
tor colored school, 81; E. S. B.
Society, rent of hall for colored
school 2 months, $40; Pilgrim Rest
K. of P, rent for colored school 2
months, SIS; D. Sartin, freight on
car coal, $83.58; janitor for Oc-
tober. 81.
General Improvement-D. Sar-
tin, cash paid labor at school,
SITS So; same, for cuIvert on Chick
asaw Street, $93.
Power House. A. Davis. sal
ary as engineer, $40; Will Henry,
same, $75; Jerome Dickey, lineman,
$50; Celix Washington, fireman,
$45. 10; Theo. Edmunds, fireman,
$50; R. S. Purser, salary as super
intendent, $125; D. Sartin, cash on
labor and freight, $114.49; Cumber-
land 7. & 7. Co.. rent of phone.
$2.75
Bills and Accounts. motion
tile following accounts and bills
were allowed, and the mayor and
clerk instructed to issue warrants
in payment of same:
Revenue. DIR. S. G. Wilson,
service rendered as city health Off
GER 1908, $100; j. B. Davis, cost of
sending sick negro to N. o., Sc;
same, recapturing Geo. Thomas,
$28.45; j. w. Cassidy, fee in suit
of Gibson Paving Co. VS.. City,
$75; S. N. Blue, for conviction of
J. D. Wright and Joe Johnson, $35;
j. B. Davis, costs as per bill on
file, 81; Jno. Mcbride, same, $19.-
so; VIM. Meter, same, $3.50; S.
N. Blue, same, SO; R. D. Lanier,
same, $26.35; Grafton Drug Co.,,
receipt book, 25c; L. D. Boadwee,
work on stoves in office, $3.50.
Street Fund. Merchants Grocery
Co., feed for hands, October, $1.65; !;
M. D. Stafier, repairs of taps, $6;
Brookhaven Wholesale Grocery Co.,
feed for mules, October. $34 rs /;
Grafton Drug Co.. drugs for pris
oners, 35c; H. A. johnson & Son
repair of harness, &C.; McGrath &
Sons, feed for mules, Sept, $1l.35; ;
I'M. B. Galbreath, coupling pole,
l50c; B. T. Dixon, shop work, So.
los; L. Cohn & Bros, plow point,
|$1.50; w. P. Hubert, clothing for
prisoners, $2.75; G. H. Penn, shop
work, 81; A. D. Huff, shoeing
mules, $1.50; G B. Perkins, arti-
cles for street, Sc 20; L. D. Boad-
wee, work and pipe for stove in
ljail, So; F. B. Noodle, articles for
street, 90c.; ]. F. Greer, turnkey
fees, SIG; board, $12.50; T. G.
Crawford and T. G. Moore, $26.30.
| General Improvement. &C. B.
Perkins, lime, cement and articles
| for Public school, $29.18; Central
Lumber Co., lumber used at Public
School, $57.95; F. B. Noodle, arti-
cles for work at Public School, ST.
IS; Electric Appliance Co !, fuse,
etc., $2.7S.
| School Expense. Leader, report
cards, $4; G. B. Perkins, stove and
[pipe for colored school, etc., S18.75i
| F. B. Noodle, stoves and pipe for
Icolored school, S26.83; Price Drug
| Co., rs gross pens, $40; Grafton
Drug Co crayon, 75c.
| Power House Expense Fund.
ISouthern Coal Co., $275.75; Elec.
trio Appliance Co., flash light.
l$2.25; same, electric globe, S2.96;
same, soldering paste, $1.2O; Whit
Iney Supply Co.. nipples, Acc; same.
lantern, 50c.; Electric Supply Co.,
magnets test, $4.75; same, washer,
Isl. 40; same, wire, $49.33; same,
fuses, $5.54; same, pole fixture.
lS13. 20. Tiler Sarnell Co.. oilers