The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-05-11
missioners in fixing the amount Of


assessed value of all ta1ible prop
erty of the said Supervisors Dis
trict number 2, Of said Rankin coun-
ty, state of Mississippi, be an dtile
same is hereby approved.
1t is further ordered by the Board
of Supervisors that bonds OF RAN
kin county, state of Mississippi, Su-
pervisors' District number 2, to tn
amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars.
be issued and sold for the pur-
nose of road construction in said
SUPERVISORS District number 2. The
said bonds shall be dated January
/. 1911, bearing interest at the rate
Of < per cent per annum, interest
payable semi-annuaIly on the first
DAYS of January and July III each
wear. and the principal shall De
navable in annual installments after
fen wears. Said bonds shall be IN
sums of $4,000 each and shall IN
all respects be issued in accordanc /.
with Chapter i49 of the Laws OF
1910. of the state of Mississippi.
Said bonds will bear interest al
the rateof 5 per cent per annuih'
interest payable semi-annually on
the first aays of January and july,
and six of the bonds shall mature
and be paid in ten years from the
date of issue and each year there
after four bonds shall mature ana
he paid until the bonds have been
paid. Said bonds shall be lltho-
graphed with suitable devices TO-
preyent counterfeiting and snail
be in sums of $4,000 each, and shall
be registered by the Clerk OF the
Board of Supervisors and numbered
in a regular series from 1 upward;
and shall be signed by the presl-
dent of the Board and counterslgned
by the Clerk who shall impress the
seal of the county on each bond as
if is issued; and every bond shall
specify on its face the purpose OF
which it was authorized and the
total amount authorized to be is
sued, and each shall be payable to
a person by name, the purchaser,
followed by the words ''or bearer.
said bonds to be entitled Road
Bonds of Rankin County, Supervis-
ors' District No. 2"
Notice shall be given by the clerk
of this Board that sealed bids for
the purchase of said bonds will be
received by this Board until ~ o.
clock noon, on the first Monday in
November, 1910, the right being re-
served to reject any and all bids.
This order is inferred nunc pro
tune as of the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1910, and as the 9th day of Sep
TENDER 1910.
Ordered this the End day of May,
1911.
Adjourned until tomorrow at 8
o'clock.
r. d. M'RAE, Pres.
Wednesday morning. Board met
pursuant to adjournment, same
present as yesterday, and the fol-
lowing proceedings were bad and
done, tO-Wlt:
County Convicts ordered tc be
worked 1t is ordered by the Board
that county convicts may be work
ed on the county farm, or on the
public roads, or work of the coun-
ty. in the dissertation of the Board,
and under the direction of the
Board, provided that when said con-
victs worked on public roads or
works, the member of the oBard
from the District where the work
is done, shall have special direc-
ton and supervision of said con-
viets, While, in his district, and such
member Snail make report writ
ing of work done in his district by
said convicts to the next meeting
of said Board
Commissioners Report:-TO the
Hon. Board Supervisors of Rankin
county. We, your committee ap-
pointed at the April session to view
and lay out public road as prayed
for in the petition of R. S. Shivers,
ct al, beg leave to report that we
me on the 2Ist day of April and
proceeded to view said road and
report that we do not think the
travelling public require public
road, and wethink a private right
of way is needed for the ingress
and egress of same parties.
Respt submitted,
n HI. NASH,
G. w. benson, CONS.
Road Petition ranted:-Ordered
that the petition of j. B. Morley, ct
al, for change of public road in beat
3, be granted and said change dis
closed a public road, and ]. J. Bates
was allowed $1,000 for damages sus-
tanned b yhim for making said
change.
Convict Cage to be Advertised
Ordered that the Clerk of this
Board advertise for sealed bids up
to IL o'clock NJ, on the first Mon
day in June 1911, for building por-
table conyicts cage according to
SPECIFICATIONS on file in the Chan
Gerry clerks office at Brandon, Mis-
sissippi, not to- exceed in weight
10000 pounds. The Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.