The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-08-12
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE RE.
GULAR AUGUST MEETING.
Special Assessments Levied Against Prop
erty on East Cherokee for Side
walks.
LARGE PETITION FILED IN FAVOR OF
CITY SEWERAGE.

AZ LnlS, q regular meeting o.
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men Of the City of Brookhaven
held in the Mayors Office, this tht
4th day of August, 1908, at {
O'Clock p. M, there were presenl
Mayor Lanier, Clerk Hamilton
Aldermen Abrams, Baggett
Wentworth and Hartman. Jones
absent.
Minutes of July meeting. Tht
minutes of the July meeting were
read and adopted.
Salaries and accounts. On mo
tion, the following salaries and &C
counts were allowed aud the may
or and clerk instructed to issue
warrants on the various funds il
payment of same.
Revenue. .-R. ID. Lanler, salary
as mayor for July, $65; C. H.
Hamilton, clerk, $35; Doc Sartin
tax collector, 500: A. Hurst,
marshal, sos; j. B. Davis, police
$50; 5. N. Blue, same, $50; JohI
Mcbride, $50; VIM. Meteer
same, $50; Albert Witbeck, city
engineer, 500; Chris Albertz
cemetery sexton. $25; Masonic
Lodge, rent of Office, $40; Brook
haven Bank and Trust Co., Libra
ry rooms, 500; Cumberland Tele
phone Co.. phone and toll, So.
Sam Abrams, salary as alderman
$6; L. I'll. Baggett, same, $6; F
FL. Hartman, same, SIS; E. H
Wentworth, same. So; Doc Sartin
cash paid for wiring school, $45
Claude Bennett, salary as Supt
Education, $S.97; Warren Brown
city engineer helper, $6. 25; Hugh
Nusom, $3.50.
Street. j. M. Magee, salary al
street commissioner, $50; Geo
Washington, salary as garbage re-
mover, $35; FL. E. Cushman, sal
ary as guard of prisoners, $50
Doc Sartin, cash paid labor, $96.
"A; 4. 9. Crawford, / pair mules
1875; j. Nj. Magee, board of pris
oners, $11; j. f. Greer, turnkey
fees and board for July, $11.40
Power House Expense. Theo
Edmund. salary as fireman. $40
jerome Dickey, Iineman, $50
Alex Washington, fireman, $54.
IS; R. A. Davis, day engineer
SO; Will Henry, night engineer
$75; r. S. Purser, superintendent
$125; Cumberland Telephone Go.
rent of phone and toll, $3.50; Dot
Sartin, cash paid freight ant
labor, $628.12.
Tax Collectors Report. = Do
Sartin, city tax collector, present
ed his report and list of accounts
which was on motion allowed anC
approved, after careful examina
tion. His report is as follows:
To the Hon. Board of Mayor anc
Aldermen of the city of Brook
haven, Miss.
Gentlemen:-..l hereby submit
my report as tax collector for th,
month of July as follows:
Amount collected for lights
S8l9.O6;. water, $674.6 SO; meteI
rent, $53.05; tile, ,$6.75. Total
$1553.55.
Respectfully submitted,
DOC SARTIN, I. 6.
Water rate for steam plants. :
The matter of giving the steam
plants in Brookhaven water rat'
being discussed, and on motion, il
was agreed to give all steam plantl
q meter rate Of Is cents per 1000
gallons, provided that said plantI
use not less than $3.50 worth pei
year. Baggett voted nay on ths
above.
Sewerage Petition. Mr.. M
Mccullough presented petition fol
sewerage, signed by about "a
names, more or less, which wa
ordered received and filed, to bt
discussed further at an adjourned
meeting of the Board.
Granted further time. Thl
committee appointed to attend t.
the extension of Catherine street
asked for and was granted further
time.
Water for building purposes. .
Mr.. Pickens Smith was granted
permission to connect with DR.
Wilson, with the Doctors permis
sion, water pipes, same to be useC
for building residence on Churcl
street.
Coal unIoaded by mistake. =
The matter of one car of coal be
longing to Lincoln county and IN
loaded by mistake By the city wal
referred 20 tile power mouse com
mttee for adjustment.
Back taxes. The matter of bacE
taxes was referred to the regular
September meeting, on order
from revenue agent.
In the matter Of giving notice
of the time at which levy o,
special assessment will be made
for the cost Of sidewalks on botl
sides Of Second Street,
BE il ordained BY the Alayol
and Board Of Aldermen of ths
City Of Brookhaqen, that
Whereas, at an adjourned regu
lar meeting of the Mayor anC
Board of Aldermen, held on thI
18th day Of May. 4. d. 190ss i
was resolved and ordained thai
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