The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-09-17
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Poor House Contract Let. At
torney Reelected. Dele
gates to Waterways
Convention.

Board of Supervisors met in reg
ular session Monday Sept. 2, 1908
Present, ]. B. McMurchy, B. H.
Shaifer, w. L. Taylor, ]. M. Nell
son, L. Alfred, members; B. H.
Morehead, sheriff; A. K. Brashear,
clerk.
Ordered that the assessment oi
Nv. Persons house and lot be re-
duced from $4,000 to $1,000.
Ordered by the Board that the
bid of the Memphis Bridge Co. to
build a steel bridge across Tabor
Creek, near Russum, according to
plans and specifications on file,
for the sum of $6o5. 90, be and the
same is hereby accepted. The said
Memphis Bridge Co. IS required to
give bond In the sum of $500, con-
ditioned according to law.
Ordered that the bid of c P.
Matthews to build cable bridge a.
cross Barlaud's Creek, according to
plans and specifications on file, for
the sum of $4,000, be and the
same is hereby accepted. Said Mat
thews to file bond in the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars to complete
bridge according to contract.
Ordered that the following re-
ductions in the value of real estate
be made, to-wit :
Hester Winberly w. "a lots
q and S, So. s, Old Town P. G. !;
from $I85 to SIoo.
Estate Cora Hales: Part lot I,
So. 81, Suburb St. Mary, P. G. /;
from $500 to $1oo.
Miss Leila Henley: Part lots 2
and 3, So. 6, Old Town P. c.;
from $500 to $50.
Ordered that the following as
sessment he stricken from the roll,
the same being erroneous:
L. Abraham ; I piano, valued
at $Ioo.
Ordered that the following addi-
tiona1 assessments be made, to-wit:
Chung Kee Co., solvent credits,
SIo5; Ellis Bros, solvent credits,
SI752; H. Freshman, solvent cred
its, $500; E. c. Jordan, solvent
credits, $23o; Evan Johnson, SOL
vent credits, $500; D. H. Smith,
solvent credits, $500.
Ordered by the board that the
following changes of ownership of
real estate be made, to-wit:
From VIM. Calm & Co. to T. L.
Rush: N. w. "a of S. E. n Sec.
ID, 7. II, R. 4 E., 40 acres.
From A. D. Ragsdale to Fannie
B. Will; w "a Sec and N E
II of N w Il Sec ID. T II, R a E,
80 acres.
From T. L. Rush to T. v. Rush:
NE Il Sec I9, T 10, R S E, I4o
acres, and F u of S E Il Sec IS,
T 10, R S E, 90 acres.
From Eliza Townsend to Maria
Crawford Part Out Lot F F,
Town of P. G.
From ]. w. Foster to Henry An
dersou Part Sec IS, T II, R 4 E.
From E. J. Whelan to R. D.
Day; Lot 8, So 1, Drake's Addi-
tion No. 2, Town of P. G. /; Part
Lot 2, So 81, Drake's Addition No.
2, Town of P. @.
Ordered that the bid of Mrs. J..
3. Griffing for keeping poor house
of county for one year from this
date at and for the sum of $500
per month for each inmate be ac-
cepted according to her bid now on
file.
Ordered that the assessments of
]. B. Allen and B. H. Levy be each
reduced from $500. to $4,000.
Ordered that the assessment of
w. P. Adams Lumber Co, be re-
duced from S32, 10000 to $4,000.
Ordered that the assessment of
the Mississippi Cotton OIL Company
be reduced from SIS, 10000 to $22,-
10000.
Regarding the petition of ]. 7.
Story and others for changing road
way known as the "Old Ridge
Road, near the old Brick House in
Dist. 3:
It is ordered that J. B. Nc
Murchy and w. L. Taylor be ap-
pointed committee to lay out said
road asked for to the best advan-
tage Of the county, and the citizens