The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-08-20
HoARD OF SUPERVISORS.
M ny Changes IT ONVDsrship and
Increases OF VaIuation.
FRIDAY.

IaVlOr road contractor, b@ reduCea
from $4,000 90 10 100000.
Ordered that the clerk advertise
for bids for keeping the poor house
for one year, bids to be opened at
September meeting. The Board re-
serves the right to reject all bids.
Ordered that the petition Of Mr..
Logan asking a reduction on MS
land he rejected.
Ia considering the above petition,
the board recognizes the fact that
recent food which swept the entire
county damaged the tax payers
equally as much as the overflow In
the river districts.
Ordered that the president and clerk
ofthis Board be authorized and EN-.
powered 10 borrow not exceeding
SI2, 900. 90 for the current County
expenses at not exceeding six per
ceut, payable January rst, 1909,
and execute a loan warrant there
for
In the matter of Supervisor Shat.
fer and H. w. NJ. Drake for chang
ing ,he public road near said
Shajfer residence. ordered that the
change be granted upon the right
of way to said new road being
decided to the County, and said
Shaifer furnishing team for grading
said road, the county to pay for
feeding team and labor for grading
and building said road.
Ordered that the proposition OF
R.A. Bryan to build bridge across
Owens Greek near ]. T. Ross piece
for the sum of $50. Sc be accepted,
said bridge to be boilf according
to plans adopted BY the board, the
County to furnish al necessary
new lumber, said Bryan TO use all
lumber IL the old bridge that IS
suitable
1t is ordered by the Board that
the personal assessment be and the
same is hereby approved as correct
ed and the clerk of the court is or
dered to make copies thereof as
provided by law.
Ordered that the bid of Or. J.
W. Barber to furnish medicine and
practice fer the County Poor House
and Jail. for the sum of $3.50 90 be
accepted, he to commence on the
9TH day August, 1908, and his term
of office will expire on the 9TH day
of August, 1909.
Ordered that the following bills
be allowed and warrants issue for
same, to-wit
Patty Keeps, bridge work.................s 90
]. M. Crawford, lumber, same...........n IS
A. ]. Stampley, road work. 50
Same, repairing bridge. 2 50
I'd Turnipseed, removing trees from road 90
Jim clemmons, same. 90
c. A. Taylor, shovels. 90
Jesse R. Bryan, repairing bridges........ 40 90
G. A. Taylor, part payment on contract. 500 90
W. A. Calender, work en- contract road 90
H. N. Spencer, bridge work............... 90
Chas. Taylor, work, contract road........ Isl
G. A. Taylor, widening road.............. 90
]. B. McMurchy, expense offending sup.
Cow. ..........'.......';..'.''.' 50
r. c. McCay, statutory reward, Natchez
Ike %
R. c. MccaY sud Mike Brand, reward Jno
Joseph .......'........'...s''.''' 100 90
Hynum, stipend 90
Wade HynuIu, same ...................... 4 90
@. P. limerick, .................. 90
7. ]. Jarmau, same. e...,......'....'....s.' 90
]. T. Neal same. nie...................,.-... 90
India Goodrum, stipend. co
A. K. Brashear, clerk, postage and exp. IS
B. II. Morehead, additional expense Capt.
BeicheT ....,..,................,.. 10 90
T. b. Ross, personal assessment roll...... 4so 70
]. B. McMarchy, s days, extra days and
mileage ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80 90
B. II. shaifer. 6days, ex. daysan mile
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80 50 /
W. i, Taylor, 6 days, ex. days, tuilesge.. "a 90
7. N. Nelson, days, extra days, mileage 81 90
L. Alfred, days. extra days, mileage. 81 So
B. II. Morehead, sheriff, - days......... u 90
A. K. Brashear, clerk, days ys....-.-......- Is 90
China Howard, janitor. 20 90
c. T. Mason, allowance for company...... 70 90
z. w whitfield, repairing bridge. II 50
SATURDAY
Ordered that the action taken
by this Board yesterday in the mat
ter Of allowing a warrant for the
statutory reward for the arrest Of
of John Joseph aud Natcbez Ike
to R. c. McCay ct ais be and the
same Is hereby rescinded, aud that
the matter stand as therefore,
passed by this board.
Resolved that the thanks of this
board is hereby rendered to our cid
friend and Confederate veteran ].
J. Jarman for treat to nice water
melon during this session.
Ordeted that the following raises
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