The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-04
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

members present, with G. w. White
sheriff, and Jno. A. Gaydcn clerk
in attendance.
j. ID. Ross was awarded the con-
tract for building bridge in beat No
Il, near Bob Cooper's place for the
sum of s119.
On evidence submitted Ed Jones
and Herman Wilson were excused
from work on public road for two
years. A...~sss4 u
Tom Watts was appointed overseer
on road No. 25, beat Nos, in place
of A w Holden
TUESDAY.
James Pugg was appointed oyerseer
OF road No. 371a, beat 4, vice j. G..
Carter removed, and Jas. West
brook on road No. 6, beat 4, vice
Linnie Gray, removed, also j. E..
Fisher in place of III. d. Mendum on
new road from Pearson to Curan
also j. L. Singletary in place of
R. e. Barlow on road No. 2, beat No.
this road is numbered 2 in beat
No. 5.
w. H. Patterson was appointed
overseer on new road No. So, beat
No. 2, from Fannin road to Brooks
church.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL-
TURE.
Be it oredred by the board of SUI
pervisors,
/, That for the purpose of dis
terminating useful information among
the farmers, and to develop the ag-
ricultural resources of Rankin county,
a department of agriculture is here
by established for 1909, as provided
in chapter 103, laws of Mississippi
1908.
2, That, county commissioner,
as provided in section 2, of said law,
shall be appointed by said board.
whose duties Shall be as herein de-
scribed
3, That, the salary Of said county
commissioner is hereby fixed by
said board of supervisors; Gas pro-
vided in said law at $500 to be
paid quarterly out of the general
fund of said county.
4, That, to carry out the purposes
of the law, there shall be five demon
stration farms in each district of
said county, which, when selected.
are to be reported by the county
commissioner to this board.
S, That the said county commits
sioner shall make monthly reports
showing number OF demonstration
farms, acreage per farm, condition
Of crops, and such other information
as may be of Importance to said
enterprise. He shall visit each of
said farms. at least once month
and oftener if necessary. He shall
be at all times under the control of
| the board, and may be removed for
cause by the board, and another COM
missioner appointed in his place.
That this order will take effect and
be in force from this date.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
1t is ordered that j. L. Buchanan,
a citizen of beat No. 2. be and is
hereby appointed county COM
missioner, as per. chlpter 1O3, laws
of 1908, for the year 1909, subject
to removal by the board
Ordered by the board that all
overseers. cf the public roads report
all tools in their hands with reports
at the March term and turn them
over to their successors and take
receipt for same.
Ordered following applications for
loan of township funds be granted
when an abstract of title is furnished,
approved by the county attorney to
the clerk of this board, W. E. Cofer
and wife $4,000; J. w. Williams
$275.0D and w. B. benson 1925.
The application of r. c. Ponder on
file was withdrawn.
Account Of Will Crawford for roc
tax paid on horse, was dismissed
Petition of L. e. Buchanan ct al
to change road No. 2. beat 4, was
continued
Petition of c. e. Russell ct al to
establish a ferry at FORMERS old ferry
was continued.
Clerk was ordered to issue war
rant to ]. NJ. Hemphill for $74 for
building Big Creek bridge, near Ed
Harpers on the order of P. B. Ber-
~ when said bridge is received by
him and approved bond filed.
Account Purvis Wells for tax paid
on mule was dismissed
Account of Murray Bros. for lum-
Der for bridges beat No. 2 was al
lowed to be paid on order OF r.