The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-05-09
THE CITY COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR
MONTHLY MEETING, MAY S.

ling of the Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen of the City of Brook
haven, Miss, held in the mayor Is
Office Oh the 9Th day of May, 1908,
at 7:30 p. M, there we're present :
Mayor Lanier, Clerk Hamilton,
AIdemmren Wentworth, Hart
man, Jones and Abrams. Absent:
Baggett.
On motion the reading of the
April minutes was dispensed with.
SALARIES ALLOWED.
On motion, the Offices and EN-
ployes were allowed their regu-
lar monthly salaries and accounts
and the mayor and clerk were in
struoted to issue warrants on the
various funds in payment of same.
Revenue Fund. r. d. Lanier,
salary as mayor, $65; G. FL.
Hamilton salary as clerk, $35;
Doc Sartin, salary as tax collector,
$85; j. B. Davis, salary as mar
shal, $65; S. N. Blue, salary as
policeman, $50; VIM. Meter, sal
ary as policeman. $50; John Nc
Bride, salary as policeman, $50;
Albert Witbeck, salary as city
engineer 16 days.. $48; Chris
Alberts, salary as cemetery sex
ton, $25; Masonic Lodge. rent of
Office, 500; Brookhaven Bank and
Trust Co., rent of Library room,
500; Cumberland Telephone Co., !,
phone in Office, $2.75; Doc Sartin,
cash to B. 7. Hobbs on erroneous
assessment ads, $3.50; Sam
Abrams, service as Alderman, $6;
f. FL. Wentworth, same. So; F.
II. Hartman, same, $6; L. II.
Baggett. same, $6; 2. Il. Jones,
same, S.; Jason Storm, assisting
city engineer, $10.12.
Street Fund. j. Nj. Magee,
salary as street commissioner,
$50; T. G. Crawford, salary as
superintendent of city prisoners,
S65: Geo. Washington, salary as
garbage remover, $35; Due Sar.
tin, cash paid labor and lumber
for street, $160.33.
/ School Expense. Claude Ben
nett, salary as Supt. of Education.
$8.97; America Byrd, salary as
ianitor, $27; 2. D. Gulledge, sal
ary as ianitor, 81.
1 Power House Expense. = Will
Henry, salary as engineer, SIS:
r. A. Davis, salary as engineer,
$40; Theo. Edmunds. salary as
fireman, $44; Alex Washington,
salary as fireman. $3.50; jerome
IDickey, salary as lineman, $50
K. S. Purser, salary as supt. ,$125H
Doc Sartin, cash paid labor anc
freight, $339.86; Cumberland Tel
and Tel. Co., rent of phone, 50, Is
| Accounts of Z. G. Crawford. -
On motion L. G. Crawford was
allowed the following accounts:
Extra teams ON streets, $55
work on plow and articles for Jail
ISL. 40; one load gravel for power
house, So; board for city prison.
ers for April, $l09.l0.
Accounts of J. f. Greer. Or
motion, j. E. Greer was allowed
the following accounts for turn key
and board of prisoners for tht
month of March and April:
| Turnkey fees, S.; board o
prisoners, s..
! Account allowed Henry Black
man. Henry Blackman present
ed account for balance due hin
on one COW and calf sold at stool
lpen in January, 1908, and OF
motion, he was allowed the sun
Of $4 40 as being the amount dut
| him.
1 Payment allowed. r. M. Nalty
presented account for new we'll ant
on motion he was allowed the sun
of 5000 as part payment on wells
Isaid amount to be drawn on tbt
power house fund.
Tax Collectors report. Do,
Sartin, tax collector, submitted
his report for the month b
| April, 1908, and after careful
lexamination of same by the boarc
the report was, on motion, accept
led. The report is as follows:
-Brookhaven, Miss, May 5. 1908
Hon. Board uf Mayor and Alder
men of the City Of Brookhaven
Miss.
I Gentlemen: hereby submit
my report as collector Of Watel
and light rents and street tax fol
the month Of April, 1908, as fol
lows:
Amount collected for lights
l$1024. SO; amount collected fo
water, $617.37; meter rents, $50.
I15; coal, $3.50 street tax, 1929
Total, 81, ,S49. 95.
Respectfully submitted,
DOC SARTIN, I. G.
Back taxes. On motion, tht
matter of back taxes was passee
until the June meeting of thi
Board, on instruction Of Stat
revenue agent.
Committee for Bankers Asso
citation. Mr.. w. H. Seayey AM
T,nflis (t0hn annparad bnf0re till
Board on behalf Of the banks q
the city and stated that the Stat
Bankers Association Would NEE
lin the city on the 18th and At
of May, and asked that the cit.
have the weeds cut and keep thl
streets thoroughly cleaned ami
J, sprinkIed, and that lights b
placed on College Campus, and O
Im0tion, the part referring 4
streets was referred to the stree