The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-03-16
FIND
PURCHASER FOR BONDS
Petition TO Annu Dog Tax Turned Business Trans
acted at March Session.

The Board of Supervisors of Ran
kin county met an regular session
in the chanceryss clerks office at
Brandon on March 6ah, with ali
members present, when the fol-
lowing business was transacted, to-
wit:
On motion. the application Of the
trustees of township 3, range3, to.
pay H. S. Garrett 5000 for wire and
Staples for building fence in said
on December af6th was
granted to be paid out CT funds OF
said township.
On motion, the petition of H. M.
Tucker, ct al, for a new pubic foad
in beat /, and the petition OF }. W.
Hilton, ct fsl., to make. az appropria-
tion for auilding bridge across
Pearl river at q certain point, was
continued for further investigations
On mn&ion, the accolnt OF BfoMsl.
Bros. for handles for. road ploW was
continued.
On motion, the application OF Mrs.
Maggie Kersh. for loan of S125.OO ad-.
ditiona1 on the sodEn east quarter
of south ,wesI quarter, section 90
township 8, Fangei4'tast was grfaase'eSi
on abstract.
New road in beat 4, Robert AEats4
ton oNerseef. rr
Ordered 10y the board that Sell
R,,flef. be and is hereby appointed
overseer of roadsnumber %, beat 4,
in nlaee. OFFS. II. Wake; H. A. F'r'Mch
on road 90 in place of Henry Ptaee;
and S. S. Butler on road Z, ReaS 1,
in place Of w. A. AinsWorth-
Orflefsel by, tha board that AIsiaur
Alexander be transferred from N'Oad
nunJ5eFl7Ao. beat 1, to road a, sl9eat
Report PauperS-
I, Geo w. Denson, member Gf the
board from district g. do hereby re-
port that Lee Skinner, minor ne
gro boy about fl years OF age,awho
has nefiher mother or father Hiking.
residing in, said district, has alp one
to support him and is a proper,
and | further report that Ethel
Xilliap. a mlnoe negro boy apout
~ years of age, who has neiiner
father eor mother living, has no one
to s1pIaport him and is a paupef..
~. w BENSON, sup. Dfst1o. S
It appearing that G. w De1aaon,
member of this board, has repoaed
Lee Skinner and Ethel kll1ian as
paupers in his district, it is ordered
that said Lee Skinner and Etiiel
Illlian are hereby declared to- be
m fan n
ticed as, such.
Ordered by The board that bee
Myers be and,is hereby granted tie
privilege of erecting a gate acre5s
the Brandon and Morton public
road on each side of his place, said
privilege to remain in force for II
months from this date, MarchF6, 1914.
Be 1t remembered that at II
O'clock fnoon on 4his the 9th day o.
March. 1911, the board of supervis-
ors~ publicly opened the sealed bids
for the $4,000 OF public road bonds
which were at the February term
1911 of this board ordered to be adj
vertisedIobe sold at this, the March,
1911, term of this board, and the
bid Of the Capitol National Bank
is the highest and best bid received
for said bond, which bid is in the
following words aud signs, to-Mit:
ITO the Board of Supervisors OF
Rankin County, Mississippi:
''The undersigned, the Capitol
National Bank, of jackson, MiSsis-
sippi, hereby offers to buy, at par,
for cash, the thirty thousand dol
lars of road bonds offered by you
for sale, the purchase money to be
paid only when the-bends are issued,
sold and delivered according to law,
and the legality theRaof approved
by an attorney selected by the Bank.
This March Otis, 1911.
CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK,
by Sidney l.. McLaurin, Attorney.
1t is therefore orde1ed by the
Board that said Capitol National
Bank be and the same is hereby
accepted, ratified and approved.
On certificates from Br. X. X.
White and DR.. G. L. Todd, she Doardl
!releaaed from road duty for ~
months from this date, Ernest Lacy,
Preston Bridges and Tony Green.
On motion, the petition oS X. S.
Shivers, ct all, for a new public
raad, filed this day, was continued.
Accounts Allowed.
T.. T. Lawrence, building
bridge beat 3 :. ). ;. :. $4,000
w. M. Renno, mdse. and road
tools, beat L.. s. = $50. 2 OOI
Eve Lumber Co., lbr. for road
a
w. B. Collier, overplus on land
at tax sale ). ). 3. !. :. IL 80
J. f. Johnson, overplus on
land at tax sale $. 5. ). II 3OI
E. T. Henry, overplus on land
4 at tax sale 3. =. :. -. Of
g. w. White, feeding prisoners
February, d9f1.. .... -. 22 80
G.. w. White, five commitment
tees ~ ..M1.. W
G. w. White, postage January
and February, 1911 :. :. 7 40
RI M puryiS. lumber and nails