The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-12
TOWN COUNCIL.

itarv officer that owners whose prem
Uses were not in good order when
inspected had since made them so.
Board approved same, but ordered
him to continue his vigilance and to
make further report at next regular
meeting.
T. T. Cottrell, marshal, asked for
more time to complete dog tax col
lections and it was ordered that he
be given until next regular meeting
to complete his collection of taxes
ON dogs.
To Post Ordinance Book-On mo-
ton of Alderman McLaurin, seconded
bv H. A. Busick, jr., the clerk was
ordered to enroll on the Ordinance
Book all ordinances found on the
minute book, and not already in the
ordinance book of the town of Bran
don, and that he index the ordinance
book so that it may be more conven-
lent, and it was further ordered that
the clerk of the board be paid the
sum of SIS for his services. Yeas:
McLaurin, Sprague, Busick and
Barnes. Nays: None.
BE lit remembered that ON motion
of Alderman George c. Sprague, an
ordinance in the following words and
figures, to-wit:
An ordinance to provide for the
issue of municipal bonds of the town
of Brandon, Mississippi, in the sum
of $4,000, bearing interest at the
rate of per cent. per annum, i'm
terest payable semi-annually on the
first day of january and July of each
year, maturing in twenty years with
option of redeeming in ten years, for
the purpose of paving and improving
the streets of said town.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
town of Brandon, Mississippi, that
ten municipal bonds of the town of
Brandon, Mississippi, of the denom-
ination of Five Hundred Dollars
($500 each, amounting i'm the ag-
gregate to Five Thousand Dollars
($5, 000), bearing interest at the rate
of six per centum per annGpm, inter
est payable semiannually ON the
FIRST day of January and July in
each year and maturing i'm twenty
years, the option to be reserved to
said town to redeem any or all of
said bonds in ten years, for the pur-
pose of improving and paving the
streets of said town, be issued.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
said bonds shall be registered as is
sued, be numbered in a regular Sc
ries from one upward, be signed by
the Mayor and countersigned by the
Clerk, who shall impress the munic-
ipal seal upon each bond ais it lis is
sued, and each bond shall specify on
its face the purpose for which it is
issued and the total amount author
lied to be issued, and each shall be
payable to bearer.
Sec. g.. Be 1T further ordained that
pursuant to an ordinance of this
Board at its regular July, 1909, term
notice was, given of the proposal of
the Board to- issue bonds as afore-
said, by publication of said notice
i'm the Brandon News, a newspaper
published in said town, for more than
three weeks next preceding this date;
and there has been mo pekftion a.
gainst the issuance of the bonds.
Sec. 4. Be lit further ordained that
for cause this ordinance shall take
effect and be inn force from and af-
ter the date of its passage.
was adopted by the following vote,
to-wft: Yeas-H. A. Busick, jr., W.
H. Barnes, A. G. McLaurin, G. c.
Sprague, and A. M. Shields. Nays;
None.
On motion the clerk was ordered
to- have Bonds for street improve
ment printed ass soon as possible,
and the mayor and clerk were or
dered to advertise same for sale to
theh highest bidder for cash, the
bids to be sealed, and filed with the
clerk and the time for bidding on
bonds to be closed Friday August
goth, 1909, at II o'clock noon, this
board to meet in the aftrnoon of the
same date to open and examine
bids, the board reserving the right
to reject any or all bids offered.
On motion Mayor Henry was au-
thorlzed to act for the board im get
ting. rights of way from property
owners ON the depot road where the
road lis proposed to be Strengthened
by the cutting off of corners, and
i'm case of resistance, was authorized
to act for the board inn eminent do
main proceedings or otherwise.
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