The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-02-05
THE CITY COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR
FEBRUARY SESSION, 1910.
Regular Routine Of Business Transact.
ed.

A6 IIllos IS&uAd1 duJOuLuEA
meeting of the Mayor and Boart
of Aldermen of the City Of Brook
haven, Miss; held at the Mayor
office in said city, this Tuesday
Feb. l, 1910 at 7:30 O'Clock p. M,
there were present Mayor Hoffman,
Clerk Byrne. and Aldermen Bee
Baggett, Abrams. Wentworth anC
Heuck.
On motion, the minutes of the
January meeting were adopted al
read.
Account of Health Officer. Or
motion, DR.. /. l.. Parsons was al
lowed the sum of 500 salary al
Health Officer for the year of 1909
Plans for City Hall. On motion
the matter of selecting plans fol
the City Hall was deferred unit
next regular meeting
Petition against Concrete Walks
On motion, the petition of A
Cohn and others against the laying
of concrete walks on Railroad Ave
was referred to the next adjourned
meeting.
Tax Collectors Report Doc
Sartin, Tax Collector, submitted
his report of collections for water
and light for the month of January
which was carefully examined, and
on motion approved, and his ac-
count allowed.
The report is as follows:
70 the Hon. Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen,
Gentlemen:-I hereby submit my
report as Tax Collector for the
month of January as follows;
Amount collie cted for lights, $1652.
55; amount collected for water,
$797. .85; amount collected for meter
rents, $3.75.
Respectfully submitted,
Doc Sartin, L. G.
Salaries. On motion, the sal
aries of the various officers and
employees of the city for the month
of January, 1910 were allowed ,
and the Mayor and Clerk were d.
rected to issue warrants against
the funds of the city to pay same,
as follows:
Revenue Fund. IF. Fl. Hoffman.
salary as Mayer $65; Chester Byrne,
salary as Clerk. $40; Doc Sartin,
salary as collector, $780, s. N.
Blue, salary as marshal, $65; j. w.
Booth, salary as policeman. $65;
j. w. Mcbride, same. $50; L. R.
James, aslary as policeman, $50;
M. B. Hughes, same, $50; w. A.
Atwood, same, $25; Chris Albertz,
salary as cemetery sexton, $25;
Masonic Lodge, rent of city Offices,
$35; Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co.,
rent of library rooms, $40; Cumber-
land 7. & T. Co., rent of phone.
$2.75; Miss Laurie Penn service as
librarian, SIS: Sam Abrams, SER
vice as alderman, S; Chas.
Heuck. same, s.; E. M. Bee,
same, s.; E. H. Wentworth
same, 81; L. H. Baggett, same,
s.: E. C. Willis, board of Jail
prisoners, $500, Doc Sartin, cash
paid for city, s..
Street Fund. j. M. Magee, sal
ary as street commissioner sos; II.
E. Cushman, salary as guard, $35;
Geo. Washington, salary as garbage
man, $35; E. C. Willis, board Of
street prisoners, 43.20; Doc Sar-
tin, cash paid for labor, etc., S..
Power House Fund. Doc Sartin.
cash paid for labor and material,
s.; r. s. Purser, salary as supt.,
SIPS; Will Henry, salary as engi-
neer, SIS; R. A. Davis. salary as
engineer, SIS; Theo. Edmunds, sal
ary as fireman. s.; Alex Washing
ton, salary as fireman. s.: L. G.
Magee, salary as lineman, $55.
Teachers Fund Claude Bennett,
supt. education. $3.50.
School Expense. "A. M. Greer,
1anitor, $40: Horace Suntry, jani-
tor. $27; Doc Sartin, cash for
school. s..
Power House Fund. T. C. Craw
ford, shavings for power house,
S.; Cumberland I. & L. Co..
phone for power house, $2.75.
On motion, the Board adjourned
to meet Thursday. Feb. 4 1910, at
7:30 o. clock p. m
CHESTER BYRNE, Clerk.