The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-03-06
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR
MARCH TERM. 1909.
The Board AdiOurnS Sine Die After a
-Four Days Session.
SECOND DAY.

Tuesday morning at 9 O'Clock,
March 2, 1909, the Board met pur-
suant to adjournment, present.
same as yesterday.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Lincoln county, Miss.
Gentlemen:-I have found in
Lincoln county since January /,
four new foci of small pox, viz: at
and near Friendship negro church,
one near Cobbs, on Mr.. Loving
Smiths plantation; one at Mr..
Monroe Durr's and one in Third
Street, Brookhaven, in Seavey's
quarters; % cases to date. / have
released all near Friendship and
fumigated their apartments. |
still have the other places under
surveillance.
There have been 3 cases of scar
let fever reported, all in Brook
haven, no deaths. l find all the
prisoners and paupers in good
health and we'll cared for, consider
ing the inadequate quarters for the
negro paupers. Other sanitary
conditions of the county are good.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. l. L. PARSONS, Health Officer.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.
Mrs. ]. M. Magee, excess on
land bought at tax sale, $6.51; W.
H. Horton, same, $3.50: F. H.
Hartman, same, $53.41; ]. P. Car
ruth. lumber, $1,000; Isaac Brown,
hauling lumber and work on
bridge, Sc; W. j. Moak, reflooring
bridge over Amite river, SIS; j. W.
Reed, erroneous road tax, over age,
SO; Wiley Brown, temporary relief,
So; Eugene Mccormick, putting in
door as per contract, court house,
SIS; ]. M. Waldrop, account for
county farm, $5.25; S. J. Hodges,
lumber, $10.70; R. E. Moak, lum-
ber, $34; J. W. Herring, repairing
bridge, So; Dinah Brown, excess
on lot 5, Millsaps subdivision,
$16.13.
1t is ordered that the Board do
now adjourn until tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
z. P. JONES, Pres.
|, THIRD DAY.
M eanesday morning at 9 O. clock,
March 8, 1909, the Board met pur-
tsuantSto adjournment; present, the
i.sane as yesterday. )1
BE it ordered by the Board that
SJ%F. Greer, Sheriff and Tax Col
lector of Lincoln county, Miss, be
credited with the taxes, State and
county, on the following described
property assessed to J. T. Allen,
to-wit: acres in n e IA of n e
IA west of R. R., section "a, T. 7,
R. Z east, assessed at $1,000, same
being doubly assessed.
Stock Law Petition. This cause
coming on for hearing on petition
of Carol Bardwell ct al, to add
certain territory to establish par
tial stock law district, and it ap-
pearing to the satisfaction of the
Board that said petition contained
a two-third majority of the resi-
dent freeholders and leaseholders
for term of three or more years
for said territory proposed to be
added to said established stock law
district, it being surrounded or
partly surrounded by established
stock law district, sections Is, 16,
21 and 22 in township 7, R. 8 east,
and sections 2, 3, a, 5, s, 9 and 10
in township 7, range 8 east. Said
last named sections being petition
ed for by B. F. Pollard and others.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED. s
M. D. Stafier, plumbing work
on court house, Sc; Henderson &
Turnbough, 2 black mules, county
farm, $3.50; Foote & Davies Co.,
one mortgage record, $18; Clarke
& Courts, mdse. for chancery clerk,
$3.50; The Leader, stationery ac.
count for county officers, $52.85
Schumert and Warfield, one dozer
pen holders, $2.05; Edwin A. Me
Koy, repairs on typewriter, $3.50
George Turnbough, witness fee il
cases of Charley Turner and Arthur
Smith, 81; j. B. Daughtry, cost il
cases sent to farm, $15.85; j. F
Greer, same, So; H. L. Hoskins
same, So; Jesse M. Smith, same
$500; E. Blue, special officer
same, $3.75; H. E. Price, repairing
bridge and lumber, $1.30; z. P
Jones, 10 days inspecting roads anC
bridges, $50; w. H. Fur, 3 day
inspecting roads and bridges and
days county farm, $18; C. M. Bris
ter, same, 5 days, $24: Geo. H
Moak, 8 days inspecting roads ant
bridges, $24.
Vaughan & Smith, hauling lum
ber and putting in culvert, $6; g
C. Williams, working pubic roads
district one. $500; H. H. Summers
same, $40: w. G. Mason, same
$40; Lum Alexander, teaching
school at Hughey School. payable
out Of 10th sec. school fund, $6.12
Philip Blue, county surveyor, twt
days surveying county farm ant
recording, $11: w. w. Godbold
lumber for culverts, $3.75; Loui
Cohn & Bros, account for farm
$142.42; J. F. Greer, deputy at
tending Circuit Court, Nov. Term
Hon. Louis F. Noble voting agains