The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-07-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF the REG
ULAR JULY TERM. 1909.
The Leader again Awarded Contract for
Printing for County and Dis
trIct Officers.
FIRST DAY.
State Of Mississippi.
County of Lincoln.

BE I t remembered that at a regu-
lar meeting of the Board of Super
visoIs Of Lincoln county, in the
State of Mississippi, begun and
held ID the Office of the Clerk Of
| the Ghancery Court, in the Court
House in the City Of Brookhaven,
on the First Monday Of July "A. d !,
1908 the same being the 5th day
Iof said month, at 8 o'clock A. NJ,
being the time and place fixed by
law for the holding Of said court.
there we're present, Hons. z. p.
Jones District No. /; w. Fl. Furr,
district q; G. M. Brister, district
3; Geo. IT. Moak.. district 4. and
Louis E. Noble. district No. 5; r.
W. MeNair. Clerk, and j. Frank
Greek sheriff, the following pro-
|ceedings were had and done, to-wit:
1s is to certify that we have
examined the matter Of back taxes
assessed to j. r. Thompson, 1913
for years 1903, 1904 and 1905, and
we are of the opinion that this
claim IS an error as far as Lincoln
county is concerned.
Board of Supervisors,
By g. p. Jones, President.
In tlls matter of the petition of B.
B. Boyte ct al. for public road.
This cause coming on to be heard
on the petition Of B. B. Boyte and
Al others for a public road COM
meneing at Brister IS Cross road, on
the Brookhaven and Monticello
lower road and running thence in a
|northerly direction to Union
Church. intersecting a public road
at that place. the said petition hav-
ing been fully considered by the
Board It is the opinion of said
board that the prayers OF the petit
tionens should be granted, and that
the said road should be laid out
and opened as a public road, on
the condition that the said petition
|ers put said road up to plans and
specifications Of roads of the second
class 10 be approved and received
|by Hon. G. M. Brister, member
from District No. 8. iii which dIs-
trict the said road is granted. 1t
is further ordered by the Board
that Hons. w. H. Furr and Geo..
H Moak be and they are hereby
appointed commissioners to lay out, J,
mark, stake and open said road.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Lincoln County, Miss.
Gentlemen 81 submit my report
as Superintendent of the County
Convict and Poor Farm for the
month Of June, 1909. I have on
hand 10 paupers and Is prisoners
.of the first class. Prisoners work
Jed on their fines:
Hartwell Scott, Mary Davis,
Sim Edwards. Lea Willis, John.
Lynch. John Jones. 80 days each,
So; Dink Buie, % days, $5.S8: John
Mccain. 19 days, $5.08: James
Watkins, IS days. $4.26; Will
Pierce. Ed Chrisman, Frank Smith,
George Gadberry, Milt Moses, s.
days each. $2.15: Silas Davis, 21
days. $500: total days 297; amount,
SIT 75.
Second class hands worked
Matilda O,Neal, Is days, $3.50;
Ida May Patterson, visnna Ford, 4
days each. $1.08: Fannie Wheeler,
5SN days, ST 35 Total days, S4;
anIount, S6.01.
Prisoners serving days: Cliff Full
Ter, 25: Nimrod Grice, 30: Frank
Jones. 90; Fannie jackson, S0;s
Monroe Hunsuck 2l; Sweety Hook
er. 8; total number days. IA.
Escapes:
On the 8th, Frank Smith, Milt
Moses. Ed Chrisman, SiIas Davis,
Dink Buie, George Gadberry escap-
ed from Mite Waldrop. guard
Since then Silas Davis has been re-
captured. Dink Buie returned to
the Farm Of bis own accord.
Discharged:
Robert Leary. BIZ cash. So. 35.
Frank Anderson, $l0.24s Fannie
Wheeler. Sl2. 10; Cliff Fuller.
12.l0 viii Pierce, $s2. .35; one
COW sold S1E. f0faI airounf QQ5 II