The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-11-17
THE CITY COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF ADJOURN.
Ed MEETING OF NOVEM-
BER II. 1909.
Bic Batch Of Accounts Allowed Clerks
Annual Statement Approved.

Annual Statement approved.
At this. a regular adjournes
Injecting of the Mayor and Board o.
| Aldermen of the city of Brookhav
len, held at the Mayor Office, this
Thursday. Nov. II. 1909, at 7:S(
Io'clock p. M, there were present
I Mayor Hoffman. Clerk Bryne. anc
Aldermen Wentworth. Bee,
Abrams. Maui; Alderman Baggeti
absent.
Strengthening of Monticello
lStreet. On motion. the petition
lof f. F. Parsons and others asking
that Monticello Street be straight
ened from Heuck's Opera House tc
the large bridge west of 4. Fl. Per
kins residence and that the large
ditch along said street be straight
ened. was referred to a committee
consisting of Aldermen Abrams,
Bee, Wentworth, said committee
to report at first adjourned meeting
of this Board.
Accounts Allowed. On motion,
the account of West. Rutter &
Welch, amount Of $1O8O was allow.
ed and the mayor and clerk were
directed to issue warrant to cover
same.
Painting vestibule Of colored
school. On motion. a committee
consisting of Aldermen Wentworth
and Maui we're appointed to have
the vestibule Of the colored school
painted with two coats, at best
price obtainable.
On motion. it was ordered by the
Board that the Mayor and Clerk be
ordered to sign the following
agreement relative to the boundary
dispute between the city and C. E.
Grafton, viz:
State of Mississippi.
Lincoln County.
This contract made and entered
into by and between the city o1
Brookhaven, municipal corpora
tion Of said county and State, act.
ing through its mayor and board
of aldermen and G. E. Grafton,
witnesseth:
That, whereas there is dispute
between the said city and G. u.
Grafton as to the boundary line o1
North Jackson Street, formerly
known as the Wilkinson Public
Road, and the property of the said
c. E. Grafton, being a part Of the
triangle designated on Hardee's
official map of the city of Brook
haven as Montgomery, " to settle
which a suit is now pending in the
Circuit Court of Lincoln county
and. whereas, all parties desire t.
lsettle the controversy of court;
1t is therefore hereby agreed
THAT the said line shall be surveyed
and located by j. T. Burke, civi
Ienigneer of McComb. If available,
and if not available. theE by some
competent civil engineer to b
agreed upon by both parties, whC
hereby agree and consent to abide
by such survey and to accept the
line so established and located as the
true and correct line. between the
street and the said property.
In making such survey. the civi
lengineer may consult the city maj
or maps, all deeds, records. minute
books of the Mayor and Board oi
Aldermen or Board of Supervisors
lof either Lincoln or Lawrence coun,
Ity, and any other documentary evi,
dence which in his Judgment may
throw light on the matter under
investigation.
The expense of this survey shall
be borne by the city.
| Witness our signature and the
Iseal of the corporation Of the city
lof Brookhaven hereunto affixed OF
this. the 18th day of November. a.
Id. 1909.
/ City of Brookhaven.
Il. II. HOFFMAN, Mayor,
CHESTER BYRNE, Clerk.
| Resignation Of j. A. Maui. AL