The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-10-13
Board Of Supervisors.
Continued from last weekly

this beat; have put about five miles OF
the new road in travelling condition and
have smoothed over about a mile OF
old road; also have all bridges and cul-
verts in repair from Torrance to Gren-
ada. l would recommend that we move
all of our teams to beat 8 and repair
roads at once. !
Beat We have about l5 miles Of
this beat nearly up to specifications.
Are now running three graders in this
beat. Contractor informed me that he
hoped to get them all in smooth condi-
ton very soon. 1t would be well that
we take the waste from the bridges on
the dump and repair the road leading
from Hardy to Cascilla.
Beat S We have aboul half of the
roads in this beat nearly up to plans
and specifications; the remaining half
has been gone over and is in good,
smooth condition. w. A. Odum,
Road Com.
Ordered that the report of Walthall
Wright, county treasurer, be reed, for
Aug, showing bal. of $44 ga due co.
fund, bal. of 225 80 due pension fund.
bal. of 3703 n due school fund, 86 CO
due road fund, 60 rs due institute fund,
256 95 due past indebtedness fund,
ss5 IS due permanent school fund,
al IS due building fund. 20 90 due
game protection fund.
We, the undersigned committee, ap-
pointed at the September meeting to
examine prospective road running west
from Mrs. Talbert's gate to the fair
grounds, have gone over said road and
find it entirely practical and we rec
ommend opening Of same.
W R Baker,
] A Gibson.
Ordered that the report Of Walthall
Wright, co. treas, be reed, for Sept.
showing balances due as follows:
s22 e5 co. fund, 225 80 pens. fund,
2426 60 school fund, 1874 66 road fund,
GO rs institute fund, 256 IS past in
debtedness fund, 1865 65 perm. school
fund, I41 IS bldg. fund, 20 90 game
protection fund.
Miss. Plumb'g Co.. repr'g closet at
c. h., 50, J W Searcy, IA road cont.
dist. 2, $50 90, ] Roberts, 2 d. on roads.
6 90, ] 0 Rice. IA road cont. dist. a,
go so; same, dist. 4, 399 25; same, dist.
/, 229 so and 531 rs; Hornsby Lumber
Co. 10 OF.
Ordered that clerk advertise for bids
to build two low water slough bridges
in dist. 8 on Beaver dam road; plan,
same as bridge is now; bids to be rec'e
at next meeting.
Ordered that clerk advertise for bids
to build Kendall creek bridge, dist. 4
bids to be reed at next meeting.
Ordered that petition of B c james
ct al for change of road, dist. 2, b.
placed on file.
Ordered that $1,000 be transferred
from school fund to building fund.
Ordered that petition of G Coco e.
, al for road, dist. /, be rejected.
Ordered that report of l M Steven
} ct al for new road, dist. l, be granted
and w R Baker and J A Gibson be ap
: pointed a com. to lay out said road an
report their action at next regula
y meeting.
Al Doak Hdw. Co., mdse. co. $50 80.
O Ordered that the clerk notify R
0 Co to repair all railroad crossings i
f county 1901 as possible.
i. Ordered that board employ M Whit
as prison guard to wsrk co. convict
from the 9th of Oct. IL, to Jan.
1918, for SIS per month; ] A Gibso
d voted no.
II Ordered that board appropriate S5(
of the gen. CO. fund, to be used in tt
employment of an agricultural con
Z for county, under chap. l, page SO
: laws of Miss, 1908. Gibson voted n
s.. Ordered, by authority vested in tt
board by sec. 1876, code 1906, that Il
sum of $1,000 be appropriated to Il
white schools located in the county,
be used in buildiding and repairing
school houses. Co. treasurer is a
thorized to transfer $1,000 from schc
: fund to building fund.
u. Ordered that the appropriation I
j each school shall be an amount equal
the sum contributed and paid into
\ treasury to credit of school fund
patrons of public school making APT
cation and receiving aid from buildi
fund; provided no school shall recei
more than $50 from the county.
1t appearing to the board that
following white schools were est
llished since the appropriation v
made in 1906 and have never recei'
any aid from the county: Broo
Carpenter, Kahn, McElwrath, Smi