The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Board Of Supervisors.

Sheriff q. w. White and JnO. A..
Gayden, clerk, in attendance.
Bridge Contract-W H. Berry
hill was, upon opening sealed
bids, awarded the contract to re-
pair the iron bridge across Pela-
hatchie creek for $176. IS, to be
completed within 60 days.
Tai Garrett was appointed
overseer of road No. 2, beat 5,
from Thomas place to lanyard
creek.
Board awarded contract to Art
Metal Construction Co., of New
York, for metal shelving for
chancery clerks office.
Ordered that Arthur Boteler
be transferred from road 5 to
road 40, beat l, and Ed Botele1
and hands be assigned to road
No. "a. beat 1, and it was further
ordered that H. L. Given be ap-
pointed overseer of road No. 453
in beat /.
Ordered that George Collier be
appointed overseer toad No. 80,
beat 5, from Campbell's creek
bridge to fork of Pickett road at
w. H. Walters.
Ordered that Charlie Vinson
be appointed overseer road No.
q IL, beat 5, from 13 LIZ mile
post to 9 mile post.
Ordered that the clerk be di-
rected to issue warrants on the
county fund for the following
amounts for the temporary sup
port, under section 1914, Code of
1906. as said paupers are not in
a condition to be moved to the
county poor house: Mrs. Willis
Jones, $3.50; Mrs. Phoeba Moore,
S. Levetia Halls, $500; Jas.
Franklin, $500; James Purvis,
So. 90; Tom Coward and wife, SIS;
Malinda Ward. $3.50; Dan Wat
tiers, So; Datilda Waters, So; Jack
Windham, $500.
Application of w. A. Cunning
ham for loan of township money
was dismissed for want of funds.
Petition of Y. C. Sheppard ct
al for change of public road, beat
No. 4, was granted, and G. w.
benson and R. D. McRae were
appointed to mark and lay out
said change.
Petition of J. A. Mclean ct al
to change Brandon and Home
ward road was continued.
Account of Brandon Mercantile
Co. for lumber for for bridges in
Beat 2, was continued.
Petitions of Wiley Erwin and
VIM. King to attach lands to
Spann partial stock law district
was continued till next meeting.
Claims of Mrs. S. N. Sowell for
change of road in Beat 4 Twas con-
tinued.
Account of ]. B. Barnett for
removing drift from bridge Beat
5 was continued.
Ordered that clerk advertise
for sealed bids up to II O'Clock
noon, LIST Monday in June, 1903,
for building the following
bridges, plans on file in chancery
clerks office, to-wit: A bridge
across Clear Creek, Beat 5; a
bridge across Rickland creek,
near Leggett place; a bridge
across Hominy creek near Enoch
Weathersby place, Beat l, and a
bridge across Clear Creek on
Rehobeth road, Beat 4.
Account of Robert Foote for
lumber and nails for bridge Beat
5, was continued.
Petition of J. J. Kersh ct al for
a new public road in Beat 3 was
continued.
Application of trustees town
ship A, range 1, for So to be paid
to w. M. Renno for window glass
etc., for Francis White school
house, was granted.
Application trustees township
6, range 2, for $50 to be paid Thos.
Harris for teaching at St. James
colored school, was granted.
Application trustees township
3, range 3, for SIS for Star High
School on teachers salary, was
granted.
P. B. Berry and N. H. Nash,
committee, reported that they
laid out road as asked for except
to go south on bend around Con-
way slough, as per agreement
with Messrs. Harris and Tuck
Curan, and recommend that said
road be opened without cost to
the county except a bridge across
Conway slough. On motion said
foregoing report was adopted.
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